moonablaze

happens to all of us. I actually have nightmares about it sometimes. I'll dream that I'm halfway through a donut or a cookie or something when I realize and then I am just so SCARED when I wake up.

at the very least they should have referred you to a nutritionist or better yet an actual dietician! Today I went in for an endoscopy to see what might be causing this stomach pain and other symptoms I've been having for weeks (I've been gluten free for over 2 years but it started with an accidental glutening). When they wheeled me into the treatment...

Apparently another of the tests was for H. Pilori antibodies and was positive, so there's a good chance I have an ulcer. joy.

I've apparently put the cart before the horse. Because I don't have a proper diagnosis (And I will not be getting one as I'm not going to do a gluten chalenge), the GI docs want a series of tests before I can come in. Today they took 4 vials of blood (liver panel, kidney panel, cbc, lipid panel, fasting blood sugar and various vitamins), and on thursday...

I figured out that I have celiac 2.5 years ago from a combination of elimination diet, symptoms and 23andme results (I had previously been diagnosed as having IBS for 5 years, getting progressively worse). My GP at the time felt that was good enough after I tried to go back on gluten to get tested and ended up curled on the floor of my bathroom for 2 days...

thanks guys, I'll stock up on peppermint and ginger teas. I've got a feeling it's gonna take a while before I'm able to assure I'm eating safe foods.

I'm new to this. I'm not formally diagnosed but when I tried to go back on gluten after what amounted to an elimination diet I had intense pain and bowel symptoms as well as joint pain and brain fog (so it may be gluten intolerance but I'm working under the assumption that I need to be gluten free either way). I'm still figuring out all the things I need...