cfritz

  On 5/20/2010 at 4:18 PM, K-Dawg said:

OP - if you PM me and send me your email address, I will send you my gluten-free information (if you don't mind me contacting you by email). I am in Toronto, diagnosed a year ago and have collected product listings from various canadian sources; thus, they are somewhat current.

Hi, I would be interested in any product lists that you may have. My email address is wcfritz@sasktel.net. Thank You. Carla

I've been to two different allergists, one said I wasn't allergic to anything and the next one said I have several allergies to alot of foods. Mold was a big one. There is a definite possiblity I'm allergic to wheat even if it doesn't show up on the tests. Just working with flour and ingesting the dust does seem to bother me, but you never know it could all be in my head. But it has happened so many times and it always came back to some grain, oats or wheat. (I did a journal on my eating habits for about a good year).

Maybe one of these days I can figure it out.

Thanks Gina for your quick reply. I really appreciate your kind thoughts and opinions. Its nice to hear from someone that has been going through the same sort of thing and makes me feel a little more normal. Regarding medical drs, I think I just happened to have bad luck with the GI I went to, my family dr has no doubt I have celiac disease. Its just me that has a hard excepting it without evidence.

I have a question regarding your fibromyalgia . My sister has it soo bad. She is in pain 24/7. Mostly really bad headaches and alot of head and shoulder pain. I have repeatly told her to eliminate some foods from her diet and maybe that would help her. But she just believes its a disc problem in her neck. What kind of symptoms did you have and did gluten-free take all the symptoms away?

Carla

Hi,

I'm fairly new a this site and will tell you a bit of my history. I got very sick a few years ago and lost a very large amount of weight, pretty much skin and bones. Alot of stomach problems, constipation and diarrhea. The main culprit was acid reflux.

I went to a GI who did test after test, tubes down my throat, etc. A few years before getting really sick my GI did send me for a biopsy for celiac because my blood work showed signs of this. But my biopsy came back negative. So when I went back 2 yrs later I asked him to repeat the biopsy and he refused. At the time I was still on gluten, and now I'll never know for sure. I had absolutely no luck with any of my doctors that I went to. I had to think of alternatives.

I went gluten-free after finally seeing a Naturopathic Dr. I gained 15 pds back within a month or so. But since then a haven't gained a pound. I weight about 110 now.

I definitely feel like a new person once I got my reflux problem and bowels under control. But after 2 yrs I still get constipated at times. I think the rice constipates me alot. I do still eat lays ripple chips, almost every night, cause I'm starving ( hopefully I'm not getting contaminated from them). I also worry about cholesterol.

I have a very limited diet since going to the Naturalpathic Dr. He deals with food allergies and has taken my off alot of goods. I only eat brown rice, potatoes, most vegetables, a bit of fruit, beef, turkey, butter, salt, rice cakes. For treats I eat lays chips, drink pepsi, taste of wine or rum. Mostly I'm scared to try anything new. I am still very very skinny. I lost all my muscle fat.

All I want to do is gain a bit more weight, and have a little more variety of food.

I really could handle being Celiac, but its very tough with all my food limitations.

If I happen to accidently contaminate my food somehow, I get very dizzy and feel nausated. I basically sick for anywhere from 1 - 3 weeks. Real crappy-Flu-like symptoms.

I still get frustrated after almost 2 years of gluten-free, but do feel so much better than I did. I honestly thought I was dying, I was so sick. At times I wonder if its all in my head and other times I know this is very real. The hardest part of all is not knowing whats wrong with me. If I knew I was celiac then I could deal with it, but not knowing is the hardest part of all.

Thanks for listening,

Carla

I've been gluten-free about 2 yrs now. I am not diagnosed as celiac, but pretty much have all the symptoms. Of course I can't get tested since I'm been gluten-free. I am so much better since gluten-free, but still have lots of issues. I have about a million questions, but I'll start out with asking if anyone gets sick or dizzy just being around gluten foods being cooked. I get dizzy if I make pasta or any other grain related food for the family, it seems if I inhale the fumes it makes me sick. If I touch anything with wheat in it, it makes me dizzy. I cook my own food completely separate from the rest of my family since I'm pretty sure I get contaminated from the fumes of anything wheat related.

Does anyone have this problem?