Suffering in Ohio

My family was supportive but apprehensive when I was first diagnosed with celiac. They thought it might be a overly cautious doctor who quickly diagnosed and that I might be doing this all for nothing. Then they saw how sick and miserable I would get when I messed something up with my diet or in a celiac's terms....been glutened. Because of this association...

Thank you everyone for your responses to this post and others. I have found them so helpful. I am starting to find my staple items and branch off of those. I have a life like most others, work, exercise, family and maintaining a home so my time is limited. That was the part that threw me off. I am making the time because I realize how important it is...

This is very helpful. I was curious as well. My top symptoms are: 1) Immediate bloating of the stomach. I look three months pregnant. 2) Burning sensation under my ribs and noisy stomach (about two hours later). 3) The worst smelling gas ever. I have people that will attest to this. (From two hours through about 24 from time of ingesting gluten...

The gas and bloating was one of the originally reasons I went to the doctor. It is absolutely terrible and embarassing. It would get so bad after dinner that I would watch tv in a different room than my fiance so that I could spare him. It is too painful to hold in. I have tried gas-x, malox, mylanta, digestive health, you name it and I've tried it. I...

I have searched his website and many others for a list of "normal" gluten free food. What ice cream can I eat, cereal, hamburger helper, popcorn, potatoe chips, etc? I keep buying these gluten substitutes that are really expensive such as last night we had a gluten free beef stroganoff mix that I could only get a few bites down. It was disgusting! I...

I think we can all understand. Being gluten free is a complete life style change. I have only been gluten free for about a week. Since it has been such a short period of time, all of my symptoms have not cleared up. I am still very fatigued and iron defficient with a bit of stomach pain. I thought that a piece of pizza wouldn't hurt. I ate it Monday...

I have been suffering with abdominal pain for three years so far. I was told about a year ago that it was IBS. Nothing I took helped so I sought out a GI doctor. He has ran many tests but doesn't spend much time explaining things. I was but on Nexium for ahwile as they believed I had acid reflux. That didn't help. I started researching on my own. I...