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I'm still suffering after turkey dinner on Easter.  My in-laws stuffed the turkey (with gluten of course) and I took a risk and ate some that my husband carved off the top with a clean knife.  Bad idea right?  The gluten would be in the juices?  If they basted it, for sure the top would be covered in gluten.  If it wasn't basted, it could still seep through right?

Hi everyone,

I haven't been here in a while because things have been going so well for DD7 and myself. We've been gluten-free for 2 years.

Recently, her routine bloodwork showed low iron (5) and slightly elevated sugar (7.2). I was told to put her on an iron supplement (300mg/day) and not worry about diabetes, but that her blood sugar will be checked again in a month.

The other concern is that she has recurrent UTIs (once a month, sometimes back to back/not clearing up). Scans have ruled out valve problems and any other scary concerns.

So, my questions are:

1. Why is her iron low when she has been taking a multivitamin with iron daily for 2 years? She isn't eating as much iron-rich food as I would like her to, but would that drop her iron to 5 even with the multi?

2. Is there a connection between iron and blood sugar?

3. I'm aware of the celiac-diabetes link, but is 7.2 a number to be concerned about?

4. Any thoughts on the UTI situation?

Thanks in advance for any information you can provide.

I stopped eating gluten March 2011 following "borderline" blood test. My response to the diet was incredible - depression lifted, anxiety reduced.  

So...it's a year later and I've learned A LOT from these boards and my own reading.  I've started taking the following supplements: 2000 C, 2000 D, multivitamin, 1 tsp. omega 3, and a probiotic.  My questions are, does it matter what time of day I take vitamins?  Should I take them all at once or spread them out? Should they be taken with certain foods?  Right now, I take all of them after eating my breakfast and take them with some orange juice.  

I'm also wondering if anybody has ever forgotten to take a vitamin for, say, a week, and noticed a difference in their mood?  I forgot to take omega 3 for a week and felt really terrible (depressive), remembered to take it again then felt better.  I didn't put it all together until after I'd felt better for a while.

My other question is about my reaction to glutening being different now than it was in the beginning.  The gas/bloating reaction happens first (as usual) but the depressive symptoms (feeling down/tired/brain fog) may not kick in until the next day.  Is that normal?  

I ask because sometimes the gas/bloating may not be that bad and I won't even realize I've been glutened, but then the next day I feel depressed and tired and my gut hurts (I describe it to others by saying that my gut feels bruised - familiar to anyone?).  Then I say, "Oh, I must have been glutened yesterday".  Sometimes I feel like I'm just blaming gluten for a bad mood or depression.  When I come out of the fog though, I always realize that I wasn't myself and that it had to be gluten.  While I'm in the gluten fog (for a day or two) I find myself questioning.  Anybody else experience this type of thing?

I'm not questioning whether or not I have celiac, it's just that this can be such a frustrating thing to deal with.  Any advice or suggestions are welcome.  Thanks.

I'm pretty sure I'm reacting to the Easter M&Ms in pastel colours.  We purchased them in Canada.  Has anybody else had a problem with these?  I can't find any ingredient or allergen information on the Mars Canada web-site.  The ingredients look OK on the package, but you never know right?

I've got a terrible headache and a loud tummy right now.