Is This Possible?

[Lunabell]

My youngest has all but been diagnosed with celiac. Her blood tests were positive and her observed reactions are pretty apparent. Just waiting to do the endo/biopsy for the doctor's official seal.

We are gluten free in our home. I told the doctor that I was going to go ahead and switch her over because continuing to feed her gluten when it causes her such pain was child abuse, in my opinion. She agreed and didn't think she would heal fully by December 29th.

I was completely gluten free for about 3 days since I didn't eat anything from outside the house. Last night I had a couple of beers. I woke up in the middle of the nights totally bloated and in a lot of pain. I called it a "corn-lite" experience because it reminded of what it felt like when I would eat corn when I was pregnant with my middle daughter. I still don't eat corn to this day because of how awful I felt.

I am going to get my blood work done in January,since I do have a history of IBS-y like issues. I just don't have time before the holidays. I have been trying to keep gluten in my diet so that the testing will be accurate. I just don't bring it into the house,

If someone has celiac, is it possible to have a more extreme reaction after being gluten free for only 3 days?

[cassP]

yes! absolutely! my reactions are way more alert and severe than before going gluten free!

[shopgirl]

Yep. I screwed up four days into gluten-free and got a wicked stomachache when I messed up. I'd never had stomach/abdominal pain pre-diagnosis either.

[T.H.]

If someone has celiac, is it possible to have a more extreme reaction after being gluten free for only 3 days?

Yup. I had NO gut pain before I was diagnosed, and after 2 days of being gluten free, I had gluten free chips that we since found out have more gluten cc than I could handle, and I was very sick.

I don't know if it's as common as those who start having issues with gluten after a few weeks on the gluten free diet, but it definitely happens.