Rest & Gluten-free ~Will Hopefully Mean a Better Me! :)

Hey everyone! This will be my first time to do a blog post from my iPhone, so hopefully this will post will show up ok. ;) My computer is acting up at the moment and I just wanted to let you all know that I am not totally MIA! I have been trying to rest a little more, which is so much easier said than done! I have several projects I want to share, I just have to find a moment when my crazy computer will cooperate at the same time that I have the energy!
I have recently discovered (well there isn't a very accurate test so right now I am actually about 95% sure) that I am allergic to gluten. This is also known as Celiac Disease. Most of you know that we went gluten-free a little while back due to Jeff's Lyme disease. I did great for a little while, but would often cheat and eat some things that contained gluten, mainly due to convenience. In this little Alabama town there isn't one restaurant or grocery store that caters to those who cannot eat gluten. We did receive a weekly delivery of organic veggies, but cold temps killed the crops and the deliveries won't begin again until April.
My entire teenage and adult life I have suffered from fatigue due to anemia. For years, I relied on caffeine and energy drinks to make it through each day. It was only after beginning the GF lifestyle that I came to realize how much better I could actually feel! My energy level soared! It was amazing! Amazing, that is, until I ate gluten-containing food. I now realize why I was so exhausted during the holiday season!
On Thanksgiving I ate pies, dressing, you name it! I thought of it as sort of a "cheat" day since we had been doing so well! As I think back, that is when my energy level dropped bottom and I just started feeling bad all the time. I has so many good intentions and projects I wanted to work on, I just felt like I could never get ahead. I stayed exhausted. I tried getting back on track , but never ate 100% GF. Then I happened to see a special on Dr Oz about Celiac Disease. I remembered that my friend Robin at All Things Heart and Home had recently been diagnosed and then it was like everything just fell into place. It all began to make sense. This is very commonly hereditary. My mother has had stomach problems and very bad anemia her entire life. It has caused Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and she has even had blood transfusions because of it. Now she has to go get iron infusions by iv because her body won't produce or absorb nutrients. That is a textbook description of Celiac disease! I have finally convinced her to go GF and I am doing the same. Only this time, I am doing it right. I just have to know that soon my energy will return and the sickness will go away. My mother has to go have tests run on her colon and intestines, so I pray this disease hasn't done any serious damage to her. I am hoping and praying that this new lifestyle and way of eating will be the answer. I am ready to feel normal again!
If you have left me comments or emailed me and I haven't responded, I do apologize! I promise it isn't at all personal and I will do better! Hopefully I will be back on track soon, right now I am just trying to focus on getting better and researching this new diet, etc. I will go into more detail about this when I post from my computer. There is so much info I want to share with you all! Hope you have a wonderful day!