ccheri

Hi, Twitchy! My name is Cheri; and I, too, have many neurological issues when I eat gluten. I have a B.A. in Criminal Justice, I used to to be a court clerk for 7 years. I worked in a very-high paced environment dealing with hundreds of people a day. Now, I can't even imagine working an 8 hour shift. Most of my life, I've had series of illnesses, I had skin...

That's been a big question of mine, too. The research of heard by doctors have been conflicted as far as I can tell. I did just find the website "The Celiac Diva", she seems very informative on things like gluten-free sun tan lotion, nail polish, bodywash, etc, the products that aren't so black and white. Hope it helps.

Thanks for the article. It kinda makes me cringe because before I ever heard about gluten, I believed I was allergic to salicylate acids. Since, I found out about celiac's disease, I put those allergies on the back burner and try to reevaluate everything I've been told like; I was allergic to the cold and pollen. I'm extremely heat sensitive, and I'm allergic...

From 2004 to 2007, I had a sharp, colicky pain on the right upper abdomen, right under the rib cage. I was tested for everything kidneys, liver, gallbladder, even had a investigative surgery where they took out my appendix, had a twisted colon, and basically my organs were out of place; but that didn't stop the pain. My stomache was visually, extremely bloated...

When I was on the Depo-Provera shot, I didn't know I had Celiac's disease. I haven't had bone density issues; but once I was on the shot, it really seem like a turning point in my health. Normally, I was very thin, even underweight, but once on it, I gained weight and was unable to loose it (I was just coming off a pregnancy, my first pregnancy no problems...

My family and I have been on the gluten-free diet for just over a year, now. My husband, basically, started the diet to support my son and I, in which, gluten has a drastic affect to us. My husband has had intestinal issues and the gluten-free diet has helped him considerably. Except now, whenever he eats gluten, he gets really sick as if he has celiacs disease...