Kevins Crazy World
Friday, April 08, 2005
Hey guys,
A lot has happened since the last time that I wrote. A LOT!! I don't even know where to start.... but I will pick something anyways. I ended up getting that endoscopy done and man was it harsh. They had to drug me so that I couldn't feel this HUGE tube being shoved down my throat, and then it went down my esophogus, through my stomach and into my small intestines where they extracted 6 samples of me to run biopsies on to determine whether or not I have celiac disease. The good news is I DON'T HAVE IT!!! I'M REALLY HAPPY!!!! Although the bad news.... I still don't know what's causing me to be sick all the time. After that the bad news just kept piling on top of eachother. My sister was retested for celiac to see if she still had glutens in her system and they found out that she is somehow still getting glutens!!! That is REALLY not good!!! She has been putting up with this disease better than I would've ever imagined and she has been trying her hardest to stick to her diet of no glutens and somehow she still is getting them. We were baffled by this for a while until we found out how she was still getting glutens. It seems as though some foods that are store brands such as kroger or foodlion don't always necessarily include every single ingredient on their list of ingredients. This is because they were probably trying to save themselves time and effort, but it's bad if some of the ingredients that they leave off contain glutens. So now my sister is trying to only eat foods from brands that she knows is gluten free. Until then she still feels horrible day in and day out. I've been feeling worse myself, despite the fact that I was relieved when my test results came back negative, I'm still feeling sick with headaches and stomach aches almost every single day. I think that I've figured out the cause of my headaches though which is good. My mom mentioned to me that it seems as though I'm alergic to school since I only get headaches on the days that I go to school. I thought about that for a couple seconds and something came to me... I drink almost 20 glasses of water or more every day when I'm at home, but when I'm at school I'm lucky if I drink 1 or 2. So now I've started to fill a bottle with water half way every night and leave it in the freezer to have it iced in the morning, and then when I go to school I have ice water for half of the day. That way I can get at least more water than I used to have at school, and my headaches seem to be going away, so I guess I was dehydrated this whole time. Now if I could only find out what's wrong with my stomach then I'd be perfect.... yeah I wish. If all this weren't enough my CRT lenses have been failing me these past couple months, at first I just thought that it was blurred for one or two days... no big deal, but then my eyes started to be consistantly poor many days in a row. I've tried many different ways to fix this problem and they've all failed... which is unfortunate since I like having the good vision that comes with the CRT when it's on a good day. Now I'm faced with one of 2 choices: regular contacts which give me headaches and irritate my eyes, or glasses which are uncomfortable and make me look like a nerd. I'm leaning towards contacts just because I don't want to deal with glasses and I'm hoping that if I get a new brand of contacts then these problems would be fixed. I know this is all I lot to soak in all at once but just think how hard it would be to be me!
I'm really hoping and praying that all these problems in my life just go away... because it's a really heavy burden to deal with all this crap on top of diabetes, school work and the other responsabillities of being a teenager with ADHD.
On a happier note I'm now 17... yay! Also, I've been going out with my amazing girlfriend for almost 4 months now!!! That is like soooooooooo cool!! I've never had someone like her in my life before... and all I can say is I'm blessed to have her.... even if I have all these other problems to deal with in my life, she completely balances them out because when I'm with her I don't have a care in the world.... she makes me sooooooo happy. She actually cares about how I feel and she is compasionate to all of my sicknesses and all that I'm going through (which you have no idea unless you understand what I'm going through how much of a relief it is to have someone that you can just forget about those problems when you are with them). I've never met anyone like her and I probably never will... I love her more than anything and I hope I never lose this happiness I have when I'm with her. Even with all that I have going bad in my life, I'm lucky to be alive just so I can see her smile every day.
So thank you for listening to my problems and everything else that's happeneing in my life. If you have any questions, comments, or ideas about anything mentioned above, feel free to e-mail me. Thanx again and I hope to write back soon with better news, but until then, please keep me in your prayers!
~Kevin~
