luvs2eat
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My night time cramps are on the top of my foot near my toes... where it seems there shouldn't be enough muscle to cramp!! I should try the bar of soap thing... I've read that before.
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I was diagnosed so quickly that I didn't have the unexplained weight loss problems that are so common. Then I substituted rice and potatoes for all the stuff I couldn't have anymore and have packed on weight. AAARRRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!
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ARCHIVED 10 Months Gf -- And I Still Have Symptoms
luvs2eat replied to celiac3270's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease
As soon as I was diagnosed, via blood test, I became obsessive about my diet... and was COMPLETELY wheat/gluten free... and it still took a whole year before I decided things were as normal as they were gonna get. No more gas, or diarrhea, unless I've eaten something I shouldn't have. -
My diagnosis was pretty fast and simple. I had unrelenting diarrhea for about 2 months when I finally took myself to a GI doc. He gave me a course of Flagyl (an antifungal) while he tested for Giardia after I told him we'd spent the summer boating and swimming in the Delaware River, and did blood tests. He told me he'd never seen antibody levels as high...
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I tried the pizza crust from Bette Hagman's book and found it to be quite good. We cooked it on one of those Pizza Pizazz things and everyone thought it was geat!
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New here! It took my intestines almost a whole year to calm down and return to any kind of normal. I was diagnosed very quickly and didn't lose any weight at all... and have only GAINED eating no gluten... talk about depression!!
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My all time favorite food to bake was bread. I used to make beautiful braided challah breads and big round crusty country loaves... I still do make them. Only now I can't eat them. The loss of bread since my diagnosis (August 2003) has been the hardest for me. Whenever someone asked what my favorite food in the world was, I always said, "Homemade bread...