The TikTok That Saved My Life Narrative Essay Sample

Growing up I never believed in chance encounters, fate, or “everything happens for a reason”; I believed that we as humans did everything ourselves and made everything happen for ourselves. Until quite recently I still had the same beliefs until a lazy afternoon of sitting on the couch and watching TikToks. Just one of those many  silly sixty second videos I watched that day changed my life forever. Now I do believe in chance encounters and fate because of that chance encounter I got diagnosed, my life was saved, and now I live a completely different lifestyle. 

For as long as I could remember every time I would eat I would end up bloated and sick to my stomach, and I thought that I was getting sick  just because of my body type. After years of feeling like this I had done nothing about it until I watched a TikTok one afternoon. The TikTok was a girl recording her sister eating a doughnut for the first time in five years. The sister ends up bloated and sick, eventually she reveals she has celiac disease. This video made me start thinking about myself and my health. At first I thought I was crazy, but I had every single symptom. I have anemia, vitamin deficiency, eczema, late growth, and so many other things. I decided not to tell my mom about the TikTok video because I knew she would brush it off, but I did get her to make a doctor's appointment for me. The doctor said my symptoms could be the cause of a number of health issues. The next step was to have a generous amount of tests done; eventually, my lab results came back and I do in fact have celiac disease. On the account of one measly TikTok video my life was forever changed.

This  chance encounter introduced me to information I had never known about myself. It turns out I have a large amount of food sensitivities. After I had learned of my new disease I was recommended to get an allergy tested for food sensitivities and other allergens. The doctors discovered I am allergic to rice, nuts, and other things not food related. The doctors then informed me that if I had not found out of my disease and allergies sooner that the constant strain on my body would have caused detrimental problems to my health and would have ended up in the hospital. The doctors then explained to me the more serious factors of my disease. They explained that all the issues I have ever had all lead back to my allergies and disease and that if I follow my new diet regulations I will get better.

The next day after my doctors appointments I had a whole day to eat as much of my favorite gluten enriched foods. As soon as the next day began I became completely gluten free, that means no more whataburger or or cookies; in which, I was very bummed out about. Since I have become gluten free I feel better most of the time, my hair has started to grow fuller, my skin is clearer, and people tell me I look all around healthier. Along with these benefits there is one major con, and that is finding gluten free food items in little Hillsboro Texas. At first grocery shopping was a challenge but me and my mom have discovered it is much easier to go to HEB in Waco and shop their gluten free section. Because of that TikTok I am now going through so many changes but I am also in the best health of my entire life and I am truly thankful.

Now that I have had my chance encounter I do believe in them and will watch out for them for the rest of my life. Just because of that one TikTok I have found out my health issues and I am still learning from them. Finding out about celiac disease and all of my allergies saved my life and I am now doing better health wise. With instruction from my doctors my life is changing for the better and I am feeling and looking the best I have ever been in my life and I am no longer in pain every day. I just have to be a little more careful, keep living my life to the fullest, and keep looking for those one in a million chance encounters.