Gluten Free?

My son told me last year that his naturapath suggested he go gluten free to see if that helped his ulcerative colitis.  Since it was going to require some work on my part for him I decided to go ahead and join him and see if it also helped my fibromyalgia.  We were gluten free for about 6 months when he decided he wanted to test and see how he felt after eating gluten.  He didn't notice a difference so he went back to eating gluten.  When I decided to test eating gluten I was out for dinner with a friend at a Mexican food restaurant.  I decided to get the flour tortillas with my sizzling fajitas!  Funny thing...they tasted really bland.  I washed the bland taste out of my mouth with my Midori margarita.  YUM!

Before I left the restaurant I started to feel really bloated.  Before long I felt like I was going to throw up.  I decided that gluten was not going to work for me.  The next time I went to that restaurant I got corn tortillas with my sizzling fajitas and washed them down with my mango margarita (okay, yes I am a creature of habit!)

Most recently I went back again and got corn tortillas again and once again washed them down with my Midori margarita.  This time I started feeling sick again.  But I hadn't had any gluten?  A couple of days later I realized the common denominator between the two meals where I got sick was the Midori margarita.  I think that Midori must bother me now for some reason.  It is a little sad to give up one of my favorite liquors...but it is a lot easier to give up Midori than to give up gluten!  When you are allergic to cow's milk dairy it is particularly difficult to give up gluten as well.  I've since gone back to eating gluten and my stomach seems fine.

I've had more pain lately, but I think it is due to other factors.  If fixing those doesn't make me feel better I'll try giving up gluten again.