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nonnarae

By nonnarae
in Coping with Celiac Disease

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nonnarae Rookie
nonnarae
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I have been glute free for a very short time. Only about 2 months now, but I am so careful at home. I was feeling better (at least my leg cramps,bloating, constant migraine had been going away). Then we went on vacation. I was gluten ed and I have not been able to feel better since!

I know my house is gluten-free. nothing is allowed in, but I constantly feel gluten ed and the leg pain is AWEFUL.

I have no idea where to start looking for gluten. Uggghh I hate feeling this way.

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bartfull Rising Star
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It's a shame that you got glutened on vacation but this setback might well have happened anyway. Many many many of us go through a "honeymoon period" when we first start the diet. We start feeling GREAT. And then a couple of months later we start feeling lousy again. It happened to me.

 

It took a long time to get the damage and it will take a long time to get rid of it. Just be careful with your diet. If you haven't given up dairy it might be a good idea to do so for about six months or so. Try sticking to whole foods (organic if possible) and avoid processed foods. Give it some time.

notme Experienced
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blah, i messed up on vacation, too.  i wasn't as careful as i should have been, even though i planned and packed food, i broke my own rules (2 of 'em   :ph34r: )  now, i'm having a pretty sharp reminder why i made the rules in the first place!!   :angry: (plus, i'm having to listen to the husband tell me 'i told you so", so, adding insult to injury. he's had years of practice, lolz)  nah, he's really very understanding about it.  and patient with me because it will be another 10 days or so before i'm back to 'good' - wah, i should stop whining - i did it to myself... <_< 

 

so, it might take some time for you to recover even without re-glutening yourself.  just inflammation that hates every food.  barty is right, give it time, eat 'clean'  - have you tried a food journal?  helped me figure out what not to eat in the beginning.  stuff might bother you now that you may be able to add back into your diet once you heal up some.  good luck and hope you feel better :)

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nonnarae Rookie
nonnarae
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thank you both for your comments. I have decided I will not eat anywhere that is not 100 percent gluten free. Each time I have tried (with the exception of the sushi place in town) I have been seriously glutned. I can not believe how violent my reactions seem to be getting. If I eat at home I am fine, eat at the sushi place fine, anywhere else and within an hour I have major migraines, vomiting, swelling and then days of abdominal pain and aching everywhere it seems.  

 

 

I have to just come to terms with the fact that I CANNOT eat out. I just seem to be to sensitive, --sighs--

 

positive note is that I have learned to make soooo many things I liked to eat out. mmhmmm I figured out Chinese. all will be well.

jiggles Apprentice
jiggles
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Hi nonnarae

Have you cut out oats and dairy whilst you are still healing , as they can make you feel awful, just like being glutened as lots of new coeliacs can't really digest them until they have healed more ,

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nonnarae Rookie
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jiggles,'

 

 

I am considering cutting out dairy completely. I did replace most of my dairy with almond milk, but have not been looking at the ingredients in products. I might just have to go all out and do the whole foods only and add things in slowly later. 

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Loretta trying Newbie
Loretta trying
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Since going gluten free on August 1st, I have found that I am reacting to all nightshades, sweet potatoes, beans, cabbage, etc. I also can not eat my vegetables and fruit raw. None of this stuff bothered me before I damaged my intestines. I am hoping to add some of these things back when I heal. I'm trying to do the four day food rotation so I don't start reacting to anything else.

Hard to come up with tasty and interesting food.....(sigh!!!)

 

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Since going gluten free on August 1st, I have found that I am reacting to all nightshades, sweet potatoes, beans, cabbage, etc. I also can not eat my vegetables and fruit raw. None of this stuff bothered me before I damaged my intestines. I am hoping to add some of these things back when I heal. I'm trying to do the four day food rotation so I don't start reacting to anything else.

Hard to come up with tasty and interesting food.....(sigh!!!)

 

Soon, you'll be able to add so many foods back in!  After my recently glutening, it took two months to heal.  I could not digest  raw veggies either!  I consumed a lot of fish and stewed meat and well-cooked veggies.  Boring, but easy to digest! 

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