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My Son....i Am Scared

chgomom

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chgomom Enthusiast
chgomom
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Hi Everyone,

I am a newbie here and newly diagnosed celiac, and I am concerned about my son having it. He keeps coming to me saying nuggets, or bread, or candy makes his tummy hurt, even cheese Heck, even pasta, the only things that don't really bother him are water, milk, meat and veggies/fruit.

He has also had soft stools for as long as I can remember, I don't remember one time I've seen a hard one, or its loose. But never watery. He is short, his father is 5'9 and I am 5'6, hes 5 and the shortest in his class, has a little belly but hes not over weight and has high cholesterol, 218.

He gets very moody after he eats what I now call "garbage" anything thats not gluten free or natural.

I mean he'll go into a complete tirade and take a long time to come down out of no where...those are usually few and far between, but they correlate with his "tummy ache" times. It takes him a few days to get back to normal. Frankly, what I see in myself when I have been glutened, only I can control my emotions when I don't feel well (most of the time that is:P)

Anyway....any parents...please chime in. I put in a call to his doctor asking to get in today and have them send me down for the labs.....

His father won't go along witha gluten free diet unless the labs are positive (we're divorced)

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zip2play Apprentice
zip2play
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Good luck getting a diagnosis! I hope all goes well for him!

Monica

wolfie Enthusiast
wolfie
Posted

Good luck!!

I think you are doing the right thing by getting him tested. I hope that if he is diagnosed, too, that his father goes along with the gluten-free diet.

AndreaB Contributor
AndreaB
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Yes, definately get him tested. If his father needs that to keep him gluten free than that is very important. His health will not improve if his father does not stand behind this diet.

ryebaby0 Enthusiast
ryebaby0
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Well, he certainly sounds like a likely celiac! The pot belly, short stature, stomach aches, reaction to pasta..fairly "classic" symptoms ..and your ex sounds like a guy who needs a doctor to back you up. The blood test is not so bad, compared to a childhood of illness. If it helps convince your ex, my son was undiagnosed for probably 5 years and was hospitalized for 3 months before his health stabilized. Undiagnosed celiac disease is nothing to fool around about.

You're gonna feel overwhelmed by the diet for a 5 yr. old. We'll be right here :)

joanna

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