Week 6 Days 1-3

Week 6

Days 1-3

Week 6- hooray! This was meant to be the last week of eating gluten but, considering I haven't even had a single letter through regarding the endoscopy, I'm not holding out much hope. Given I've put myself through all of this, I'd rather give my body a chance to fully throw itself into a state of despair than stop any self inflicted damage mid flow, so I'll give them another couple of weeks before starting on the phone abuse. So far this week I've encountered some more symptoms that, like the sinus problems, I had no idea were related to eating gluten. Now, these are two issues I definitely do not suffer from: dry, cracked lips and mouth ulcers. In fact, it's safe to say, the only type I'm suffered from the cracked lips was when I was b12 deficient. The cracks are like nothing I've seen. I have fissures on each side which make smiling excruciating. Not that I have much to smile about in my bloated, gas filled state #pityme. My top and bottom lips look like they've been to the Sahara and forgotten their SPF, so peeled are they. When I was severely b12 deficient my lips were in a much similar state. In fact, they only cleared up about 3 months after constant daily injections which coincided with eliminating gluten from my diet so it does beg the chicken/egg question. Hmmm...

I've also developed mouth ulcers which have been quite painful which may/ may not have anything to do in the slightest with the fact that I can't stop dragging them along my teeth. Oh, the fun I have. Look out for the book: 101 ways to entertain yourself. I looked them up and it looks like they're another sneaky manifestation of your body fighting against it's gluten intoxication. It's been a real eye opener. No one can accuse me of aping these symptoms as I genuinely had no idea they were in anyway connected to gluten. Given I don't ever suffer from any of the problems of the past 2 weeks, the sinus problem still very much being present, I'm beginning to think the gluten problem may just be more than a mere intolerance. 

Cracked lips- it's a good look.