LolaB

I cannot wait to get outside in the garden!  I find it very therapeutic and enjoy it very much.   We are going to do a veggie garden and I am so excited, this weather has been so weird hot then cold, rain then snow .... blah! ........... Love the birds and the Robins are crazy! .....

Hi Lisa - As far as I know yes, I am very strict due to paranoia I was "gluten-ed" once and it was AWFUL!!! No thanks to that happening again.  The only thing I can think of is eating chocolate, some cheese's, peppers or red meat.  I usually stick to chicken or fish.  This is very depressing.  My husband and I have a gluten free home, he can eat what he wants for lunch while he's at work, but yes our kitchen is gluten free. I wonder if I should remove caffeine, sugar?   Sometimes I wake up with a bad stomach.  Where is that light at the end of the tunnel?

Hi everyone!  I am back! diagnosed September 22/2012 was doing really well until this Christmas, seems like I still do not feel well.  Bloating, D, cramps, pains over all my bowels are not well.  I have been on a strict gluten free diet, slowly starting eating chocolate again (wonder if its that) and my weight has stayed the same just a slight drop ( I weighed myself this morning)  I wake up with a funny stomach or heart burn ..... I am worried I am not getting better and worried I am never going too.  Could someone please send some comments before I drive my husband insane with questions!

Hey everyone!  I have been gluten free since Sept 22/2012, but do believe I have been "glutened" twice, once after hot chocolate which btw looked perfect to make, minus the milk of course, but no I was wrong.  Wayyyyyy wrong, I also added a tiny bit of "lactose free" cream to it and boy was I sick! omg! the cramps were INSANE.....anyways, I know it was the cream since I have had a really hard time with milk so far.  But I can eat cheese? weird! but, seems this past weekend I have been feeling like crap (lol) tired, stomach bloated, sore feeling, not good stools, over all not well. I do believe these are symtoms of being in contact with gluten.  My question is ....... I have not felt hungry, I make myself eat, but have no appetite at all!  has anyone else felt this way? I wonder if it is because I feel so crappy? Please help!   I did eat a "gluten free" loaf my neighbour made for me, but her kitchen might not be as gluten free as mine and that could be where I got glutened from.  This loaf was made Friday, today is Monday and for the past few days I am been feeling ill.  Any chance it is the loaf?

Thanks everyone for the posts and JNBunnie1 thanks for the compliment on my puppy, she is adorable and her name is Lola      This site has helped me a lot, and I have learned so much and appreciate all the responses and support.   Sorry for Really good scratcher - hate to say this but I never experienced the itching skin, but that sounds very annoying!