jterrano

I was diagnosed with celiac disease and have been on a gluten-free diet for about a year. I never had any GI problems, I was anemic. Now that I've been on the diet, I noticed recently that if I do eaten gluten (I have cheated on rare occasions) that I get horrible stomach pains and nausea. This has happened only a couple of times, so I'm not sure if it's because I had gluten or just a coincidence. My doctor orignailly told me that if you didn't have GI problems before you would not develop them once you went on a gluten-free diet. Now I'm questioning what he has said and after reading some responses it seems like I might be more sensitive and I did get sick because of the gluten! I never got sick before!

Thanks for the response! This is the first time I have posted to the site. It's good to read what other people have to say about the disease and their experiences. I don't usually cheat on my diet because I know even if I'm not sick I'm still doing damage. I'm still learning a lot since I was diagnosed only a year ago. Since I don't usually have symptoms it's hard to judge some foods, especially when eating out. I've become pretty good at reading labels though!

I was diagnosed with celiac disease and have been on a gluten-free diet for about a year. I never had any GI problems, I was anemic. Now that I've been on the diet, I noticed recently that if I do eaten gluten (I have cheated on rare occasions) that I get horrible stomach pains and nausea. This has happened only a couple of times, so I'm not sure if it's because I had gluten or just a coincidence. My doctor orignailly told me that if you didn't have GI problems before you would not develop them once you went on a gluten-free diet. Has this happened to anyone else? Now that I don't usually eat gluten could I have developed a greater sensitivity that causes GI problems if I happen to eat gluten?