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I am an unusually short and petite adult who has most likely lived with Celiac my entire life and was just unaware. I was self diagnosed in November of 2007, officially diagnosed in June, 2008. I am married with two beautiful children and play violin, viola, and piano, and teach strings to middle and high school students. I play in a professional string quartet and love my family and my faith more than anything. My faith, my family, and my music are my life right now. I am back in school getting my master's degree and hope to soon be back doing what I love: teaching! (my picture is a colored photo from one of my seventh grade choir students...I am the one in the green....I blend in with my seventh graders a little too well)

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    ARCHIVED Stress

    MommyStina replied to K8ling's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    I know for me personally, when stress is in the equation, I seem to react to absolutely everything (not the painful cramping like a reaction, but feeling green aaaaaaallll the time). I think it definately factors in! Someone once told me your stomach is like your second brain: if you are a person that freaks a little when stressed, your stomach is likely...
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    ooops! I realized I only half addressed your questions....cookware can cause CC as can a shared toaster. We switched to a toaster oven and the tray is dedicated gluten-free. New pots and pans(if your current ones are nonstick or really scratched up) would be a great investment if possible.
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    Everyone seems to be a little different, but it sounds like gluten could be the culprit. I also react within an hour of accidentally ingesting something, and the reactions do get progressively worse and stronger each time it happens. The pain, cramping, nausea, and fog hit me pretty hard too, so much so that I now have a prescription for an antinausea/antiemetic...
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    I totally understand! My family is the same way. I was also diagnosed almost three years ago and my family is completely clueless as to how it works. I have a cousin that was misdiagnosed a long time ago and only had to be on the diet for two years. So, my mom keeps telling me that it is only temporary and I will be able to eat all the things I love again...
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    My dear younger sister is getting married this month and for the past six weeks we have been going around about the reception food. My daughter and I both have Celiac and are both members of the wedding party...So my sister tells me that they talked to the caterer about gluten free options and the caterer didn't even know what gluten free was (oh, brother...
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    I don't know if this is too late or not, but one suggestion I do have for you as well. I am also an insomniac and have been for a long time. I try to avoid napping, because that always makes it worse for me. I do find that the days that I get a really good run in I sleep well. Another insomniac friend of mine also swears that the weeks she sleeps are...
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    I don't know if this helps, but maybe from her perspective, I was in a similar situation after our daughter was born. I have some obsessive tendencies, too (germs, cleaning, organization, I can't leave home until EVERYTHING is where it belongs). When our daughter was four months old, I started obsessing about where my children were all the time and who...
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    EXACTLY! It isn't a choice it is a necessity! After reading a few posts here, I had a long, detailed conversation with my SIL about what she was told and how wrong it was and she explained her Dr.s reasoning for the diet and allergy meds (I am convinced he doesn't really have a clue what Celiac is and how it is dealt with) and she set an appt. to get...
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    I am also EXTREMELY sensitive to any amount of gluten! One time, my mom and sister brought a big, green salad that looked perfectly safe to me and I was under the impression that they finally understood what not to do and how to prepare things and was fine with the salad and my own dressing on it until I discovered a random piece of MACARONI in the salad...
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    LOL!!! Wow! That is a GREAT idea! I think that would get the point across! I have to remember that one....
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    I was also diagnosed when we had two very young children at home (15 months and 2 1/2 years). Three months after that, I still was feeling cruddy and having a lot of the same symptoms as your post describes (exhoustion, diarrhea, headaches, etc.) It is exhausting when Mommy doesn't feel well! After those first couple of months, I sought the help of a GI...
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    So, I was diagnosed with Celiac three years ago and have been strictly following the diet and lifestyle changes it entails. With the exception of a few slip ups, things have gone very well. We also within the last year have figured out the my daughter has it as well and have included her in the gluten free way to be. When I was diagnosed, I joined this...
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    Happy birthday and may God bless you today!

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    Here's the short of it: misdiagnosed a couple of times before i noticed the abnormal blood test results, self diagnosed celiac (or at least sensitive to gluten)ended up going to see a specialist at Univ.. of Chicago who has done everything to rule out everything and is down to the endoscopy and biopsy to check for structural abnormalities. so, after being...
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