Trillian

Thanks to everyone for their information/opinions! This board has been so informative, and entertaining at times, too. I am loading up on yogurt. I couldn't digest it a few months ago, but things seem okay now. Unfortunately, I did get a yeast infection from the antibiotics. I should just ask for a prescription to counter that when they prescribe...

My blood and biopsy tests came back negative, but my GI doctor confirmed Celiac based on my positive reaction to the Gluten-Free diet. Since you've obviously had a positive reaction to the diet, and have been on the diet long enough that you'll probably get a false-negative on the biopsy, you may want to consider not doing an expensive, invasive procedure...

5'6" and shrinking (go get a bone density test!)

Can anyone tell me what probiotics are for? I've read conflicting things, such as take them all the time, take them when you are on antibiotics, every few days, after getting glutened... I've read that you should get the freeze-dried kind, not the kind you keep in your fridge. I've read that you can also get them in yogurt. But, most importantly...

I've also found the opposite. I've always been a super picky eater and now I find that I'm eating foods that I always avoided such as onions, red meat, and lettuce. Maybe its due to necessity? My options are much more limited now. I've also started grimacing when others eat chips and even cookies! When I started the diet 2 months ago, I was so upset about...

I've never found pre-packaged gluten-free bread that's good. In fact, it's awful! You'll probably have to make home-made food if you want to eat gluten-free bread that tastes good - even the boxed kind that you mix and bake is better than prepackaged.

Have you contacted your doctor? An allergic reaction isn't something to take lightly.

I have this too! It gets worse when I wear rings, so I haven't been able to wear my wedding ring in 4 years. It used to be on one finger, now it's on 2 of them (different hands). My doctor calls it contact dermatitis, but the creams never help. I did notice that it got a lot worse when I did my gluten-test last week. That confirmed my theory that it's...

In addition to a food issue, it sounds like an anxiety attack, panic attack, or allergic reaction to me.

Your fractures and iron deficiencies can be direct effects of celiac. You should get a DEXA scan to check for bone-density, and get your iron and feritin levels checked. Since you've had 3 fractures, you probably have osteopenia or osteoporosis. I was diagnosed with osteoporosis (3 fractures in 3 years) and anemia first, and because of them, I found out that...

Another idea about baking and items that come out flat with items that include baking powder... When mixing the wet and dry ingredients, do not overmix and get the pan into the oven as fast as possible.

Both my blood tests and biopsy came back negative, but they were false-negatives! My doctors confirmed celiac based on my positive reaction to the gluten-free diet. I had terrible gastrointestinal side effects from food, and was misdiagnosed for years with gerd, hiatal hernia, etc. I was on medication for these, but they never seemed to work perfectly....

I've only been gluten-free for 2 months, but I hope this might help you with your worries over money. Before I had to start eating gluten-free, my family of 4 (me, dh (husband), ds (son), and dd (daughter)) ate out a lot, and ate a lot of convenience foods like boxed hamburger helper, au graten potatos, frozen pizzas, crescent rolls, canned food, potato...

Mine took a week. My doctor didn't order all 5 of the blood tests, though. She only ordered 3 and they came out with a false-negative. I've read on this forum that it took some people a month to get their results! Keep calling if it takes longer than a week.

I know that people say not to do this to yourself, but people on this forum talk about their symptoms after being glutened and I thought, "I wonder what my symptoms would be?" I never had diahrea before I went gluten-free, but I had awful GI distress and constipation. I read on the forum that people had terrible diahrea when they got glutened after being...