That time has come. I am now officially a Celiac. Because now, in my dreams, I eat GF. Up until now, even though I eat GF all day every day, I have been eating 'normal' in my dreams. That is not to say I am particularly longing for non-GF foods, it is just in my dreams I was not a Celiac. I had never had stomachaches or anything. Again, I am not dreaming like 'oohh I wish.....' dreaming, just I go to sleep dreaming. But, last night, I wake up and realize I had been eating GF cookies in my dream. And checking to make sure they were GF, and doing all sorts of other GF things. Like, "did you use a different strainer?", and "Sorry, I would love to buy some of your Boy Scout Popcorn, but I have a lot of 'allergies'." Crazy? Yes it is. However, I like to think that now I can make myself some sort of badge or something. Because now, I AM OFFICIAL. (Don't ask me why being diagnosed for a year and a half and always eating GF does not make you official. I do not know).
C.C.
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One thing that helps me, is that I don't think of myself as "A" Celiac, or "A" Diabetic (nearly 20 years with diabetes now), but think of it as I have Celiac Disease, or I have Diabetes. Celiac and and Diabetes are not who I "Am" but what I have. It's easier thinking that with my CD because I have thought that and was taught to think that way during Diabetic Camp during my childhood. Its just like I'm "A" blue eyes person, I "have" blue eyes, because having blue eyes has nothing to do with my personality or who I am as a person, its just a description.
@Jenn- Wow. That is such a good point. Thanks for the tip, and I will make sure not to let what I have define me.
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