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ARCHIVED If Gluten-intolerant/what Do You Tell Medical People?
againstthegrain replied to oceangirl's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease
So this is an interesting quesiton you posed. I usually say that I have celiac. or to confuse people further I say "I have sprue".. That usually leads them to accommodate me. But I must share with you my experience: I became very depressed after having been diagnosed with sprue and had to be hospitalized (I could not adjust to the diet. I found it too... -
ARCHIVED Malabsorption Of Medicines And Sprue
againstthegrain posted a topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
I wanted to know if any here knows if medications (such as antidepressants, anxiolytics, etc, or even antibiotics for that matter) are harder to absorb if you have celiac (assuming you are following the gluten free diet strictly), or rather if some of the medications might not be absorbed properly. I am taking antidepressants and this question popped into... -
I saw it. I thought it was an interesting way to present celiac. I am not sure how much it got arcoss to the public that it is more common than was once thought. I liked the ending where they show the flattened villi. Now I need to get a copy of my own so I can remind myself of how bad it gets if I were to eat gluten
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ARCHIVED How Soon After Eating Gluten Do You Fall Ill?
againstthegrain replied to againstthegrain's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
Have you gotten so sick from being glutened you had to go to the hospital? -
ARCHIVED How Soon After Eating Gluten Do You Fall Ill?
againstthegrain posted a topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
How quickly after eating gluten do you fall sick? Does it take hours? days? -
I am so fed up with this diet. I hate the fact that I have to think before I eat. Think before I eat. There is no freedom in that and it is making me angry, which is increasing my depression. Has anyone ever decided to bag it in and just go back to a gluten filled diet? What happened? I have been strictly gluten free since being diagnosed but I am ready...
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ARCHIVED I Hate This Disease
againstthegrain replied to tiredofdoctors's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
I hate this disease as well. Yes, things could be worse but it is still hard