rebeccaspacex
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I am an unemployed high school social studies teacher married to a Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer living in Mobile, AL. I also have Type 1 diabetes, which is thought to have been brought on by undiagnosed Celiac Disease. I was diagnosed with celiac disease at age 32 after being sick my whole life and the next year I ended up in the hospital with a blood sugar of 980 despite my move to a gluten-free diet the year before. I am now on an insulin pump. I also have other health issues as a result of not absorbing nutrients properly while growing up. Despite all this, at age 40 I feel better than I have in years and only hope the trend of diagnosing people early instead of telling them it's "all in your head" continues.
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Hi! I just wanted to let you know that it is possible that you've had celiac disease for 30 years without knowing it. I was always sick and finally diagnosed at 32. At 33 I was hospitalized with Type 1 diabetes. I went to a Celiac conference a few years ago where they said the two diseases share a gene and about 5% of Celiac's get Diabetes. Also...
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I've used the term "medically challenged" to describe myself for years. When I Google the term it seems to describe people with mental disabilities, but I think it describes my life perfectly. I've been sick since I can remember. When I was very young I would be so starving I would beg my mom to order me a lot of different foods and she would say, "Are you...