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It will get better! Having been sick/misdiagnosed for 10 years, it is taking me a while too! I am so thankful that I can think (by that I mean that the brain fog has lifted) and believe me the day will soon come that you spend much less time in the bathroom! Now, I'm gaining weight and actually having to monitor my calories and what I eat because I'm actually...

I have been having these achey feelings too. Mostly back pain for me. I am also low in vit D and calcium. My doc has me on supplements now to help. I have been having horrible constipation now (i'd honestly rather have the 'D" than this), nutritionsit says most likely due to taking these supplements. I am beginning to wonder if I am intolerant to soy...

I am having a really hard time too with the situation that you are describing. It always seems to happen around lunches or dinners associated with work and I am given hardly any consideration as to where we eat. Sometimes it can really get to me when I have to be the odd one out, eating something different at family and work functions. Then when someone...

I have the Gluten Free Grocery Shopping Guide 2007 ed. They produce one each year. It will give you brand name foods that are safe for us to have. it is pocket size and very easy to shop with. it has helped me a lot and was well worth the purchase price. FYI, if you have a WalMart super center near you, they well clearly denote when the great value brand...

I don't really know that I can agree with classifying celiac as a spectrum disorder. My understanding, and I am newly diagnosed too so please correct me if I'm wrong, is that any amount of gluten is "posion" to someone with celiac disease. Are there people out there who are diagnosed who can actually tolerate certain amounts of gluten in a safe manner?...

I have found it easy to shop gluten free at walmart!! when the Great Value aka walmart brand is gluten free it will be clearly labeled as such near the bottom of the ingredients label!! The Great Value soy sauce is gluten-free! I shop for all I can find at walmart, even though I hate to fight with the crowd there. It has saved me $$, so I take those savings...

I use Flora-Q. I have been doing well with it and my dr wants me to take it 2'xs daily for the next few months. I think once daily is the normal dose. It's pretty easy to get at almost any drugstore. you don't need a prescription but they keep it behind the counter at the Wal-Mart pharmacy I use. Good luck. Can you tolerate gluten-free yogurt? That...

I use Flora-Q. Due to some nasty stuff I had going on, I am taking it 2x's daily per my dr's orders. It is an OTC drug. Seems to really be helping me:)

I was able to find an awesome toaster oven that also has 2 slots for regurlar toast. That's the only appliance I have in the kichen that is designated for me ONLY, since I am the only celiac in the house! But we all must be careful with the wooden stuff, many do not think about rolling pens and even flour sifters have residue that just won't seem to be...

Lost another 15...what does your dr say about this!? I only seem to be able to gain about 1lb per week and am 2 weeks into my dx. as you said those "trips" have stopped, thank God! I am slowly learning to love gluten-free breads that I am baking, only the easy recipes. I really do think that is what is helping with those extra couple of pounds I have gained...

sharon, I have had thie feeling too and an a newly diagnosed celiac. I just feel sometimes like my feet, well basically like you say from the knees down are not going to hold me up. Especially true near the end of the day or if I have been out shopping/running errands. I have not made it back in the gym yet. I just know that I'm not strong enough for...

I was just diagnosed with celiac disease last week during my very first (an 8 day) stay in the hospital. I had never even heard of celiac until after my endoscopy confirmed that I have it and Barrett's esophagus. I am so malnourished, even after a transfusion, many IV's potassium, calcium and all the other things that were supposed to pep me up in the hospital...