Yesterday I finally was able to get in with my general physician yesterday to talk about my thyroid levels. He said they were a little low and he would expect them to be higher at my age. So I was expecting to get some new diet or pills to control it but he wants me to get some more tests to see it it's some Hashimoto's disease which affects digestion, reproduction, and metabolism, all of which are screwed up :|. While living in the so called "goiter belt" the area around the great lakes that the soil is iodine deficient.
It still amazes me how much gluten can screw with one's body. My doctor was saying that Psoriasis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and goiters are all part of the gluten thing. All of those diseases run in my family some to the EXTREME. So I ask, "Why doesn't everyone go gluten free, then, no one will be sick anymore!" That's not exactly true but you wont have to take medications that may render your body worse and make that one thing better. The public just doesn't know how bad gluten is and the effects it brings. Doctors in the US aren't trained in depth about GI conditions. It's mostly diagnosed as "Oh, you have Irritable Bowel Syndrome you have to live with it the rest of your life," that's not an answer anyone wants to get. Being off of gluten has changed my well being even though there is still something wrong with me.. bah. All of my friends think how horrible it is that I can't have all these great foods. But really I think the same about them. Some people are addicted to these unhealthy fast foods, breads, pastas, pizza, bakery. I think I'm at an advantage that because I don't eat those foods I don't gain weight or over eat or get sick from eating. I eat the things that god intended for me like fruits and vegetables.
Being gluten free is not torture or unhealthy. Being on gluten IS torture. But, apparently people haven't caught on to it yet.. sigh..
So I have an ultrasound scheduled for my thyroid on the 2nd a long with my ROAD TEST :D, then the laparoscopy on the 7th. Hopefully we'll get some answers :/
And here's a statistic people should know about;
Celiac disease is highly undiagnosed. Roughly between 60 and 70 thousand people have been diagnosed in the U.S., but it is projected that 1.5 to 2 million have it.
