designgirl

I live alone so there's no gluten products in my house except for my dog's dog food.. He eats in his own bowls I try to purchase items that aren't even in boxes. I've even tried to stop eating anything with MSG in it. We'll see what the doctor says.. if she ever gets back from vacation. I have several side illnesses going on right now - middle ear...

I asked for my blood work to be done to make sure I wasn't losing any electrolytes from all my enema's. My random blood glucose came back at about 125. I've been tested for diabetes several years ago and everything was OK. I still haven't talked to my doctor about the latest results because of the holiday. I know she's talked about doing an upper endoscope...

I checked out the Lyme Disease thread on the board and I seem to have quite a few of the symptoms, but none other than the GI are very major. I've always had a lot of the problems - like allergies, sinus problems, headaches, etc. I'll talk to my doctor about it though as well as the candida. I tried the skin allergy testing, but didn't do the blood work...

I think I'm doing a great of watching what I'm eating. I bought wheat free soy sauce, gluten free breads (rarely even bother eating them), and I've barely gone out to eat to minimize any screw ups out of my control. I believe that I'm educating myself very well with everything that is wheat. There was only one time several weeks ago that I knew I ate...

To make this an extremely short story for now - in August 2008 I went in the hospital for several days. Initially they thought I had appendicitis then they told me I had terminal ileitis (after colonoscopy and CT scan) next I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease.. after yet another colonoscopy, pill cam, and another CT scan they ruled out Crohn's disease....