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Of Strictures and Gluten

Here we are... not quite 4 years Post-Op.  This has been a very rough year, this the cricket status of this blog.  Concussions, rampaging headaches, a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis and on and on.  Over the course of all of this intense drama food issues have been creeping in.  Increasingly... foods with texture just... kinda... sits there at the top of my stomach pouch... without passing through the system as it was designed to work.  After a bit the old "return to sender" response kicks in and a "food fail" is the result. This has been happening more and more.  I have been afraid that a stricture was developing. Where sections of my gastric anatomy have been joined is called an anasomosis... those places can form scar tissue which can shrink over time and constrict and restrict the passage of food - creating a stricture. I have feared that a stricture was developing... and I know how they are treated.  Due to past abuse issues I have been avoiding being scoped... to my own detriment. My food choices have narrowed to a point where I'm not eating much. It has reached a point where it has to be done.

In the interest of my autoimmune condition of MS and emerging likely side-by-side diagnosis of Lupus... I am venturing into the land of the Gluten-Free. I have been doing this for about 8 days, it can be a challenge, but also an adventure into new food.  Lovin me some curried lentils!  I hope to do a better report soon.

Peace...