Posts Tagged ‘Celiac Disease’


29
Jun

Autoimmune Disease Primer

One of my favorite delusions is that I’m perfectly healthy. I harbor a dream that my Celiac Disease has spontaneously cured itself, and one day I will be able to share crostini with Michael in Florence, or go out to eat without worrying about some mysterious gluten source sneaking into my food. I speculate about [...]

25
Jan

gluten frustrations

Recently I wrote a CSL guest post about staying healthy while traveling. For me, part of that means avoiding gluten. As I mentioned, I decided long ago that I’ll be careful as can be, but won’t live in fear of accidentally eating gluten. Unfortunately, I think I’ve slacked on doing my due diligence to keep [...]

21
Jan

a slow transition to (mostly) vegan – part i

In high school, I was vegetarian for about two years—until my doctor told me that was why my health was so lousy. Foolishly I believed him. (And I know now that the reason I felt so awful all the time was because a. I have Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis and my medicine hadn’t started fully working, b. [...]

09
Jan

longing for less

For all its challenges, this move to Korea really has been a blessing in many, many ways. What I have been most aware of lately is my longing for less. My early 20s were pretty tough in many ways. I was struggling to understand what my health obstacles were, and how to live with them. [...]

23
Dec

in the news: new hope for celiac disease sufferers

Merry Christmas to me! This article in the L.A. Times talks about new possible treatments in development for celiac disease sufferers.  I know it’s a long way off, but…does this mean there’s a chance I could eat regular cake or cookies ‘n’ cream ice cream at, say, my 60th birthday party? Wow. After over four [...]