June of 2009.
I decided that I wanted to get a group of friends together and watch all 6 Star Wars movies in a row. So we made it happen! Ish. Some of my friends came over and we began this glorious day of sci-fi excellence. It was all going fine and dandy until around the end of the 1st or 2nd movie. Let's back up for a second so you can get some context. About 3 months earlier was when I started eating gluten free. Also I happen to have Celiac Disease and am what's known as a "silent Celiac", meaning that I didn't show symptoms. However, once you go off of gluten and then go back on, or accidently get a hold of some, THEN your body has a reaction because your body has gotten used to not having it there and has started the healing process. Anyways, now that you have that information, let's get back to the story. So I'm sitting there, watching Star Wars with the guys, when all of a sudden I'm like, "Oh. uh . . . I need to go to the bathroom". So I scurried off to the bathroom, trying to figure out what the heck was going on. I had never known what a gluten reaction felt like, and I wasn't too stoked about it. Little did I know that that would be one of the mildest reactions I would ever have. Not to go into any graphic detail, the gist of that first reaction involved an upset/rumbly stomach (and all that entails), dizziness, hot sweats, and exhaustion. Emphasis on the exhaustion. I ended up being so exhausted from my little bout, that I fell asleep. On the toilet. I woke up a little while later, still exhausted. And then I realized . . . I had been in the bathroom for about half an hour, and there was a bunch of guys still watching Star Wars in my living room. Awkward. I managed to get enough energy up to leave the bathroom and plop back down on the couch, right after which my friend looked at me and was like, "Lew . . . are you okay? We started the next movie while you were gone." Oh yeah, you know, just felt like taking a nap on the can . . .
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