brenp

Hey everyone (from above messages). I too was worried about the higher risks of colon cancer for those of us that have celiac disease, as I too was diagnosed 23 years ago and I have three kids to care for. I haven't dwelled on the fact our risk was higher than the "non celiac" population, but it did bother me. Then about a year ago I heard that the colon...

I'd get tested if I were you. Before I was diagnosed, I worked in a bakery and I was sick!! Flour is also an inhaled irritant for celiacs, big problems. Not only are you eating it daily, but you are inhaling it at work. For your own sake, get tested right away. BrenP

The pain sure can be worse after you've been gluten free for a while! You are poisoining your system and your system in attacking itself to get rid of the poison. Before I was diagnosed, all my pain was in my small intestine, right where you feel your pain! Each time I've had any gluten since being diagnosed, and I don't cheat, it was unknowning, I was in...

As a diagnosed Celiac for 23 years, the only thing I have eaten over the years, and not knowingly had flour in it, was ice cream from such places as Costco! Hockey games etc that sell those nice looking ice cream bars, rolled in hot chocolate sauce and rolled in nuts....definate no, no! Each time I was sick for a week; severe stomach ache, couldn't walk or...