As some of you may know, I have severe wheat and gluten intolerance. It has a lovely name – Celiac Disease. I have had constant/chronic migraine-headaches for years. When I was a child I got headaches often and ibuprofen, aspirin, Excedrin, and prayer use to work. Now nothing does! I am not saying that I do not believe one hundred percent that the heart of the Lord is to completely heal me, I am just saying that He hasn’t yet. Since June of 2010 i’ve had a constant headache in the back of my head, neck, and on the sides of my head. It is ever-present, always throbbing, always pounding, always haunting. The headaches often culminate throughout the week leaving me with debilitating migraines and I usually end up finding myself in bed, lights out, with zero noise at least three days out of the week. It has been extremely difficult to handle, especially being in FSM. I’ve learned how to ignore the constant pain very well, but there are days, like today, when the pain has its way and my only option is submitting. Anyway, there are tons of other aches, pains, and symptoms in my body that i’ve dealt with for a long time, not really paying much attention to. I knew that my body was always sick and that I was always in pain, but I never thought that I might have a “disease”. It’s annoying that my favorite foods include spaghetti and lots of bread and that I can’t eat those things anymore unless I want to be doubled over in pain and sick. It’s been about two or three weeks since I started suspecting that this is what I had and I went to a family doctor to get checked out. It’s not just that “I can’t eat anything yummy” anymore, it’s that I have to completely change my life-style. Being gluten free is more expensive, takes more time and thought in meal planning, and is a painful transition for your body at first. Either way my body is going to be in pain, so I am going to choose the “pain of healing” right now if it means that my silly little intestine will start to heal itself.
“Following a gluten-free diet allows the small intestine to heal. But that doesn’t mean the person can start eating gluten again. For someone with celiac disease, gluten will always irritate the intestines and, if this happens, stomachaches, and other problems will return.”
So, here I am. I have months and months of healing to go through and lots of yummy things to deny. I am finding this ridiculously hard right now but I know that the leadership of the Lord is perfect in every area of my life, even in the area of my small intestine. (: Pray for me if you think about it! I definitely need it.
You will see me through, like you always do
April 28th, 2011 at 2:24 am
No! God can and already has healed this disease within our community here and He can do it again! Abba, I ask you to heal Trisha in Yeshua’s name, Amen.