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Odd Symptoms

GFreeMO

By GFreeMO
in Coping with Celiac Disease

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On Sunday, I ate at a friends house. She assured me that everything was gluten free. We had roast beef, green beans and carrots and ice cream for dessert. Seems safe enough! She made gravy with corn starch for the roast beef. I watched her do this so I know it wasn't flour.

I felt fine on the way home but a little bloated. I blamed it on the ice cream because sometimes it will so that to me. A few hours later, I get the classic bloat and tons of gas. I did not get my typical D though. I usually get horrible acid like D for 3 days. I did however have a floating greasy like BM. The next day, I was achy. I have had horrible gas pains and excessive gas since Sunday.

Does this sound like I was glutened? I always have D and a migraine and DH after being glutened, this time, I didn't have any of those. Maybe it was just a tiny bit of CC and I didn't have a full blown reaction.

Any ideas? I'm getting really annoyed and tired of being in pain from this horrible gas.

Thanks!

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Kay DH Apprentice
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If I get minor cc then I get similar symptoms. Had some soup that a friend made and swore was gluten-free on Saturday. I stopped her from stirring the soup with a spoon she used for the wheat noodles-- she said she didn't touch the soup. So, possibility of cc from the soup, the pot she cooked it in, cutting board, or whatever. No D, just gas, cramps, bloating, large volume of soft BM. At least with the minor cc I don't get the nasty symptoms such as brain fog, joints, lethargy, etc.

GFreeMO Proficient
GFreeMO
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Well..now my gas is trapped and I have splotchy skin and joint pain. Guess I was glutened.....Thats it, I am not eating anywhere but home from now on. People have good intentions but they dont understand. :(

Kay DH Apprentice
Kay DH
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Well..now my gas is trapped and I have splotchy skin and joint pain. Guess I was glutened.....Thats it, I am not eating anywhere but home from now on. People have good intentions but they dont understand. :(

I know. It can be so frustrating. I tell my friends not to cook for me and why, but sometimes they want to and I sometimes get sick from it. The other side is that I love to cook, but some of them won't even try gluten-free foods. I tried to convince one that my gluten-free gravy using turkey broth didn't taste any different with corn starch than if I had used wheat flour for thickening, but she bought canned slop instead. B)

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Monklady123
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Could it have been the ice cream? I'm thinking specifically lactose. I know I was suddenly very sensitive to lactose after going gluten-free. I'm still take lactaid which works if I have just a small amount of lactose.

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GFreeMO
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Could it have been the ice cream? I'm thinking specifically lactose. I know I was suddenly very sensitive to lactose after going gluten-free. I'm still take lactaid which works if I have just a small amount of lactose.

I think that the oily floating BM is typical for celiac right?! I always get D but maybe this is something new since it has been so long since I was glutened.... Now that I think of it, it was probably cc. There was a baby there eating crackers and there was a Birthday cake there. Even though I got my food first and got my ice cream first before the cake was cut, I bet it was cc from the counters or table etc.

It's so hard to net appear anti-social or to seem rude when you wont eat someones food even though they are so careful they don't understand cc.

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