Momma Bear

Thank you for the replies. I have no intentions of eating any gluten at all, ever! I am just so floored that a GI doctor could be so uneducated! I will not be going back to this office and I plan on talking to my primary care about everything that happened. I am taking this seriously because I have two young children that need a healthy mommy! I am having...

Hello all. A little recap to my story- went to a new doctor last month, mentioned I stopped eating gluten a few months prior. He ran bloodwork (assuming it would show nothing) and was surprised to find really high antibody levels (endomysial, gliadins) as well as B12 deficiencies and almost non detectable levels of vitamin D. He told me point blank I had...

Congratulations! I am just starting this journey and I was just expecting to start feeling better right away but I have quickly learned that it's a process. The damage didn't happen overnight and it's certainly not going to heal overnight. Thank you for the encouragement and I hope that someday, I too, will be able to say that I feel human again!

I mistyped, sorry! I meant I doubt it would be my appendix because I have had the pain in my lower right abdomen a really long time.

It could be gallbladder but I do know, from a previous barium swallow years ago, that I have a very long and skinny stomach. The technician said it was unusual when he was trying get a x-ray of it (weird, I know). So who knows if it's gallbladder. As for the other pain, I have had it for quite a while so I doubt it's my appendix but again, I don't really...

I'm actually really glad you posted this. I just asked the question recently about where everyone's 'aches and pains' are located and haven't received any replies yet. I have pain near my belly button on my right side and I have back pain that would be in the same region as the pain near the belly button. I have tried chiropractic, thinking that would...

I realize that with celiac comes lots of abdominal discomfort but I was curious if anyone has areas that always hurt, not just occasionally. I have two sore spots that always ache and if you put pressure on them, it's painful! My first one is near my belly button on my right side (I have a long, thin stomach according to a tech who did a barium swallow...

Again, thanks for all of the guidance! I already took my children for bloodwork and got a call Friday saying that the results were negative (antibody levels at 2 for one of them). We completely removed all forms of gluten from the house, including all personal hygiene products, laundry soaps, etc. I am also eating a whole foods diet, as my doctor instructed...

Thank you! I was kind of thinking along the lines of the responses given. I did not want to resume eating gluten and my doctor did not suggest this but I was curious as to why he would proceed with a scope despite him telling me that he is absolutely certain I have celiac (he did say I was one of the worst cases he has seen, though I am not sure what his...

Hello. I posted my intro and story already but to recap, I was diagnosed with celiac a couple of weeks ago after presumably having it since childhood (I am 32). My doctor said I had it based on anti gliadin and anti endomysial results (he said they were really elevated but I didn't see the results, so I have no idea what he gauges as 'really elevated')...

Wow! Thank you so much for all of the thoughtful and very helpful replies - I started bawling when I was reading all of the responses. I know I am just starting out on this journey towards better health but I already feel so much better emotionally, just knowing that I'm not alone in this struggle. For my fellow believers in Christ, thank you for the Scriptures...

Two weeks ago my life was turned upside down with a follow up doctor's appointment. I initially went to my doctor for a long overdue check up (I have Behcets disease and while I normally just deal with the symptoms, I thought I should get evaluated for some shortness of breath). I happened to mention that I eat gluten free (for about the last four months...