joyceelaine

Ang1eo251- At this point I'm trying to do it 100%. Took my list of yeses and nos to the store, and also checked out the gluten-free aisle (found some delicious chocolate cookies!)What I'm concerned about is all those tips people on the board post, that I would not have known about otherwise. The food lists don't tell you all the little "behind the scenes...

Thanks everyone, your answers were extremely helpful! Fiddlefaddle- Thanks for clearing that up about the endoscopy, I don't think the dr was looking in the small intestine for celiac since he's the one who had ordered the blood test and said they were negative. Also that was very interesting about lyme disease causing gluten intolerance. So many things...

Thank you both for your replies. I have in fact started a gluten-free diet as of yesterday's posting but I don't know how well I'll do. I thought it wouldn't be too bad at first, but last night I was reading about how hamburgers can't even touch the bun(I thought if I would just eat a hamburger w/o the bun I'd be okay), cross contamination, etc. and It will...

Oh sorry, I didn't explain myself. I think I may have celiac disease. I just finished a bottle of digestive enzymes hoping that would help, but it didn't make one iota of a difference. I have had bad cramping pain and diarrhea for almost every day for the past 2 (at least) years. (See my first newcomer post on the pre-dignoses,testing and symptoms forum)...

I haven't been diagnosed with celiac disease but i just started a gluten-free diet last night, or should I say, tried. I eat out a lot, and was just reading about some fast food places. I figured I could eat sandwiches and the like as long as I didn't eat the bun, and I read that the bun can't even touch the meat? And all this stuff about cross-contamination...

Please help, I was tested 4 years ago for celiac and the results were negative, doctor said it was ibs which I've had all my life. However, for every day the last 2 years, I can count on one hand, the number of times I've had a bm without pain and cramping, and loose stools..This is ridiculous to have it every day, every day, every day....... I had a colonoscopy...