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Ok so here is my ongoing Story....
I have had stomach problems for as long as I can remember. Through High school it was bad but managable. My mother and grandmother both have "IBS" or so they have been told. I have been anemic several times for extended periods of time especially while I was pregnant with my 3 kids.
Like I said since my mom and gramma have "IBS" I had always chalked it up to be the same till I was 20...The guy I was dating at the time had Crohns now in no way at that time were my tummy issues as bad as him.
After my husband & I had my first child aprox. 2 years later things changed dramatically. It seemed that not matter what I ate I was all over the map!!! Some days I would be great and could eat anything and other days i couldn't eat anything without sending my into cramps, hot flashes and several trips to the bathroom. I tried to control it through diet...it help very little.
Over the next 6 years again I just lived with it because when I had asked my Dr. at the time she just said its IBS and never did ANY tests.
3 years ago we moved to a different town new DR. complained once to them and here come the tests...blood tests colonoscopy etc. The Dr.'s also had put me on a VERY resrictive diet (pretty much ensure only). The colonoscopy showed nothing as the surgeon that did it refused to give me pain killers and I felt the whole thing...as a result there was no conclusive on anything. I was tired of waiting around and being poked at so I said I will just live with it.
We moved yet again a year ago and I began to have other health problems (PCOS & pituitary gland). A friend's gluten-free (nurse & celiac) asked me if I had been tested for Celiac "I couldn't tell you" Off to a new Dr. (the other 2 are always away) she order blood tests for EVERYTHING imaginable including diabetis (runs very heavy on fathers side!!) I also found out the other day that my cousin was diagnosed with Hypoglycimia then celiac a year later...
Got my test results for some of the test but not the celiac yet. I have hypoglycimia that if not taken care of I will be a type 1 Diabetic in less than 5 years. She told my to go on the gluten free diet as I have already had the blood tests done and she will let me know how the come out when they get in.
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ARCHIVED Always Hungry, Always Eating And Still Lossing?
skgirl posted a topic in Related Issues & Disorders
I am really confused because I have seen a ton of posts saying that after they (poster) went gluten free they have gained weight (no difference if it was a good thing or not), but I haven't seen anyone post about loosing weight. I have been gluten free for about a month so far. I can't stop eating I feel like I am always hungry and mostly craving carbs... -
ARCHIVED More Testing On Tummy Problems
skgirl replied to skgirl's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
So the panel came back and she told me "two of the tree markers are there so in my opinion you have it, not going to bother with the biopsy but stay on the gluten free diet" so there I go I have been gluten free for just over a week now and feel fabulous already!! -
ARCHIVED Eating Out
skgirl replied to alissar's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease
I am reading "the first year - Celiac disease and gluten free eating" by Jules Shepard awesome book!!!! Extremly helpful!! She has a card in there that you can make one for yourself and give to the waiter/waitress that way your aren't bringing extra attention to yourself you could even excuse yourself to the bathroom and give it to the manager or waiter... -
ARCHIVED Road Trip To Sooke B.c In 2 Weeks Help
skgirl posted a topic in Introduce Yourself / Share Stuff
My husband, Kids and I are going to Sooke (30min outside of Victoria) B.C for my sister in-law's wedding. I am trying to find places to eat on the way there then once we are there. I know we will be spending a couple of days in Victoria as well. Looking for something not too expensive as road trip weddings are already expensive enough lol PLEASE HELP... -
ARCHIVED Campbells Soup Gluten Free Soups
skgirl replied to Yup's topic in Introduce Yourself / Share Stuff
I just looked on Campbell's canadian web site and there is a huge list of soups that they have on there that are gluten free here too!! I am so excited went gluten free on Tuesday and what I had read prevously is that premade soups are usually a no no!!! -
ARCHIVED More Testing On Tummy Problems
skgirl replied to skgirl's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
I don't beleive that she is going to bother with the biopsy...the family history is there and she told me to go ahead with the diet. I am overwhelmed by the hypoglycimia and the celiac but I have a really good book and you all to help me through this and an exremely understanding husband (most important). Off to the post diagnosis section lol -
ARCHIVED More Testing On Tummy Problems
skgirl replied to skgirl's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
So went to the Doctor the Celiac panel isn't back yet however she told me that in the mean time to go gluten free for at 3-6 months and see how that goes. She will call me when the panel comes back to let me know what it says but she told me the same thing that I have read here in so many posts the "False negatives are extremely common" I also was diagonased... -
ARCHIVED More Testing On Tummy Problems
skgirl replied to skgirl's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
I am going to see the Dr. tomorrow morning. I am going to ask for the numbers of the test, I was planing to try the diet even if the numbers are a negative because as I have read on here so much that the test results can be negative, more often then not. I'll post the results tomorrow when I get them. -
ARCHIVED More Testing On Tummy Problems
skgirl replied to skgirl's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
Dr's got my test results today I only had the tests on Wednesday....WOW I have to go see her next week YAY maybe some answers -
ARCHIVED More Testing On Tummy Problems
skgirl posted a topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
So here is my coles notes story.... I have had bad tummy problems since I can remember but they got really bad at the age of 16. I was a late bloomer almost 15 when puberty hit. Originally I chalked it up to food (mostly meat intollerance) My mother and Grandmother have the same problem. Two years ago I had been getting really bad/sharp stomach pains...
