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Gastrointestinal Issues - Embarassing

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I have been really trying to be careful watching my diet since finding out that something I was consuming contained gluten. As far as I know I’m about 3 weeks out from That consumption of gluten. 

My stomach issues had gotten a little better but have come back with a vengeance to the point I have had accidents … so embarrassing 😳 

I read something that said you could kind of watch your bowel habits and bowel colors and those were indicators of gluten consumption / exposure / healing of intestines etc. 

Based on this information, it seems safe to say I’ve either been glutened or I’ve still got lots of inflammation and damage that has not began to heal and my digestive system is just struggling

Any thoughts or advice? Does anyone take Imodium to help and/Or gasEx or other stomach aids? 

 

 

 

 

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Since you got pretty bad gluten in your diet for a while, and it's only been 3 weeks, I think it will take more time to heal, unfortunately. You may want to also look at this article, but much of it may not apply to you because you already know the likely cause--inadvertent gluten exposure:

 

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  On 7/13/2022 at 12:55 AM, Scott Adams said:

Since you got pretty bad gluten in your diet for a while, and it's only been 3 weeks, I think it will take more time to heal, unfortunately. You may want to also look at this article, but much of it may not apply to you because you already know the likely cause--inadvertent gluten exposure:

 

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Yeah, maybe I’ve finally tipped my immune system over for good or severely damaged myself like never before. Unless I’m still getting gluten somehow and don’t realize it. This is the longest I can recall it taking to really see significant improvements. My stomach is just not happy regardless of what I eat. It hasn’t been this unhappy for a while. And the bloating is depressing me ..

i have an appointment next week with a gastroenterologist…if I go ….I just want  to talk to him and see what he has to say. I just not sure about going bc I’m afraid it’s going to confuse me further and throw me off. And if he were to say he doesn’t think it’s celiac I’m truly scared I will self sabotage with a gluten binge🤦🏼‍♀️

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Let us know how things go. I hope all symptoms will soon improve for you! 

Look into a gluten-free L-Glutamine supplement, as it has been shown to speed up gut healing.

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  On 7/13/2022 at 6:50 PM, Scott Adams said:

Let us know how things go. I hope all symptoms will soon improve for you! 

Look into a gluten-free L-Glutamine supplement, as it has been shown to speed up gut healing.

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Thanks, will do. To me best case scenario is him saying he supports celiac diagnosis even though I’m not opting for endoscopy. I don’t have high hopes though. Worst case scenario is him refusing to acknowledge any of it without a biopsy or telling me it’s not celiac and eat whatever. 
I’m currently on a trip so I’m scared I’m going to make myself worse with all the eating out no matter how careful I am

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