Sweetea888

First, I would recommend a different doctor. When I was diagnosed 11 years ago, it was much harder to get good information. Now, many grocery stores (Safeway and Kroger for instance) have lists online of their store brand gluten-free items. So do many major manufacturers. Many products, even from mainstream companies, are clearly marked gluten free...all...

Being a celiac is hard no matter what your age. I really wish I had gone gluten free in college; that was when I first began having problems. I wasn't diagnosed until I was in my fifties. It is MUCH better for you to start now. I got very discouraged at first...after the initial excitement of feeling MUCH better. I can remember almost crying in the...

I had similar problems. However, I was lucky enough to have a doctor who was non-traditional and who thought that antibiotics was making things worse rather than better. He put me on supplements of magnesium, calcium and zinc...pretty high doses of zinc. It worked.

I take medicine called Skelaxin. I have also taken Parafon Forte in the past but it didn't work as well. Heat works wonders...I have both a heating pad and a massager seat cover that both massages and can be heated. Stretching also seems to help a lot as long as I don't overdo.

Yes. My blood work was either negative or non-conclusive. (It was almost seven years ago so I don't remember.) The gastroenterologist bet me $50 that I didn't have celiac disease but my internal medicine doctor was sure I did. I had already had a colonoscopy that didn't show any major problems a year before. My doctor insisted that the next colonoscopy...

I was diagnosed with celiac disease at the end of May in 2006. When I had been gluten free for about two years (about the same place you are now), I had a similar sort of meltdown where I wanted to cry every time I went to a restaurant, went to the grocery store or was invited to a friend's house to eat. But, you can get past this. There are many,...

It is possible that you actually do have celiac disease. Six years ago, my doctor (internal medicine) was SURE I had celiac disease. The gastro doctor she sent me to (who is reportedly one of the better ones in Memphis) told me he was convinced I didn't have it. The blood test was negative. My doctor told the gastro doc to do exhaustive biopsies everywhere...

I really feel for you. I can remember standing in the grocery store choking back tears a few weeks after I was told I had celiac disease. It seemed that I would never be able to eat normally, nor would I be able to figure out what foods have gluten and what foods don't. However, there are very good lists of gluten free foods of all types. Too, more...

I have had days like this; I couldn't have any wedding cake at my daughter's wedding and, at my niece's wedding, and at the rehearsal dinner and other events on the previous days, I couldn't eat anything but lettuce...although I'd tried to tell my sister that I needed special food. It has gotten better for me as more and more places and people have gluten...

All the Aussie products are gluten free, and they are pretty much available everywhere.

When I was first diagnosed four years ago, it was clear that I'd been glutened...Within 15 to 30 minutes, I'd have to run to the bathroom. This still happens if I get a big dose of gluten (accidentally), but now I get more typical allergic reactions - throat and tongue feeling a little weird, and sometimes even hives. It is definitely more subtle now, or...

Gluten is hidden in many, many products that you would not ordinarily think contain it. Check vitamins, medicines, salad dressings, margarine, coffee creamer, spices, to name a few.

This is my fifth Thanksgiving since I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease. They have gotten progressively better. I now know which turkeys are gluten free, how to make gluten free gravy, and even how to make a darn good dressing out of cornbread and gluten free bread. AND, for the first time, I am making myself a pie. (I haven't had pie in five years so...