Fey Wray (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} pixiesnakes) wrote,@ 2008-10-10 19:32:00 |
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garden, health
I've started making it a habit to take a walk in the garden in the evenings at twilight. I only really get out there maybe twice a week because I've been nervous about who "owns" the garden and if it was ok for me to be out there. Tonight I was going to sit and write for a while, but I met a woman and her dog out there. She hasn't been living here much longer than I have, but she and her husband have been gardening in the garden. She said that it was anarchy there and that I was free to take tomatoes, peppers, squashes and herbs. She also pointed out two plots that were empty that I could take over. One plot is pretty empty and desolate looking and the other is full of weeds and mystery plants. I'm going to start with the sad empty plot right away. I'm going to see about rosemary, lemon balm and heather.
In other news, I've been sick. I thought it was all just stress from moving, but it's been way too long to be stress. It seems that I was having a reaction to one of the prescriptions I'm taking. This is actually the second time that I've had to lower the dosage of this particular medicine because it was making me crazy. I got to see a new doctor at Kaiser. Kaiser seems pretty awesome and accessible, but the doctor didn't make a great first impression on me. First of all I'm kind of scared and unfamiliar with modern medicine because I didn't have it growing up. My parents had this weird thing about not believing in modern medicine, so I never took OTC medicines as a kid and I rarely saw a doctor. I was also largely uninsured during my childhood, but then when my family did finally get a doctor she was an D.O. instead of a M.D. I'm still very much trying to overcome this whole idea of medicines won't help and only you can heal yourself. My mother's cancer went undiagnosed and untreated for at least six months because she was just doing home remedies and self diagnosis. I really prefer acupuncture and natural remedies, but I really need to keep on top of seeing the doctor and taking advantage of everything that modern medicine has to offer. On Monday I get blood tests and they're testing me for celiac sprue again. I'm really excited because I really need that diagnosis. I went gluten-free years before I ever saw a doctor about my problems and heard about celiac. The blood test for it measures the immune reaction to gluten in the body. Since I wasn't eating gluten when the testing was done I didn't have the immune reaction and didn't test positive for it. On Sunday I'm going to take a chance to enjoy all the floury goodies I can in order to get my body to have that immune reaction so I can finally test positive. I've been trying to decide what sort of baked goods I want to eat. I'm going to do a bagel and cake for sure. I'd like to find some fancy bread and have a sandwich. I thought about waffle or pancakes. I probably can't do a croissant because of all the dairy. Maybe samosas and a burrito. Perhaps a beer? I never really liked beer all that much, but if I'm going to be making myself ill with wheat-based food I might as well be drunk on wheat-based beer too. What other flour-based things do I need to eat because it might be my only chance to ever eat them again?
I've started making it a habit to take a walk in the garden in the evenings at twilight. I only really get out there maybe twice a week because I've been nervous about who "owns" the garden and if it was ok for me to be out there. Tonight I was going to sit and write for a while, but I met a woman and her dog out there. She hasn't been living here much longer than I have, but she and her husband have been gardening in the garden. She said that it was anarchy there and that I was free to take tomatoes, peppers, squashes and herbs. She also pointed out two plots that were empty that I could take over. One plot is pretty empty and desolate looking and the other is full of weeds and mystery plants. I'm going to start with the sad empty plot right away. I'm going to see about rosemary, lemon balm and heather.
In other news, I've been sick. I thought it was all just stress from moving, but it's been way too long to be stress. It seems that I was having a reaction to one of the prescriptions I'm taking. This is actually the second time that I've had to lower the dosage of this particular medicine because it was making me crazy. I got to see a new doctor at Kaiser. Kaiser seems pretty awesome and accessible, but the doctor didn't make a great first impression on me. First of all I'm kind of scared and unfamiliar with modern medicine because I didn't have it growing up. My parents had this weird thing about not believing in modern medicine, so I never took OTC medicines as a kid and I rarely saw a doctor. I was also largely uninsured during my childhood, but then when my family did finally get a doctor she was an D.O. instead of a M.D. I'm still very much trying to overcome this whole idea of medicines won't help and only you can heal yourself. My mother's cancer went undiagnosed and untreated for at least six months because she was just doing home remedies and self diagnosis. I really prefer acupuncture and natural remedies, but I really need to keep on top of seeing the doctor and taking advantage of everything that modern medicine has to offer. On Monday I get blood tests and they're testing me for celiac sprue again. I'm really excited because I really need that diagnosis. I went gluten-free years before I ever saw a doctor about my problems and heard about celiac. The blood test for it measures the immune reaction to gluten in the body. Since I wasn't eating gluten when the testing was done I didn't have the immune reaction and didn't test positive for it. On Sunday I'm going to take a chance to enjoy all the floury goodies I can in order to get my body to have that immune reaction so I can finally test positive. I've been trying to decide what sort of baked goods I want to eat. I'm going to do a bagel and cake for sure. I'd like to find some fancy bread and have a sandwich. I thought about waffle or pancakes. I probably can't do a croissant because of all the dairy. Maybe samosas and a burrito. Perhaps a beer? I never really liked beer all that much, but if I'm going to be making myself ill with wheat-based food I might as well be drunk on wheat-based beer too. What other flour-based things do I need to eat because it might be my only chance to ever eat them again?
