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    I love Horseback riding, family, cooking, hiking, biology, friends, and college :)
    I'v been gluten free since 11/21/10
    My family keeps plenty of gluten items around the house, and I'm struggling with CC, since my family/household will not go gluten-free with me.

    Major symptoms were:
    ~extreme fatigue
    ~depression
    ~abdominal pain, gas, bloating- over all sick feeling
    ~constipation
    ~vertigo only when I closed my eyes
    ~rapid weight gain

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  1. Free-CountryGirl
    I would suggest getting checked out for Ulcerative Colitis. Bleeding in stools is a common symptom of UC, and UC can be mistaken for Celiacs. Good luck!
  2. Free-CountryGirl
    I'm 5'3" 17 years old, diagnosed this year. I think celiacs did stump my gowth, as I was expected to be around 5'6" and I grew like a weed when I was younger.
  3. Free-CountryGirl
    huh, interesting. You know I think the thing I'v learned the most is: nothing is absolute. What works for one person doesn't always work with the next.
  4. Free-CountryGirl
    does soy lecithin and soybean oil bother you? I was pretty sure I had read somewhere that soybean oil and lecithin are NOT suppose to bother people with soy allergy, but I am sure both bothers me. Maybe I am wrong, and that soybean oil is also bad? Thanks!
  5. Free-CountryGirl
    Wow, you know I hadn't even thought of tuna having soy in it! Thankfully I havent had tuna in a few weeks
  6. Free-CountryGirl
    I haven't heard of paper ever making someone sick. I agree with Dixiebell, check thoroughly to make sure he is in no way getting cross contamination. Does he wash his hands before he eats at school? Does he eat food that has directly touched a glutened counter? Things like that. Also, have you tested for other food intolerances? I have celiacs and a soy allergy...
  7. Free-CountryGirl
    Oh my goodness THANK YOU everyone!! really, it was all so helpful, and made me feel like my future in food is a lot less bleak The food ideas sounded yummy, I'm excited to try them! I really needed a change.
  8. Free-CountryGirl
    Does anyone have any suggestions for packaged gluten and soy free foods? Besides Larabars? It's not that I don't like those, but I'm trying to lose weight and the calories and sugar just arent good for my waistline Any recipe/cooking advice would be GREATLY appreciated. I'm getting very tired of my usual yogurt, turkey, chicken, apples, strawberries...
  9. Free-CountryGirl
    I hate to say this, but it sounds very much as though you are on the fast track to anorexia. Celiac disease actually inadvertantly caused me to become anorexic and then bulimic for about 2 years, before I discovered I even had celiacs. The fear to eat, even though it's not because you are afraid of gaining weight, enjoying unhealthy weightloss, extreme fear...
  10. Free-CountryGirl
    i'm a tad confused, is the food listed, without note, gluten free or contains gluten? Thanks!
  11. Free-CountryGirl
    Thank you everyone. I'm going to make an appointment for the Dr.'s, even though my docotor is crap and never believed me when I thought I had celiacs. Maybe now she'll listen! LOL. Anyways I'm going to make an appt. to get tested for dairy and soy allergies, it's just easier this way since I tend to eat the 2 in conjunction.
  12. Free-CountryGirl

    I'm responsible for my health, no one else's opinion matters. It's not their body.

  13. Free-CountryGirl
    Thank you guys! Esp. Txplowgirl, your post makes me feel a little less crazy Yes i am going to do a kind of elimination diet, where basically I'm going to just eat fruits, veggies, and meat for about 3 weeks, allowing time for my body to get things cleared up at least a bit, then I'll slowly introduce dairy, starting at low amounts to higher dairy foods...
  14. Free-CountryGirl
    Well it depends, but for example today I had a protein bar (looots of soy) 2 squares of chocolate, and some gluten-free cereal that has soy. And i have been eating chocolate almost every day lately, not really sure why, terrible cravings. And when I had the cereal last night I also had a similar reaction that I had today. Normally i have yogurt and whatever...
  15. Free-CountryGirl
    As a side note, I'v been eating choclate quite a bit in the past week, which I usually don't have, and I'v heard chocolate contains soy? anyways just thought I would add that info. My sysmptoms for whatever it is that I seem to be allergic to are heart palpitations(not nearly as bad as when i eat gluten though, thank god), stomach cramps, blotaing, malabsorption...
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