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Playing Detective Again

Ox on the Roof

By Ox on the Roof
in Coping with Celiac Disease

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Ox on the Roof Apprentice
Ox on the Roof
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Well, I am pretty sick again this afternoon, and I can't figure out what in the world is causing this! I think the most frustrating thing is that I don't know for certain that it's even gluten that is making me sick.

But assuming it is, it likely would have been something I had for lunch since I got sick about an hour afterward:

gluten-free bread that I made from a mix and didn't seem to be a problem last night

Honey Baked turkey that I've been eating since last Friday and didn't make me sick before now

French's Mustard (website says it's gluten-free)

Some salt and pepper potato chips that are labeled gluten-free

Tea with honey

This would be easier if I knew for certain that it was gluten, because then it would just be a matter of figuring out what's causing it. But it makes me sad to think that gluten may not even be the problem.

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txplowgirl Enthusiast
txplowgirl
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Salt and pepper potato chips. Either cross contamination or you might have developed an intolerance to the potatos. Just a thought. Then again you could just be having a day where your insides are just not having a good day from not being totally healed yet. Then again you could be reacting to something in the gluten free bread. So, eliminate one thing at a time. Say, like when you finally start feeling better, just eat the chips for a week, then the gluten free bread for a week, so on so on. Just try to be patient and I feel for ya, I really do. Been there done that. I hate having to be a detective. :ph34r:

starrytrekchic Apprentice
starrytrekchic
Posted

What type of tea? Some Tazo teas aren't gluten free.

FooGirlsMom Rookie
FooGirlsMom
Posted

I'm in the same place you are. I have certain days where I seem to react to gluten free foods and it makes me think it's secondary allergies or something seeping via "leaky gut". Two things on your list cause me to react from time-to-time. One is gluten-free bread. Some days I'm peachy with Udi's bread & other days I seem to have an issue. Some tea seems to upset my stomach even if it's gluten-free. Tea is a plant so maybe you're having an allergic reaction?? You didn't say what kind of tea.

One really weird thing that tears up my stomach now is cooked onions (???) There is just no rhyme & reason and I am suspicious that if I've upset my stomach slightly with a food it doesn't really like -- like the previous 24 hours -- and then I add gluten-free bread on it (harder to digest) my body goes into a meltdown. Many days I tolerate Udi's bread just dandy. It's so odd.

Hope you figure it out. It's pretty frustrating isn't it?

FooGirlsMom

kayo Explorer
kayo
Posted

Have you been tested for fructose malabsorption and/or SIBO? If you are FM then the honey would be giving you trouble. If you have SIBO everything gives you trouble.

Rachel W Apprentice
Rachel W
Posted

I've had the same issues..One day the gluten free bread is ok with my guts, the next you would think i ate a barley,wheat and rye sandwich lol..One thing i have found that helped when i first got diagnosed and went gluten free was limiting my diet to nothing but natural..my doc said, to quote " If you cant kill it with a knife or pick it off a tree dont eat it".. very hard to do but helped me ! Even now i feel better when i eat that way, but itss hard when u are at work or traveling! Good Luck :)..also, u may want to have a allergy profile ran, just a blood test 4 the basics,,wheat,corn,soy,lactose etc...

Lori2 Contributor
Lori2
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And for me, it takes about 2 1/2 days for problems to start. That makes it harder to pin down the source of the problem.

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Ox on the Roof Apprentice
Ox on the Roof
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Thanks so much for all the replies! I still feel pretty sick today. BLAH.

The tea was just plain ol' Lipton. We drink a lot of iced tea in TN. I've eaten the chips before and didn't get sick. But that was the first time I've made the bread.

I really appreciate all the help. You guys are Super Sleuths. Now if you could just use your Super Powers to make me feel better, I'd appreciate it. :)

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