I Think Im Going To Feel Like This Forever

[ReneCox]

I am so depresseed right now. Ive been on this stupid diet for almost six months and I still have AWFUL GI issues 247. I feel like im just watching time pass me by and I see all my college friends have a good time and Im too sick to. I know I haven't been as careful about the diet for thse past 3 months or so but, for the first three months I was so careful and ate hardly anything and saw no change whatsoever. So I guess I probably don't have it right? Im 19 and I feel I should have healed quicker than this. Its just such a dissapointment...I told myself I wouldn't get my hopes up but I guess I couldn't help it. I have been praying about this for what seems like forever but now I just hardly have any faith left in God. I could really use some words of encouragement from those who belive in God right now... Thanks everyone

-Renee

[Belinda Meeker]

I am so depresseed right now. Ive been on this stupid diet for almost six months and I still have AWFUL GI issues 247. I feel like im just watching time pass me by and I see all my college friends have a good time and Im too sick to. I know I haven't been as careful about the diet for thse past 3 months or so but, for the first three months I was so careful and ate hardly anything and saw no change whatsoever. So I guess I probably don't have it right? Im 19 and I feel I should have healed quicker than this. Its just such a dissapointment...I told myself I wouldn't get my hopes up but I guess I couldn't help it. I have been praying about this for what seems like forever but now I just hardly have any faith left in God. I could really use some words of encouragement from those who belive in God right now... Thanks everyone

-Renee

Hey Rene, nice to meet u .....I know where u r comin from my son says the same thing but, maybe u don't know that there r hiddin glutens in almost all products out there (my son says he want to tell the FDA to be more careful with labels) He too can't go out ot have a cheeeseburger with the guys or for pizza and God heres u hun just alot of times he gives us wht we need not wht we want so don't give up on him just yet.....Believe me when I say he's there cuz he is

I have made it through a seperation with his help(from hubby) severe nerve damage to both arms and now battleing "C" disease symp. plus worse allergice to LAYTEX which includes almost evrything in the world now due to all being plastic.....I know u feel like crap and don't think u can do this or that God cares but he does hun so hang in there we r here for ya Bea

[wowzer]

Renee, I'm sorry that you haven't seen some positive results. On top of the diet you have to watch out for lotions, soaps, cosmetics, body washes. Could dairy maybe be a problem for you? I try to just think what I can have instead of what I can't have. I did find that once I went gluten free, I became more sensitive to it. You do always have to be careful. It will get easier for you, I'm sure. Wendy

[x1x-Stargirl-x1x]

hello. i don't particularly believe in god, but i believe there's the good in all people watching out for you. i feel horrible about the stupid diet too, i mean, people are always asking me about it and whenever my friends have a b-day i really don't wanna go cause there'll be cake.

hang on in there sis, even if you feel like you're a million miles from shore, someone will throw you the lifeline when you need it most. sounds cheesy, but the lifeline always comes, even if it's just a couple words from a stranger you'll never meet again in your life.

song~~~*so rescue me cause i'm hanging on this line, i won't give up on giving you a chance to blow my miind*

there'll always be the line as long as you believe there'll be one. who knows, maybe you'll throw the lifeline to yourself.

i'm always open to talk to!

.::STARGIRL::.

[Guest thatchickali]

I feel just like you (if you don't believe me read my other posts they are all either angry, or I'm scared about something) I'm 19 too, I have room mates who not only don't care but go out of their way to make me feel horrible about it and wave their pizza and brownies in my face. I know someday I should be able to make my own gluten free versions but my stomach is way too sensitive for pizza sauce or chocolate right now. But that doesn't mean it doesnt smell and look amazing.

I've only been gluten free 2 months, and don't feel better, and some days feel worse. The only thing I know is that a family friend took a whole year to get better, and I asked if he ended up finding another intolerance and he didn't, he just had a really irritated intestine.

My dilemma right now is whether to start other elimination diets while my diet is so unnutritious already. I've been having really huge signs of malnourishment, I constantly have a headache and today my fingers on my right hand went numb. I asked around and it's a pretty common symptom of calcium deficiency.

Many days I can't get out of bed and I end up harming myself just to put the pain somewhere besides my stomach.

I am in a battle with myself over my faith as well, I try to believe, but it's hard to believe that God would let this happen to me. I know it's not as serious as cancer or aids or other diseases but to me it's just as devastating to know that my whole life has to center around it. Knowing that my whole life is a sacrifice now.

I know that you feel like you will never get better, I feel like that too, but I have faith that I will find the key to getting better, whether it is another intolerance or just more time.

Message me anytime, it's nice to know there are people like me, but at the same time it sucks because I hate knowing that anyone feels like me. But really, message me anytime we can talk about symptoms and things that are and aren't working for us.

[jmd3]

I have been praying about this for what seems like forever but now I just hardly have any faith left in God. I could really use some words of encouragement from those who belive in God right now... Thanks everyone

-Renee

I think it would be wise to keep a journal with everything you are consuming and how you feel at the begining of the day and the end of the day, it may really help you.

Don't worry that others are eating pizza and so forth, there is plenty of great food that we can eat being gluten free. Just try and eat healthy right now. I feel so much better when I just eat plain fruit, veggies, and meats. My system is still healing and perhaps I will be still healing for a long time, but with God's guidience and many prayers, I will get there.

A very wise woman once told me that if I ever feel like I am lost, or I am ever at wits end with why I am going through the things that I have and still am..... " just hold on tighter to your beliefs with God, grab his robe and hold on, pray more"....it can be a test for us and to keep faith at perhaps a very trying time in our lives.

Another wise women told me to sit and pray to the Lord, then just sit quietly in his presence, perhaps he is trying to tell you his plan, but you are not listening to what you he is trying to tell you.

These may sound like strange things, but it does help to hold onto to your faith, don't give up, I know it will get better. I know praying for others is also a help to me.

[Arpita]

I'll never forget the quote, "Whatever can happen to a human being, can happen to me." This puts life in perspective for me. Life is uncertain, even with your faith. There are Christians whose child got hit and killed by a car, those with illnesses worse than ours. Jesus suffered a lot and so did most Christians in the bible and after the bible, most of them unto death. Some sense of suffering is part of being human. Sit with it some. To be still and know that God is God and God is the good in whatever you are experiencing. Be raw with the Lord, cry to him, share. Some peace can also come when we pray with thanksgiving for what we have, when we surrender to God over and over. Ask for the courage and strength. Also, keep in mind, this disease is new for you. Whenever a person gets a lifelong condition, you can go through the stages of grieving -- denial, anger, loss, sadness, acceptance, etc. This is human, you will feel it, it will pass, and he is there to be with you while you feel it. Keep doing your part! Don't give up! I know it can be really hard! I can't promise you that your prayer will be answered in the way that you seek, but I can say that the Lord always provides good in the bad. There is light in the darkness, and something human and something spiritual in every moment. In the meanwhile, He also says, keep asking, keep petitioning, and keep knocking on His door.