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  1. AnnieInItaly
    I am going through pretty much the same thing as you (luckily no heart attack or organs removed, but I've been hospitalized more times than I can count in the past 12 years), and I've felt 100% better being off gluten. About a month ago I finally got in to see a gastrointerologist, and she convinced me that they need to do a scope and biopsy, and I'm halfway...
  2. AnnieInItaly
    Wow, my story is pretty much the same as yours. I don't have a celiac diagnosis (yet) because doctors keep telling me it is in my head, and don't believe me. My husband (and family) doesn't take it seriously either, he says that if gluten really made me sick I'd be dead or sicker than I am, but in reality I have felt horribly ill for 12 years and I've just...
  3. AnnieInItaly
    does anyone know if the egg in many of gluten-free pie crust recipes is necessary? I baked normal pies professionally until a few years ago, and now that I've gone gluten-free I've been trying to figure out the best way to do pie. In a normal pie crust, I've never used an egg, but maybe it is different with gluten-free flours?
  4. AnnieInItaly
    I just got my test results back for blood/urine/fecal, and it'll be a while before my doctor can see me (I don't really trust her anyways, she thinks that my GI issues and other health problems are 'in my head' and doesn't believe in gluten intolerance). Most things look normal, but she didn't run a full celiac panel. I'll post what is probably relevant...
  5. AnnieInItaly
    I've been off gluten for 12 days...before that I was off for 2 weeks, and then on for two weeks, to see how my body reacted. The first week or so weeks when I was off, I was horribly ill (dizzy, nausea, insomnia, headache, irritability) and then started feeling great, and when I went on gluten again I had horrible cramps, vomited, bad diarrhea, dizziness...
  6. AnnieInItaly
    I'm glad to know it's not just me feeling this way! I'm about 10 days into eating gluten-free and I can't hardly make myself eat anything. I don't know if I'm not hungry enough (I used to eat A LOT even though I don't weigh much), or if this is what a normal appetite feels like. I've also struggled with reactive hypoglycemia for the past 10 years or so...
  7. AnnieInItaly
    I've heard different things, but I think it matters how sensitive you are, and if it is something you use on your hands or not (can easily transfer to your mouth this way). I'm actually starting up a line of natural cosmetics, and since discovering my gluten issues, I'm making sure everything is gluten-free. Cosmetics have to list ALL ingredients...
  8. AnnieInItaly
    I've recently gone gluten free, and so far have managed to mostly avoid eating at the houses of others. However, our (husband and I) social life mostly involves eating with others and we are invited to a dinner party in a couple of days. I really don't want to offend our hosts by going and not eating anything but I don't want them to feel like they need...
  9. AnnieInItaly
    I'm only a month in and I look like I've lost 20 pounds, even though it's really been less than 5. I think I've just been insanely bloated for the past 10 years and didn't realize it, because there's no way I could go from having my belly stick way out like I'm pregnant to having my hips and ribs stick out in just a month. I was always confused as to why...
  10. AnnieInItaly
    I'm in Aosta, which is in the far NW of Italy, and pretty soon I'll be going down to Torino on a weekly basis. There is a pizzeria nearby that does gluten-free pizza, but I can't help but wonder how they deal with cross contamination. A 2 minute walk away there is a pastry shop that does gluten-free cookies that are pretty good, and I've found some pretty...
  11. AnnieInItaly
    See, they are conscious and not conscious of it at the same time. They all know what it is, but they don't realize that there exist non-celiac gluten intolerances... even my doctor told me she doesn't believe in it, which is a bunch of bull (I don't have much faith in the Italian healthcare system, because the doctors don't seem to be well trained. They...
  12. AnnieInItaly
    Thanks, y'all. I'll give it more time and hopefully he will eventually 'get it'. I think it's possible that he doesn't want to be inconvenienced, and wants me to keep baking normal bread, pies, and cakes! And eating out and with others at their houses is a huge part of the culture where we live, so this is having an impact on our social lives, which he...
  13. AnnieInItaly
    I don't know if I'm Celiac or gluten-intolerant yet, I have to wait until the test results come back next week. I do know that when I eat gluten, I get horribly sick, and when I don't, I am fine (by sick I mean many GI problems, excessive fatigue, fuzzy brain,nausea, dizziness, migraines, blood sugar issues, numbness/paralysis in extremities, skin rash,...
  14. AnnieInItaly
    I've been tested multiple times for seizure disorders, but apparently I am seizure free (even though I have a few family members with seizure disorders). I don't lose consciousness at all, I'm alert enough, I just can't communicate or move much when it happens.
  15. AnnieInItaly
    This week I am getting the blood work done to see if I am celiac, but I won't be able to see a specialist until mid-November. It would certainly account for all my weird medical issues over the past ten years that doctors haven't been able to explain. But, there is one symptom in particular I want to ask about, as it will be quite a while before I will...
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