NewNicole

Your symptoms seem to be exactly mine....severe fatigue, headaches, muscle pain, dizziness and nausea are my main problems. Some days it's hard to breath. Not because of my asthma but because it feels like it's too much work. It feels like a heaviness. It's not gluten and I don't know of any other AI issues. Does anyone know what AI diseases can have these...

I'm very careful about not eating gluten. I've checked for the other food allergies and had both blood work and an endoscope to check and make sure my celiac was in check. So with all that why do I feel so much fatigue, nauseous , dizziness, and headaches. It's not every day, but will be a hit or miss. Will the autoimmune symptoms flare even on the diet...

Nate, I know that story all too well. The medical field is a nightmare to try and navigate. I have learned so much over the last few years. As a child you are told a doctor will help you feel better and that is just not the case. I think most of them want to but they don't have the time and they need to just push you off to the next person. I've learned that...

Nate, that is a terrible existence. Most of my big issues went away when I went gluten-free. The bloating is more annoying than anything else. Although sometimes I do get what feels like back labor. I'm pretty sure it's because of constipation though. The Dr. prescribed a medicine that is suppose to work if its IBS but it was not helpful. And he won't do...

Shadowicewolf, I was thinking thyroid also. I have other symptoms that play into the thyroid, but I can't get the GI to listen. He insists no. My TSH is fluctuating but its not to the point that they will treat it.....Lexi and Nate, in this case misery doesn't love company. I'm sorry you guys seem to be having similar problems. My stomach is flat when I don...

I only eat plan chicken...and I mean plain...plain potato and a couple vegetables. I have researched all the possible food issues and have really taken that off the plate. It doesn't matter what I eat. I can drink water and you can see the swelling as I drink. It only takes a few minutes from each sip for it to swell.

I was diagnosed 3 years ago with Celiac. The diet has improved my life but not fixed everything? My GI doctor ran another blood panel and performed another endoscopy with both coming out negative. So the diet has healed my intestines. However I am having major bloating to the point of people asking if I'm having twins. I have a very flat stomach and the severe...

When I was 18 my mother found me unconscience with a very high fever. After spending a week in the hospital the doctor believed I had menegitis but really never diagnosed me. After that there were at least 5 hospitalizations for unknown illnesses. Finally at the age of 38 I was diagnosed with celiac disease. My doctor now suspects that when I was 18 I...

I have pretty nasty migraine headaches. I was getting them about twice a week before going gluten free. After a little over a year I only have them once a month. I'm hoping it goes down more as I get better. As far medicines go I always use Excedrin Migraine. There have been a few times that I have used Aleve, which is naproxin. A doctor told me that...

shadowicewolf, I suppose this is why it's so hard for the doctors to diagnose abdominal pain. It seems to vary from person to person plus the pain can radiate all over the body.

Actually I have had gallstones and can tell you the pain is upper right quadrant. It's almost under your rib cage. When the doctor checks for it he has you breath in and he presses down and goes under the rib cage.....by the way if you have gallstones you will jump off the table at this point. Lol.

So I'm thinking I would have passed the stone by now if that was my problem. I may be wrong with that, but it sounds good to me. Lol. And I'm pretty sure the appendix is lower right quadrant. My pain is on both sides about 3 inches from the belly button and a lot of pain radiating to the back. It could be the cysts. I'm thinking that could be right or it...

You went kayaking....that's fantastic. That's on my to do list to. And we just put in a pool so I'm hoping by next summer I will be able to enjoy it. It's almost like a kid in a candy store...you want to do it all right now. Good for IrishHeart. I hope you get to make up for lost time.

Kitty, mania is a great way to describe it. It takes me forever to heal after being glutened too. I hope you bounce back soon. Lvrdeo, I'm so glad that I can give you hope. I know that it's hard to think you will ever feel better. But you will reach a point when you realized that you went up the stairs without needing to rest. I actually went up a few...

That's very interesting. I didn't even think about the two being related like that. My mother has a lot of kidney issues. One of her kidneys is functioning at 35% with over 30 stones in it. Plus the other kidney has had a couple stones in it that has caused problem. Her father lost a kidney and the other one failed. With all of this plus my own history...