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March 2010: As part of a detox diet I eliminated gluten and dairy. Within 2 weeks I was feeling amazing. Never realized that I'd been sick for years...just thought I was a tired, stressed out mom.

Giving up wheat was too hard...reintroduced, got very sick. Tried a couple more times, and a couple of times accidentally and kept getting sick again.

Now just wondering when my system will be able to tolerate wine and coffee again. I'm okay with losing bread and cheese.

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    It's good to hear you are doing well. I used to post more 4 years ago when I went gluten free and I always loved your spunk and spirit. The gluten-free lifestyle does get easier. I have had to go deeper with my healing as I was diagnosed with another auto-immune disease this past March (Sjogren's) but I love that I've been able to manage both diseases...
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    Hi. Bad mom here. I am over 4 years gluten free as is my daughter. The house and kitchen are gluten free. My 11 year old and I have this down. EXCEPT for the fact that I am an idiot. I switched us to a new shampoo without reading the label (insert head smack here) and after my daughter broke out with a terrible rash on her scalp I *duh* realized that...
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    Well, I realize this is bringing up an old post but I did promise to come back with my review. We got back Saturday from Now Sapphire Resort Riviera Maya. My report isn't quite as glowing as gancan's but it was okay. I think if you are extremely sensitive to cross contamination, or even just pretty sensitive, you may find it difficult to navigate eating...
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    ARCHIVED Nightshades

    srall replied to bartfull's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    For me joint pain from nightshades does seem to be cumulative, but I don't know if this is typical. My diet is mostly paleo, but I am not really a fan of low carb, so I use white potatoes and some rice, and even orange juice to get enough carbs to feel good. But a few weeks ago I was getting massive hip pains and I realized I'd been eating potatoes every...
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    I'm so glad you have your diagnosis. I hope this doesn't sound at all cruel, but whenever someone in my life tells me they are diagnosed with celiac, I actually feel a little happy for them because I know (if they stick to the diet) that they are going to feel so much better very soon. I second the Udi's chocolate muffins. They are so good. They...
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    One more person to advise that dropping dairy means ALL dairy. I continued for about a year to just use cream in my coffee and had pretty bad D almost constantly. It was when I finally dropped all dairy that I started to heal from the damage dairy was doing to my body. And I know it's frustrating when you feel like people are telling you that things...
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    For sure yes. (I have problems with both lactose and casein) Through the process of elimination, I realized that most of my crippling stomach issues were actually from dairy rather than gluten. The gluten was causing MANY other symptoms, but the dairy was giving us (my grade school daughter and me) both hives, allergy symptoms and very very very bad, ahem...
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    Kindly say your piece, then leave it up to the other person. When I was 42 I went gluten (and dairy and corn) free after many years of symptoms, but 2 years of rapidly failing health. I watched my younger brother suffer from the same health issues and be diagnosed with diabetes at age 40 but refuse to even consider going gluten free (His gastro tested...
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    When I am 100% paleo including no wine (*sob*) I feel amazing. I can even "cheat" with a few lentils and white potatoes here and there and still feel pretty good. I tell people even if eating this way (all the meat) takes some years off my life, I'm okay to feel so amazing everyday. Especially when you consider the contrast from before my diagnosis (ncgi...
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    That is quite a story. Realizing that I have an auto immune disease and that I will still have very bad days even when being as careful as humanly possible has been one of the hardest things to come to terms with.
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    Sadly I have been gluten, dairy, corn and soy free for over 3 years, and I still feel the absolute best every morning, until I eat something. Even after my morning cup of coffee I still feel great. Until food. My feeling is that I have a leaky gut that just needs to be addressed once and for all. I feel like I should go on the GAPS diet but after...
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    YES.
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    My path was so similar to yours. I had a host of health problems that the doctor would shrug off. My mother had already been told to go gluten free by her GI a couple of years earlier, so based on that and another friend's advice (she had given up dairy, soy and wheat) I tried the diet for 30 days. Well...the short story sort of picks up kind of at the...
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    In addition to many other symptoms, my rage and anxiety were pretty bad on gluten. You're a great husband! I wish my husband would give gluten free a trial.
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    Absolutely 100% gluten free. No question. Personally I think I do have celiac based on the fact that I had a very specific rash from eating gluten, but by the time I got myself to the doctor I had been off gluten for 2 months and even though the doctor was pretty sure it was celiac I wasn't willing to do a gluten challenge. That said, after 3 years...
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