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Tori F.

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OK guys, Please forgive me... I am soo new at this. I was diagnosed last month and I have been doing so good and feeling so much better since going gluten-free. I have had no "D" or any stomach pain in 31 days. However, two days ago I had a stomach ache and had "D" three times. I freaked! It has taken two days to get back to "normal". Is it normal for that to happen from time to time? Should I expext this to happen and just deal with it and go on? Have I completely screwed up everything I have been trying to heal? I know this is a little too much info, but I know you guys will help. Thank, Tori

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Oh no! You have not completely screwed everything up at all! I can't speak for everyone else here, but I personally have been accidentally glutened more times than I can count in the past 7 months since going gluten-free. The diet has a bit of a learning curve, and I think eventually something will slip under the radar for everyone, causing a person to get sick. It does take a couple (in my case 3 to 4) days to clear up and get back to normal, and there's not really much you can do other than ride it out. Everyone has their own strategies for managing the symptoms, so I would encourage you to find what works for you to help you to feel better. (There are several threads about this that you can have a read through.) The damage to your intestines will take a while to heal, but you won't undo all that healing with one episode like this. Good luck! It sounds like you are doing a great job figuring things out! I sure didn't go a 31-day stretch at first when I was figuring things out! :)

Tori F. Newbie
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Oh no! You have not completely screwed everything up at all! I can't speak for everyone else here, but I personally have been accidentally glutened more times than I can count in the past 7 months since going gluten-free. The diet has a bit of a learning curve, and I think eventually something will slip under the radar for everyone, causing a person to get sick. It does take a couple (in my case 3 to 4) days to clear up and get back to normal, and there's not really much you can do other than ride it out. Everyone has their own strategies for managing the symptoms, so I would encourage you to find what works for you to help you to feel better. (There are several threads about this that you can have a read through.) The damage to your intestines will take a while to heal, but you won't undo all that healing with one episode like this. Good luck! It sounds like you are doing a great job figuring things out! I sure didn't go a 31-day stretch at first when I was figuring things out! :)

Thanks!! Feeling better already!

jhow32000 Rookie
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You got inadvertant contamination, which happens frequently until you learn not to eat processed foods...even gluten-free ones make me sick sometimes. Eating anything without a specific gluten-free label on it is dangerous. Don't be discouraged, you cannot protect yourself completely and will certainly get glutened occaissionally in the future. You have not undone all of the healing you started, and it wouldn't matter if you had, you still have to be strictly gluten-free. Keep up the diet as best you can and like I said, stick to whole, unprocessed foods to be safest.

mysecretcurse Contributor
mysecretcurse
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No I don't think you screwed everything up. I get glutened, I was just mildly glutened yesterday.

We are still in the healing process, and every day we go without gluten is a good day.

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