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I Wonder Now If My Dad Was Celiac

JerryK

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JerryK
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My dad passed away a couple summers ago at the age of 82.

He was short stature 5' 6" as am I, but was never diagnosed as

Celiac.

He was frankly irritable all the time, and medicated himself with

Jim Beam for most of his adult life.

Up until the time he became feeble, my dad had this huge pot

belly, but really skinny legs and almost zero butt...

The thing that makes me wonder is my dad had the rankest smelling

poo I'd ever seen. After he'd been in the bathroom, this rank smelly

poo was stuck to the sides of the bowl and really difficult to get outta

there. I remember this vividly from when I was a kid. I wondered

what my dad ate to make him like that....

I wonder now if he was possibly Celiac and just didn't live during a time

when it was recognized and/or you could even get tested for it.

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ravenwoodglass
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My dad passed away a couple summers ago at the age of 82.

He was short stature 5' 6" as am I, but was never diagnosed as

Celiac.

He was frankly irritable all the time, and medicated himself with

Jim Beam for most of his adult life.

Up until the time he became feeble, my dad had this huge pot

belly, but really skinny legs and almost zero butt...

The thing that makes me wonder is my dad had the rankest smelling

poo I'd ever seen. After he'd been in the bathroom, this rank smelly

poo was stuck to the sides of the bowl and really difficult to get outta

there. I remember this vividly from when I was a kid. I wondered

what my dad ate to make him like that....

I wonder now if he was possibly Celiac and just didn't live during a time

when it was recognized and/or you could even get tested for it.

Sure sounds like it.

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted

Jerry--It sounds like it to me, too. Those are all symptoms of Celiac. Your dad was probably irritable because he was so uncomfortable--and had no idea why.

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yep, sounds like it to me...

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