I went to see the Gastro and the result was that an endoscopy needs to be done. In order for a "good" test result to be available, I have to ingest gluten. First it was going to be for 30 days, but I was able to reduce the time to only 3 weeks.
This has been the most miserable month of my life.
June 29 and counting.
It is now the middle of May. Where does the time go? I have been trying to read as much as I can, and although I am not able to read much, I have found some interesting pieces of information from Dr. Green's book Celiac Disease; a Hidden Epidemic. Apparently the tip of the villa in the small intestine is where the enzymes are that break down milk proteins and since this is the part of the intestine that gets damaged first, this is why individuals with Celiac are not able to process lactose. It s
I have been Gluten Free for about 3 months now. I guess I should re-phrase...I have been aware of and learning to stay away from gluten-laden food items for about 3 months now. I think I am healing and my intestines seem to be getting back to "better." After a post on the forum regarding feeling horrible a few days after eating spicy foods when it had a chance to complete the digestive process, nightshades were mentioned. I have noticed that I don't seem to react to them as much, which gives me
Icky is a word that I have been using lately. I don't like using it because it reminds me that I don't feel good, great, wonderful, or ready to take on the day.
I have a co-worker that has a sixth sense. She can "see" the color in people. I call her my barometer. When I start to feel this "ick" I walk over to her and she takes one look at me and gives me the thumbs down or a so-so gesture (we work in a call center so she can't "talk" to me all the time.) Today was a thumbs down day. I finish
