Thursday, July 18, 2013

Two Friends

It's not to uncommon to hear a story about Uncle Arthur (arthritis), and other "illnesses" like that. Well I decided I would write my own little story. Not about Uncle Arthur {I have not met him yet}, but about my two "friends" who have joined my life journey. One is named Insipidus and the other Celiac.

Insipidus joined me about a year and a half ago. It wasn't long after she joined up with me that she started demanding water and completely wearing me out. She kept me up at night requiring that I pay her some attention. She is what you would call very dependent.

Insipidus finally wore me out so much that we brought her to the doctors attention and the doctor prescribed Desmopressin to keep her in check. Since being treated with Desmopressin she is a lot less dependent, only showing up in the mornings and evenings and occasionally in an afternoon. But her and I have learned to coexist. And we get along pretty well.

Then about a year after Insipidus showed up, she invited a friend to join her. I guess she got lonely and decided she needed someone else to help keep her company. Her friend is named Celiac. Celiac is very temperamental and a very very picky eater. Insipidus did not insist on any special diet but Celiac sure did!

When Celiac first showed up I started realizing that almost everything I ate was upsetting her. Then I realized it was all the gluten that is hidden in tons of things that was bothering her. Once I cut gluten out of my diet Celiac became very happy. However if I accidentally have anything that contains even a small trace of gluten, Celiac gets really upset and living with her for the next couple weeks is not fun.

Despite some challenges, we've all learned to live together.