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Thanks. I've never heard of a naturopathic doctor. My GP is pretty good. He doesn't like to just give pills for what ails you, he wants to find out what is wrong and correct it. Usually this means a lot of tests, but at least he doesn't just assume it's one thing, give me meds to cover up the symptoms and send me on my way. I've just been finally diagnosed...
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a couple of weeks ago, and found out I'm allergic to fish, chicken, soy, tree nuts, and wheat. So I guess I'll still have to remain gluten free. I am really thinking it is due to allergies that I'm having all these problems. For the first 3 weeks or so going gluten-free, I ate only fruits and vegetables, because I was so afraid of getting glutened. I was...
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I am still having problems with my stomach. I was sick Saturday and Sunday, fine yesterday, ate a salad and didn't have a problem. Ate the same exact salad today, and about an hour later, was in the bathroom for about a `1/2 hour, and had to leave work. I'm going to the Dr. next week for a followup, and may ask him to refer me to an allergist. Maybe it isn...
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I've been doing really well the last few weeks. I have been eating basically just salads, and gluten-free chocolate, and homemade gluten-free salsa/chips the last few weeks, and today, about 1/2 way thru eating lunch, started to feel like I needed to go--really bad. Got diarrhea again, and had to leave work. Didn't even make it home before getting sick again...
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Went to the doctor and got antibiotics for the kidney infection and I'm feeling like a new person. I also got my prenatal vitamins filled when I got the antibiotics, and started taking them at the same time. I don't know if that had anything to do with the fact that I'm feeling so much better. But I've got a lot more energy, and less sleepy than I am, even...
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I feel like I've been hit by a truck today. I was up all night last night with kidney spasms. I think I got maybe 2 hours of sleep. I get these spasms usually every few months, and usually coincides with a kidney infection. I've been having them sporadically the last week or so, but nothing I couldn't deal with, until last night. I wanted to die. It felt...
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Yeah, I'm not quite 2 months into this, so I still haven't gotten into the mind set that I need to carry my food with me all the time. But I'm thinking ahead to Labor Day and not going to our family cabin for the weekend. That would be too stressful, and I probably would have to take most of my own food, because I heard what the menu will be. Easier to stay...
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[quote name='Mosaics' date='Aug 24 2005, 03:58 PM']What did you eat that had gluten in it? [/quote] I babysat my nephews all day Saturday, and my sister had NOTHING in her house that was gluten-free. I figured she would have tuna, or fruit, or something. Everything is frozen food--fish sticks, corndogs, etc, etc. Anyway, I wasn't going to eat anything...
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Tried to go into work again today, and only made it 45 minutes this time. Got REALLY sick. Guess I need to stop eating for a day or two until my system calms down. It is nice to know though that it is Celiac, and I can for the most part control this. And it is better than it was 2 months ago. Not one week could pass without missing at least a few hours...
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Well, the first time in almost a month that I had to leave work because I was sick. I got glutened on Saturday, and managed to get through yesterday, but it was a bad sign when I was in the bathroom 3 times within the first 1 1/2 hrs of work, so I just went home. At least now I know when I get sick, if I just be extra vigilant, it won't last very long. I...
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Thanks for the feedback--it might have something to do with it. The depression has not been so bad until just recently, about the time I got diagnosed with Celiac. I thought maybe it was just because I was so stressed about my job, my personal life, and now this. but reading the boards it sounds like maybe going off gluten can cause depression too. I guess...
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On to part 4--and probably the worst part of my life. After 6th grade, our school district condemned the jr high school building, so they sent us to the high school in my home town in 7th and 8th grade. The school bought a chair lift for me, since the building was 3 stories, and they couldn't keep moving classes around for me anymore. Depression really kicked...
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As I stated in the last blog, my elementary years were pretty uneventful for health issues. I did pretty good until about 5th grade. I had a best friend who was 2 1/2 years older than me--we were inseperable. I remember one summer, I think I was in 3rd grade, and she was in 6th, we wrote, directed, and produced a show we put on for the neighborhood. We actually...
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I guess I'll tell a little about myself. The celiac disease is just the tip of the ice berg for me. And I seem to be doing pretty well with it, so I'll have a boring blog if I just talk about my Celiac disease. So I'm going to tell you about myself. I'm going to post this in several installments, otherwise I'll get carpal tunnel typing it! I was born November...