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bonnieboo Apprentice
bonnieboo
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I have seen lettuce in the toilet recently. Has anyone else experienced this? What's the deal?

TIA

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Lisa Mentor
Lisa
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It is not uncommon, roughage is very hard to digest. If you are new to healing, it may pass through fairly quickly.

VegasCeliacBuckeye Collaborator
VegasCeliacBuckeye
Posted

:)

Celiacs have the most interesting stool on the planet. Keep reading the message boards, this is not uncommon...

:)

Pink-Bunny Apprentice
Pink-Bunny
Posted

mine has had all sorts of funky things in it...somethings I don't even remember eating AT ALL...

Lisa Mentor
Lisa
Posted

This is all a learning process. To be frank: (who is frank, anyways??, frank, who?)

Sometimes within 12-24 hours, I can see what I ate. (got the drift?)

Sometimes is see what I remember as normal (can't identify)...that's a good thing.

When you see what you consumed, back off of that and go back to the basics, rice, fish, meat, veggies and other simple foods.

When I was sick, it took about 20 minutes for the entire meal to pass, totally undigested. With no villi, my lunch went slip slidding away. :unsure: "Slip-Sliddin-Away"... Great song, I may add. I think it should be our theme song.

zansu Rookie
zansu
Posted

yeah, and we LOOK at it.... :P

chrissy Collaborator
chrissy
Posted

this can happen to anyone, celiac or not.

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Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
Posted
yeah, and we LOOK at it.... :P

You mean...most people don't???? :blink:

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Gwendolyn Newbie
Gwendolyn
Posted

What about semi-transparent (usually same color as the yellow stool) things that look like lettuce type leaves, but you haven't eaten lettuce in a while?

Anyone seen that?

chocolatelover Contributor
chocolatelover
Posted

I just had to post this morning. Always had a problem with not digesting certain foods (corn, for example), but never lettuce. Until today! Last night's dinner was there--including the lettuce. I have been eating lots of gluten to prepare for the endoscopy, and I swear things are getting worse the more gluten I eat. I can't wait to go off of it again and see what happens to my body!

stef-the-kicking-cuty Enthusiast
stef-the-kicking-cuty
Posted
It is not uncommon, roughage is very hard to digest. If you are new to healing, it may pass through fairly quickly.

With celiacs it's not only roughage. It's pretty much everything. The reason is, because your intestines can't actually process the food, because they are damaged. I had that, too, when I wasn't diagnosed yet. It disappeared after a few weeks already on the glutenfree diet. Now I have a real normal stool, unless I get glutened by accident. The only thing that shows up undigested NOW sometimes is salad actually. Not always, though.

Hugs, Stef

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