Well, as anyone who knows me knows, I have been battling what I thought were food allergies and intolerances for many years. I parted company with my gall bladder this past May, and have slowly, carefully been testing various food that I had awful reactions to or tested as allergic to in the past. And a few hours ago, I had my second "test" and no reaction to .... garlic! My stomach feels fine, absolutely normal! Yesterday was a little bit in some takeout, and this evening I had some salsa that had crushed garlic and chopped garlic in it! And peppers, of course, which is something I finally got the courage to test and clear right before Christmas.

Victory! Wheee! Turns out lots of people's gall bladders don't like garlic, and now that I am gall bladder free, it is safe for me again! Which of course opens up practically half the supermarket, as you wouldn't believe how many things have garlic in them until your body rejects it outright!

Just had to share the news with all of you!

And yes, some things are still verboten/evil, which is why it can go weeks between me testing anything.