Coeliac Sucks
Yep that’s right. Being a coeliac or celiac sucks.
It sucks big time.
And it even sucks more if you’ve lived most of your life undiagnosed (like me) and now you have to change your lifestyle & food preferences for tasteless, plain food that tastes that cardboard.
I used to live the most care free eating existence. I would have whatever I felt like whenever I wanted, I’d dine out at any restaurant without a care in the world and any takeaway chain was on the menu. I didn’t have to worry about hidden ingredients, if I was going to spend the rest of the night with a tummy so bloated I looked 8 months pregnant or spend a good 30 minutes on the toilet with runny poo.
I loved my pre coeliac days, life was really good then.
But now my eating life resolves around checking food lists, finding gluten free alternatives and making sure that I always have gluten free flour in my cupboard. I now have to budget for an extra $50 a week because gluten free food is so overpriced I need a pay rise to survive. Actually that’s a good idea, why can’t us coeliacs get a supplement from the government to help us pay for our food?! I mean why should we be punished and have to pay more, we’re already on a life sentence of boring food alternatives.
As you can see, I’m not a very happy coeliac. I want to be able to eat whatever I want and not have to worry if I am going to hurl it up afterwards or have my stomach inflate like a balloon. I spent 40 years eating whatever I wanted and I am not adjusting to this new phase of my life.
I have however, been given my marching orders from my gastroenterologist (facing word for dr who looks down your throat & up your bum). The orders were go compleltely gluten free now or risk life threatening illnesses in the future. I have two young children so the threat of possibly not being around to meet my gran babies scared me a little, as you can imagine.
So here I am at 41, going completely gluten free and hating life. Ok I may be a little dramatic. But I hate living knowing that a little sense of my freedom has been taken away. The freedom to choose & eat whatever my taste buds decide on.
It’s going to be a tough road but I’m on it now and I refuse to give in to my cravings, however delicious and gluteness they may be.
Coealic sucks but who knows, maybe along the way I’ll start to enjoy things.
Fingers and toes crossed