Friday, March 19, 2010

Costochondritis and gluten

Costochondritis. Its an icky, icky thing to have. Basically its an inflammation of the cartilage between your ribs. Sounds like no biggie, right? WRONG.

Costo is EXTREMELY painful. It feels like a heart attack all the time. Its very panic-inducing which makes it worse. IT SUCKS.

I got costo back in October, when I was really ramping up training for a half marathon. I thought I was dying but my doc diagnosed the costo and put me on some pain meds & anti inflammatories. I was miserable. I couldn't run anymore, I couldn't do any exercise really. I couldn't lift a gallon of milk and I needed help grocery shopping. Heck, I got sore after sitting in my chair at work all day or sleeping in a weird position. It was the worst.

Anyways, one of the places I found that brought me comfort, hope and reassurance that I wasn't alone was Lucy's costochondritis blog. Poor girl has been suffering for over 3 YEARS with costo.

What does this have to do with gluten? Well a few weeks ago, she came across a possible reason for her costo. Yup, Celiac. Lucy went gluten free and is the original reason I even suspected I had Celiac. The good news today is that she got her test results back and she DOES have Celiac-and a reason for all her pain. Bloggers know that you get attached to someone who writes a blog you follow regularly. I'm so happy for her. :)

Hopefully this helps anyone out there who has costochondritis and is looking for help or a cure. Go to your doc and get a Celiac test! You never know, you might just find a cure!

6 comments:

The Celiac Diva said...

AHHHHH!!!!! I LOOVE YOUR BLOG!!! You totally have a loyal follower in me- lol. And not just because you were so nice to me in your post. =) You are sweet to link to me and do a shout out, thank you!!!! And I love how proactive you are being about your own health- way to rock it out. And I'm SO happy to meet another person who has Celiac and Costo as well. Sorry you have it. =( But so pumped you are blogging bout it-=) so many people will learn so much from you.
Hugs,
Your new friend, Lucy =)

Alyssa said...

Thanks for your sweet comments Lucy! :) I hope I can be even a little bit helpful. Its so much to learn!

Lets get well soon! :)

Alyssa

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