moonflowerpdx

On 9/9/2009 at 9:49 AM, moonflowerpdx said:

Update 7 years later:

Soy sauce still doesn't seem to bother me in restaurants, but at home I use only gluten free Tamari or Bragg's Liquid Aminos. I no longer eat fast food! I eat corn, it's organic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi Cyclinglady!

Thank you for taking the time to share with me your experiences. I have been trying to figure out everything I did leading up to this digestive upset. Your comments were helpful.

The digestive upset probably has nothing to do with the immunization. I never had a reaction to any immunizations before, and I've had two pneumococcal vaccines plus have been getting flu shots annually since I turned 60. It could be that the reaction to this immunization was because I wasn't supposed to get three of them, just two.

I'm not a super sensitive celiac either, and no, I certainly don't think you're a chicken little! And guess what? I did overeat Wow gluten free cookies just before this happened, had a Udi pizza, etc. Full disclosure: I ate quite a bit more gluten free grain-based foods than usual, the week following up to this.

Today I started a grain-less diet, veggies, fruits, organic meats, some nuts, some cheese. I usually drink organic milk, but I'm thinking of eliminating that too and opt for gluten-free yogurt instead. If all goes well, I will incorporate the milk in 4 weeks and see how that goes. I'm glad you mentioned you're eating dairy. I'm hoping that won't be my problem (and I really don't think it is).

Again thank you for responding to my post.  All the best to you!

I'm 67, gluten free for 10-12 years. Exactly one week ago, I got my third pneumococcal vaccine, was supposed to get only TWO of them. A mix up on my part, I was thinking I had only one, thus far.  My immunized left arm got quite swollen, red, hot to the touch, and I had flu-like symptoms several days, including an intense case of DH on my left elbow.

Also, since the shot I have had the worst case of digestive upset that I have had for years. I still have a terrible digestive upset and the DH. It is always possible of course that I ingested gluten, but highly unlikely as I wasn't in any restaurants during this time and my home is completely gluten-free.

Also occurred to me last night, that maybe I'm having a reaction to too many grains lately (even though they are gluten free). As of today I'm cutting out all grains and kind of going "paleo", at least temporarily, to see if that helps.

I'm wondering if anyone here has had a bad reaction to the pneumococcal vaccine. Also, if others here have a reaction similar to ingesting gluten when they overdo grains in general.

Thank you.

I *can* have whiskey and scotch without a reaction, and that's because of the distilling process. So I thought I'd try soy sauce. 'Cause that's distilled, right? I got glutened.

Early in this process of me finding out I was gluten intolerant, I had McDonald's fries. Everyone here probably already knows that's a good way to gluten yourself... and it most certainly is.

Taco Bell's corn tortillas have wheat in them, and that was another early wake up call for me. So no more fast food for me... can't kill me... with 2 exceptions.

Taco Time (not Taco Bell!) has great tortillas, pure corn, and I never had cross-contamination from them. Burgerville only cooks their fries in dedicated oil -- fries-only oil -- and they are safe. Burgerville and Taco Time are only in Washington and Oregon though, I think.

I didn't test positive for celiac disease (from a blood sample), but I did test gluten-intolerant from a saliva test I got from a very good naturopath.