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Thanks for all of the replies. I pressed my husband and told him he needed to tell his GI to order the full panel and I have the list printed out to give to them. He called the dr office afterwards and requested the full panel and the nurse told him he would just have to ask the doctor at his next appointment and see "if he thought it was necessary." He...

I'm posting this on behalf of my husband, Nathan, who has recently had a number of health issues come up. I was diagnosed with celiac disease 5 years ago and have noticed a huge similarity between his symptoms and mine pre-diagnosis. I cook gluten-free meals for our family, but he eats his own gluten-filled cereals and breads, pizza, etc daily... He is in...

I get extremely sleepy also, it feels like you've been drugged (i supposed 'poisoned' would work though, lol). One of the things I notice right away is a migraine. I shut myself away in a dark quiet room with a cushy pillow and ride out the worst of it. It also seems to affect my vision. It's a lot harder for things to come into focus, I have to squint...

I saw on Dr. Oz awhile back that if your urine is a bright color it's because you aren't absorbing your vitamins like you're supposed to, and you are basically just peeing them out (resulting in the bright neon urine). Naturally, I forgot what you were supposed to do to KEEP from passing your vitamins through you... lol Go figure! Back on topic...

Wait, is all "autolyzed yeast extract" made from Barley?! Gosh, I had no idea! Maybe that's why I've been feeling horrible! I feel dumb now Thank you for the heads up! That gluten is everywhere I tell ya! lol

Constipation was one of my main symptoms and is definitely the hardest to fix now that i'm gluten-free. Nothing I tried helped. I went off dairy, I was eating flax, drinking healthy amounts of water, added magnesium supplements... nothing seemed to really work. It would be 3-4 days before I could force any sort of BM. Recently I started adding coconut...

On my last gluten-full day I ate, powdered donuts, cookies (and cookie dough), Pizza, tortellini pasta stuffed with cheese in a creamy white sauce, and for supper i had a 1/4 pound cheeseburger, with french fries and yummo seasoning all over them. I also took pictures to document the day. lol Needless to say, I was SUPER full at the end of the day. But...

I have colon cancer in my family's history. My paternal grandmother had it (and her sister died from it - plus other members of her family had it also), and my dad is at risk. When I told my grandma all of my Celiac symptoms she replied, "Oh my!! You sound just like me!" Then she preceded to describe to me classic Celiac symptoms that have been going...

One of my pre-diagnosis symptoms was a prego bloated belly. My lower abdomen would just stick out in the front and become hard. Oddly enough, the first day i went gluten-free, i had to pee SO much that day. I was pretty much going to the bathroom every 30 minutes, all day long. I never realized how much water i was retaining until then. My family and...

Too funny, I'm "ice-ing" my knees as I read this post! I never even thought about possibly getting glutened, even though achy bones were some of my symptoms before diagnosis. That would probably explain the bloating and mild cramps too... Lol, just when I think I've got a hand on this gluten-free lifestyle.... oh my Now it's time to figure out the...

I understand what you're talking about. Though unfortuntely, I don't have any answers or tips. Chronic constipation was one of my biggest symptoms before I was diagnosed with Celiac 3 months ago. Certain things have gradually gotten better. For awhile I thought my constipation was getting a little better too. But lately I'm feeling the effects of it...

Congratulations on your diagnosis, now you won't have to wonder any more Hopefully you don't have to many troubles going gluten free, it's bound to be a hard road! :S I spoke with my Dr. this morning and after telling her i was STILL constipated and have more problems on laxatives and stool softeners - she went "Oh WOW!" and said i will be referred...

Thank you all so much for your feedback! I made a Dr. appointment right after i wrote this post. I go in tomorrow morning. I am taking some meticulous notes with me so i don't leave anything out! I'm not a very bold person, but I WILL make sure i get that blood work done! Again thank you all SO much! It's so good to know that you're not alone and...

Hello everyone. I have been reading this board for awhile, you are all so knowledgeable on Celiac and similar conditions so i thought i would describe my symptoms and go from there. To those of you who venture all the way to the end, thanks in advance About a year ago, I had my very first noticeable symptoms. I was at work when all of the sudden...