Jump to content
  • You have found your celiac tribe! Join us and ask questions in our forum, share your story, and connect with others.


  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A1):
    Celiac.com Sponsor (A1-M):

Gluten screening after gluten


Superap

Recommended Posts

Superap Newbie
(edited)

Hi, 

 

 I am new to the community and i have a "silly" question.

First of all i want to say a big sorry for my English as it's not my first language. 

After many attempts to find what's wrong with me i gave try to gluten free diet.

my symptoms are mostly mental and numbness to my feet finger not gastric so for almost 3 weeks now i am gluten free (not the hard-core mode, not concerning much about cc or reading the labels just avoiding the obvious gluten food) and i feel really better, so i went to my gastroenterology and she agreed to write me the blood test for Celiac and she told me that since i am not hard core gluten free and its only 3 weeks i am in the diet it shouldn't go in to gluten again and take the test asap.

Do you believe she is right or i should start eating gluten again just to be sure. I really like to avoid the eating gluten part due to fear of feeling bad again.

Thanks in advance,

Anastasis 

Edited by Superap
Typos

Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):
Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):



Celiac.com Sponsor (A8-M):



squirmingitch Veteran

You should start eating gluten again & wait at least a few weeks before you take the tests. I know you said you have been gluten light but you don't want to blow this. Recommendations are a full gluten diet every day for 12 weeks prior to the blood tests. A slice of bread or a few crackers every day will be enough. I know you don't want to feel bad again & I'm sorry but there just aren't tests yet that allow us to be gluten free & still be properly tested. Someday......wishing.........

Your English is very good. I didn't have any trouble at all reading what you wanted to say. At least you know more than 1 language. I only know 1. 

BTW, no question is silly. Ask anything you want!

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A19):
  • Member Statistics

    • Total Members
      134,076
    • Most Online (within 30 mins)
      10,442

    Murielle Beaulieu
    Newest Member
    Murielle Beaulieu
    Joined
  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A20):
  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A22):
  • Forum Statistics

    • Total Topics
      121.7k
    • Total Posts
      1m
  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A21):
  • Upcoming Events

  • Posts

    • Aretaeus Cappadocia
      There is a 10 year old post in this forum on Edy's and Dreyer's ice cream. The information is somewhat outdated and the thread is closed to further comment, so here is a new one. Edy's And Dreyer's Grand Vanilla Bean Ice Cream - 1.5 Quart is labeled "Gluten Free". This is a different answer than years gone by. I don't know the answer for any other flavor at this moment. On 1 May, 2026, Edy's website says: "As a general rule, the gluten in Edy's and Dreyer's® frozen dessert products is present only in the added bakery products, such as cookies, cake or brownies. We always label the eight major food allergens on our package by their common name. We recommend to always check the label for the most current information before purchasing and/or consuming a product. The exception to this rule is our Slow Churned French Silk frozen dairy dessert, which contains gluten in the natural flavors." https://www.icecream.com/us/en/brands/edys-and-dreyers/faq It seems that Edy's and Dreyer's are more celiac-friendly than they were 10 years ago. Once I found enough information to make today's buying decision, I stopped researching.
    • Aretaeus Cappadocia
      probably not your situation @Mimiof2, but allow me to add one more to @trents list of celiac-mimics: "olmesartan-induced sprue-like enteropathy"  
    • knitty kitty
      My dad had an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.  Fortunately, it was discovered during an exam.  The doctor could feel my dad's heart beating in his stomach/abdomen.  The aneurysm burst when the doctor first touched it in surgery.  Since he was already hooked up to the bypass machine, my dad survived ten more years.  Close call! Triple A's can press on the nerves in the spinal cord causing leg pain.  I'm wondering if bowing the head might have increased the pressure on an aneurysm and then the nerves.   https://gulfcoastsurgeons.com/understanding-abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-symptoms-and-causes/ Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Presenting as a Claudication https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4040638/
    • Aretaeus Cappadocia
      You have an odd story there. To me, the mechanical trigger suggests a mechanical problem and lower leg pain is a classic sciatica symptom. The fact that the clear mechanical linkage is no longer there does not take away from the fact that it was - maybe something shifted and the simple alignment is no longer there. There's also a good chance I am wrong and it's something else entirely. @Scott Adams's mention of shingles is interesting. It seems possible but unlikely to me, but who knows. However, I am writing here to reinforce the idea of getting the shingles vaccine. Ask anyone who has ever had shingles and they will bend your ear telling you how bad it is. I watched my wife go through it and it scared the bejeebers out of me. Even if you had the chicken pox vaccine, you really want to get the shingles vaccine.
    • HectorConvector
      Oddly this effect has gone now, just happened yesterday evening, the nerve pain is now back to its usual "unpredictable" random self again - but that was the only time I ever had some mechanical trigger for it, don't know why! There's no (or wasn't) actual pain in my neck - it was inside the leg, but when I looked down, now though, the leg pain just comes and goes randomly as before again.
×
×
  • Create New...