B.L.O.A.T.E.M

March 8, 2010 Musing 2 Comments

The last several months I have been having a major flare up of my Crohn’s disease.  I have spent ten days in the hospital. I will have surgery on April 27th.  As I wait to  have surgery, I have been eating a low residue diet, but sometimes I think I can branch out.  This weekend I thought I could, but obviously I didn’t pick the right thing.  At the Range Cafe in Albuquerque, I ate the B.L.O.A.T.E.M sandwich.  It’s a bacon, lettuce, onion, avocado, tomato sandwich on an English muffin.  It sounded good so I ordered it.  It was good until I really realized that I was BLOATEM.  Definitely something that is uncomfortable and not fun.  I am already bloated most of the time because of strictures, but being bloated from a sandwich named BLOATEM is no fun at all.  I am feeling better now, but I won’t be eating the B.L.O.A.T.E.M anytime soon.  I have learned a lesson through all of this – you are what you eat.

Journey update

March 8, 2010 Musing 1 Comment

As I have continued to read Emily Freeman’s book, 21 Days Closer to Christ I realize that the more I focus on having a better relationship with Jesus Christ the better my days go and the closer I feel to Him.  The biggest thing to remember is that He is always there. We are the ones that have to “come unto Him”.  He never leaves our side.  We may feel like He does, but He doesn’t.  I am thankful for this growing testimony.