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When Are New Symptoms A Sign Of Healing ?

marciab

By marciab
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marciab
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Is there any kind of time line available ?

I have been thinking that since my body is getting nutrients for the first time ever, that some of my symptoms are a healthy sign. I have eaten junk / fast food all of my life, so my body is really freaking out. :o

But, how do we know ? Is there any detailed info on the healing process ? Like at 6 months you should see "abc" and at 1 year "def" and so on.

Can those with nueropathies feel the body healing ? I was thinking this is why my arms started getting a fluttering feeling after being on the diet for 6 mths. I've had mild numbness in my hands for years.

And my tongue is now a deep red and my lips are a new shade of pink. :D Is this progress or just another food allergy ? :ph34r::unsure:

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Can those with nueropathies feel the body healing ? I was thinking this is why my arms started getting a fluttering feeling after being on the diet for 6 mths. I've had mild numbness in my hands for years.

And my tongue is now a deep red and my lips are a new shade of pink. :D Is this progress or just another food allergy ? :ph34r::unsure:

I caused my own neuropathies by ignoring that little four letter word "malt" in cereal. Took me a long time to develop it, but after eliminating that from my diet it seemed that my muscles would "jump" like the nerves were coming back alive.

As for the deep red tongue and pink lips - probably iron in your system that your body couldn't absorb before! Pink lips are a sign of health, blue and pale lips usually mean deficiencies.

Annette

marciab Enthusiast
marciab
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Thanks Annette,

Wow, that is certainly good news. :D That is what I was hoping, but I wasn't sure. My lips have been pale forever and I honestly couldn't rember what the normal color was.

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The neuropathies that you describe would be consistent with hypokalemia (low potassium). As essential nutrients are absorbed in exactly the areas that are destroyed by gluten, the malnourished state can occur. Without seeing your basic metabolic profile (Sodium/potassium/Chloride/CO2/Glucose) it is impossible to definitively state that you were hypokalemic when these symptoms occured.

There is always the possibility that some unrelated issues may be present as well. I don't know your age (advanced age can lead to neuropathies), nor if you have Diabetes Type 1 where neuropathies are possible.

Regarding your lips and tongue. Do things look "normal" but just a more "bright" red? If so, that certainly could be a reduction in anemia. If, however, they are swollen or "glossitic", this could be a sign of continued avitaminosis - specifically a B vitamin defeciency (a special problem for CS as our elimination diet is often B deficient) or an anemia.

stilljoyful Newbie
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Anyone sleep alot in the beginning? I woke up at 2:30 today still feeling tired.

eleep Enthusiast
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Anyone sleep alot in the beginning? I woke up at 2:30 today still feeling tired.

I was a sleeping machine -- my semester ended a few weeks or so into going gluten-free and I had a couple of weeks where I decided to mostly heal and rest. I would get nappish immediately after breakfast and sleep in the hammock in the backyard for a while. I think my body was just really using a lot of energy just to start healing.

Now I seem to be able to sleep perfectly normal 7-8 hour nights and, when things are busy and I only get 6 or so, I'm tired, but not anywhere near as tapped out as I used to be on that little sleep. My mornings in general are much much better now as well -- it used to take me multiple hits on the snooze bar just to get myself out of bed. Now I'm just up.

eleep

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Now I seem to be able to sleep perfectly normal 7-8 hour nights and, when things are busy and I only get 6 or so, I'm tired, but not anywhere near as tapped out as I used to be on that little sleep. My mornings in general are much much better now as well -- it used to take me multiple hits on the snooze bar just to get myself out of bed. Now I'm just up.

eleep

Good to hear!

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marciab Enthusiast
marciab
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Thanks for the replies,

My lips are the same color as my finger tips when I squeeze them a little. Is this is a good color ?

The other reason I am questioning this is that the tip of my tongue feels a little raw sometimes when I eat fruit. It showed up for the first time last week. At first it was cantaloupe and then plums. But then it cleared up. Now cantaloupe is fine. :blink: But cherries bothered me today.

I didn't sleep more, I slept less, but wheat makes me sleepy. If you were sleep deprived and now you are sleeping then it would be a good thing.

queenofhearts Explorer
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Thanks for the replies,

My lips are the same color as my finger tips when I squeeze them a little. Is this is a good color ?

The other reason I am questioning this is that the tip of my tongue feels a little raw sometimes when I eat fruit. It showed up for the first time last week. At first it was cantaloupe and then plums. But then it cleared up. Now cantaloupe is fine. :blink: But cherries bothered me today.

I didn't sleep more, I slept less, but wheat makes me sleepy. If you were sleep deprived and now you are sleeping then it would be a good thing.

Hm, the tongue thing sounds a bit like an oral allergy. Do you by any chance have hay fever? They're often linked. Plant proteins that irritate the tissues... only when raw usually. Ursula knows a lot about them.

Leah

marciab Enthusiast
marciab
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Holy Crap !!! I just read the info on oral allergies. I eat everything they listed. Now, what am I going to eat ?? :o

These weren't a problem until recently. I am hoping this oral allergy is just the result of drinking chamomile tea. That's when it all started.

What next ? I am soooo tired of getting new symptoms. When is this going to end ?????????????????

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