Musings of a Celiac

I'm still having problems. I've been on this gluten free diet a month, you'd think I'd be able to go now, but I'm still having problems going to the bathroom. How long does this usually last before I will start getting better?

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It seems my input is much more than my output, but maybe I'm wrong. I've got an appointment this Wednesday, maybe she'll do something then. But even with my meds I couldn't sleep last night. I woke up very early (which is why I'm writing this morning. I usually don't have the time to do anything... I've got a bit of time between projects. I'm moving into a bigger apartment, from a studio to a one bedroom. Not bad, it's not a major jump in rent. But I'm doing my own painting, well part of it. Let's say I'm helping. I want my hand in it, so when it's done I can say I did that. But I'm paying for it later, it triggers my fibromyalgia. Yikes.

I'm trying really hard not to let my diet add to the mix, but now I see why my doctor says I do have IBS on top of Celiac Disease. Because my body doesn't just react with the wrong food, it also reacts with stress. When I'm stressed, I also get diarrhea and stomach cramps. Maybe I have trigger points in my stomach or my intestines. I DO know I have scar tissue on my intestines, when I had my hysterectomy, they had to surgically separate my organs in the lower part of my body due to the adenomyosis and endometriosis causing all my organs to be fused together.

I have noticed one odd thing. Since going off of gluten, my appetite seems to have shrunk. I'm not as hungry as I used to be, and sometimes when I get the munchies now it's only for juice or iced tea. Strange, is this a part of Celiac Disease? I'll have to ask my doctor. I know the bone pain really scared me until I read an article in the Daily Times Call (which I can't find the link for, but will post it when it does appear online) about Celiac Disease and how bone pain is part of it. Wow this really hurts, and of course that triggers my fibromyalgia and that just makes everything worse. No wonder I can't sleep. I have added all of this to my diary that I keep for my doctor of symptoms, BM's and the like. (Talk about morbid reading, only a caring doctor would want to read a diary about bowel movements!)

Ok, I've sat long enough, the pain has kicked up a notch, must move around now...