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  1. portrgirl
    That's very possible! I did also notice that dairy started making me sick, so I wouldn't doubt that I wasn't digesting it properly, which led to acne. Perhaps you're not digesting another food group properly leading to your acne.
  2. portrgirl
    Sorry, I wasn't very clear. I meant any symptoms other than diarrhea. I rarely have that but I'm chronically constipated, which only seems to be mentioned with IBS, Celiac and non-celiac gluten intolerance.
  3. portrgirl
    Actually, both allergists have. The first one I saw seemed concerned about it and thought that it might be causing my IBS. She told me to take wheat out for a week to see if anything improved. I did two weeks but didn't see any improvements - I just felt a bit different mentally. The allergist that I switched to now (he was the one who though I should...
  4. portrgirl
    I believe that dairy causes my acne (also bad). When I started feeling sick after eating milk and cheeses and cut it out of my diet, my acne disappeared. I always assumed it was due to my hormones as I'd get a worse breakout right before my period but when I stopped eating it, I found that my worst cravings for those products were right at that time.
  5. portrgirl
    Thank you all so very much for the responses! I've been feeling so beat down, overwhelmed and unsure about all of this. I was so happy when I looked up what my doctor thought I had (celiac disease) and found that I had so many of the symptoms with such an "easy" cure. I was (and am) really let down when all of the blood tests came back negative. I can...
  6. portrgirl
    Well, unfortunately, my doctor is now saying that I have no reason to try a gluten-free diet because all of the test results came up negative. I asked about gluten sensitivity and he said there's "no way to test for a gluten allergy." He does want me to be on a wheat-free diet for a month as my allergy skin test showed positive for a moderate wheat...
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    I finally got all of my test results in. It looks like everything is right smack dab in the middle of the normal ranges. I don't know why my tTG test results weren't there but I'll be talking to my doctor to find out. From what I've researched, nothing is even showing a possibility for a gluten sensitivity (unless I have incorrect information). IgG...
  8. portrgirl
    Oh how interesting... So celiac is really just a specific immune reaction to gluten sensitivity, not actually the technical name for gluten sensitivity. I'm glad to hear things that back up my one doctor's insistance for me to try the diet because it's the real test - I wasn't sure if he was correct. Perhaps I should have listened to him instead of asking...
  9. portrgirl
    I guess that would be correct; however, do I necessarily have Celiac (as opposed to a gluten intolerance/sensitivity) if the blood tests all come out negative or only the anti-gliadin test comes out positive? OK, that's good that one of my doctors seems to understand this. But again, it doesn't necessarily mean it's celiac, correct? Just a gluten...
  10. portrgirl
    I looked up information about gallbladders and found the following: Chronic cholecystitis (biliary colic) This is a chronic inflammation of the gall bladder and causes: * sporadic pains in the middle of the upper abdomen, or just below the ribs on the right side. * pain which becomes worse over an hour and then stays the same. * the...
  11. portrgirl
    Thanks Hells Bells - I'm really trying to not go back to ignoring it all. I figure if it was uncomfortable enough for me to see doctors about it, I shouldn't stop just because I'm feeling this way - although it is tempting. While my GI doc was feeling around my stomach area, I asked her if what she was doing was supposed to hurt because it was incredibly...
  12. portrgirl
    Thank you Ursula... it's really nice to hear someone tell me this. My family thinks I'm nuts, my doctors don't seem to really believe me (except for this new one who is actually the covering physician for the first allergist I saw - she's on vacation) and while my boyfriend is very supportive, he's getting understandably sick of hearing me talk about this...
  13. portrgirl
    I also had strong reactions to all pollens, which *can* cause a skin reaction to wheat as they're related. Wheat and barley also showed up. Your doctor should have told you to try a wheat avoidance diet for 1-2 weeks and a challenge in order rule out an actual food allergy. I took wheat out of my diet for 2 weeks and didn't notice any changes, same thing...
  14. portrgirl
    Hello - I could use some wise advice from all of you celiac-informed. I've always had "stomach issues." When I was in grade school, I would wake up in the middle of the night w/ horrible pain on of my sides, unable to straighten my legs or move. I wouldn't be able to sleep and sometimes missed the morning of school. Tylenol & a heat pad helped...
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