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Thanks for the advice. I'm one of those squemish types too! But not knowing for sure is aggrevating. It sure would answer alot if I went and had a biopsy done. I would be alot closer to knowing if I had celiac or not. I was alot like you regarding the reaction to the creams. Everything they gave me to use made me itch really bad and the bumps would...

My skin problems sounds a little different than everyone else but in a lot of ways the same. For starters, ever since I was born, I have had a million miniature "pimple" looking bumps ALL over my entire body. They NEVER disappear. Growing up the docs always said they thought it was eczema. One doc thought every single pore in my body was clogged (I don...

I have the brain fog alot. When I get it, my eyes go a little blurry and what I am thinking I want to say and what I actually say are completely different. I get tongue tied and I suddenly forget what I was saying in the first place. I forget how to do some of the simplest things. I was always smart and learned new things very quickly and never had trouble...

I was told the same things. I actually had a GI doc do the endoscopy on me after my gallbladder was removed because I was having so many problems and I specifically told him to check for celiac while he was in there and lo and behold "he forgot". He even "forgot" I had my gallbladder removed. That's when I knew I had the wrong doctor. And they call us...

I feel the same way you do. I guess you can say I'm a hard headed girl! Also, a family member of mine died from intestinal cancer so hopefully I will be scared straight soon too.

Before they removed my gallbladder, the attacks felt like I was having a heart attack. They usually hit in the middle of the night. I will never forget all the pain. It was the most horrible thing i have ever felt. When I have the sharp pains now it is very sensitive in that area to touch. It's right where the 3 small incisions are. Actually it hurts...

I have had alot of problems with my vision too. (Boy, after you've read all my recent posts you'd think I was a serious mess! ) I have problems with blurry and cloudy vision and also peripheral problems. I have been running into things that I swear was further away than it really was. I grew up having numerous migranes too. My eyesight is getting worse...

Oh boy. So things that have gluten like that can affect you even though it's not entering your body? I was thinking only stuff you ate or things like lotions or makeup that stays on your skin for a period of time, or things you mix with your saliva (like envelopes) were the only hazzards. And the learning continues...... This is getting tougher by the...

I'm glad I read this because I was wondering about the gluten/acid reflux thing too. I was bad last night and ate a fast food meal to test myself (....BAD I know! ) and I ended up with the heartburn pains and reflux, etc. just to name a few. Well, I guess that explains that part!!

Thanks so much for the advice. I am going to hang in with the diet. I know I don't have a choice now. I hate to say "I'm glad I'm not alone" because i don't wish this on ANY one but it is so nice to know I'm not imagining what I am feeling and that so many others are experiencing this and that I have a place to go to talk. My job is in accounting at...

Did any of you first notice you had a problem with celiac right after gallbladder removal? I had my gallbladder removed Sept of last year and that is when all my problems really began. I had a huge gallstone to get stuck in the duct and they had to remove the gallbladder. I didn't have a choice at that point. The doc told me I could die if they didn't...

Here's where I'm at today: I just found a new job (had to quit the old one because of the stress). I have been on the gluten free diet for about 2 months. I was out of work for about 1 month between the two jobs. During that month is when I started the diet. I felt really good and all the pain disappeared. I started the new job and the first week wasn...

That's a good idea. I haven't met anyone around here that have our problem (mainly because I'm still trying to figure out how to contol it and am too wound up in that!) but I'm sure they're out there. I think it's just nice to actually meet someone in person that knows what I'm going through. I don't know how the PM thing works on this website but when...

I haven't found any support groups here in Charlotte but I did want to let you guys know (in case someone from Charlotte reads this) that I found a really good health food store called Home Economist in Davidson, NC. They also have two more stores in Charlotte too. They are a very large health food grocery store and they have TONS of gluten free stuff....

I was prescribed nulev and pamine forte by my GI doc when he thought my only problem was IBS. I took pamine forte every day to relieve IBS symptoms and it worked for a while but then the side effects became worse than the IBS symptoms themselves (especially mental effects - like confusion, disoriented, depressed, etc.) so he prescribed NuLev. At first before...