Well, Un-butter My Biscuits!
hive-178265·@generikat·
0.000 HBDWell, Un-butter My Biscuits!
<center>  </center> <center></center> ---------- Over the past couple years, and especially for the last few months, I have been pretty open about my health struggles. It seems that a little over four decades worth of putting others needs first with little regard for my own, along with multitasking like a Ritalin-addled honey bee has taken a toll on my carcass. To say that the last twenty-four months has been hard is an understatement. The last three months of this year had me wondering if the Fates were about to cut my string and were having a good time dangling it in front of Hades cat. January 2nd I embarked on what I like to call the Prison Food Way of eating. In fact, when I was in having my physical this Monday, the nurse asking me the standard appointment questions, upon hearing my response, literally stopped typing and stared at me in mute horror after she asked me if I ate any special way. *No gluten, no dairy, no sugar* has become my mantra. And the mantra is working to some degree, I am down quite a few pounds, my skin is all glowy, and my overall demeanor is a bit more *peppy,* but here's the thing, I really, really, really like food! I'm also pretty good at crafting comestibles. It's quite a challenge to keep my mojo in a positive vibe state when I make butter-infused biscuits and chicken fried steak with gravy for the hubs and assist the boy in making focaccia-like flatbreads laden with spices and charcuterie meats.  My dinner, well, it was air fried sweet potato chips and roasted red pepper hummus and veggies. Now, my dinner was great, and I am not complaining really, because life could be so much worse, but this week when I got my labs back I also got some news that I am in a bit of a health crisis and if I can't get certain levels of things ironed out I am facing, well, I am facing some pretty big interventions. I can live without the gluten. I can live without the dairy and the sugar, but what I am really struggling with is the not living part. Rest. Disengaging. Just stopping. These things are so hard for me. When you have been sick and have had to push for your whole life just to do any living, the idea of not engaging in a bit of living at all is really rather difficult. I'm so thankful for school right now because at least I get to delve into the world of learning, but I will freely admit, I am struggling with the rest of it. Because cauliflower crust pizza with non-dairy cheese is BLASPHEMY!! That said, I have found some pretty tasty things to eat, my doc and I are trying a last ditch supplementation scheme to get the ol' butterfly gland lined out, and I am really, really trying to re-wire my gray matter. For as many of you who have read my blog over the years know, I really like living life and I have no issues trying new things. I just hope that the new things work. Because when I get a bit more energy back I am going to develop a recipe for the most amazing gluten-free pizza ever. I might even go so far as figure out how to 3-d print a chewy, stringy, melty, non-dairy cheese, or at least invest in a company that is attempting it. Until then, I will just content myself with baking and cooking things for those whom I love while trying to treat my meat sack with a little bit more of that love than I have all these years. Who knows, it could be interesting!  -------------- <center></center> ------------------ <center>*And as most of the time, all of the images in this post were taken on the author's always allergen-free iPhone.*</center> -----------
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