Hello.
I had the endoscopy on 11/7. I should have final biopsy results soon. Initial reports say no Celiac. I'm going on the assumption that this will be what the biopsies say. I continue to search for the reasons of my health issues.
Regardless of the answer, I will leave this blog up. There are many recipes I really enjoyed, and I know others did too. Also, I love cooking, so I will ALWAYS have recipes that will be naturally gluten-free, and I will blog them here to share with all of you.
I appreciate your patience as I go through this process, and in so, reinvent myself again, at 40.
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- kbabe1968
- I am a SAHM mom of 3 kids. I'm currently homeschooling 2 of them, the youngest is too little.
Places I like to visit....
- Celiac Disease Foundation
- Cereal Dust
- Cooking with Anne
- Disney's Short Order Mom
- Don't Need No Stinking Wheat!
- Ear to the Heavens
- Easy Gluten Free Baking
- Food TV
- GGF Recipe Archive
- GIG of America
- Ginger Lemon Girl
- Gluten A Go Go
- Gluten Free by the Bay
- Gluten Free Food Reviews
- Gluten Free for Me
- Gluten Free Goddess
- Gluten Free in GA (& FL)
- Gluten Free Mommy
- Gluten-free Ladybug
- Gluten-free Not Gluten-Freaky
- I Am Gluten Free
- In the Life of a Child
- Kill the Gluten
- Lea is Gluten Free
- Love Me Gluten Free
- Mike Eberhardts GF Blog
- Mrs. GF's GF Cookbook
- Something in Season
- The Celiac Site
- The Gluti Girls
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16 comments:
Good luck finding your answers.
Danielle
Well, it stinks that you still don't know what's up, but you can at least be thankful it's not Celiac, right?!
I hope you get an answer soon. Not knowing is pretty awful.
AND...a HUGE thanks for leaving up the site and the recipes. I - for one - am SUPER appreciative. (As you can tell from my EXCITED letters!)
Hi:
Some of your symptoms sound as if you might have chronic epstein bar aka chronic mononucleosis aka chronic fatigue syndrome. There is a blood test for it. And, there are things you can do for it. I had it, saw a holistic doctor who prescribed a number of herbal/homeopathic remedies, and voila - I no longer have it.
Best of luck.
Have you been checked for Crohns disease? The symptoms are similar as I have a friend with Crohns. Good luck in finding the answers about your health
I have been thinking about you. I am still on the road to healing as well, trying different things here and there to get better. Take care.
Hi. Wow, last comment was 11/16/08. I just found your blog - had blood tests that came back positive for celiac and waiting for the endoscopy. I just wanted to say thanks for leaving this blog up! The recipes look fantastic and I'm very appreciative of all the time and effort you put in to creating this blog.
THANKS Jill! I'm glad you're enjoying it.
Check out a book by Stephen Wangen called "Healthier Without Wheat." He has a good discussion in there about why you may be gluten intolerant and not have damage to the small intestines (30 times more common than actually having celiac disease, and just as serious a health problem). He also has a good discussion about why you might go off gluten and still not get better, and what to do about it.
Thank you all that posted ACTUAL comments. I've been going through deleting comments from folks advertising products, etc. Drives me nuts!
Hi, I stumbled across your site looking for a recipe. My 3-year old is gluten sensitive, but it took 5 months and 3 doctors to confirm it. I heard it takes something like 6 docs and 10 years for most Americans (thye wait until your intestines are destroyed before they diagnose). Our 3rd doctor directed us to Enterolab, where there is an essay by Dr. Knneth Fine called "Before the Villi Have Gone." They have a very accurate stool test. We are so relieved that, after 5 months of diarrhea and other health problems, all we had to do to rescue our little guirl from her misery was remove gluten from her diet. If you want to hear our whole story, you can email me at meek2@cox.net.
Good luck with the results. I wanted to let others know of a new site as well that you might find interesting: http://www.YourBelly.com is very helpful in finding gluten free items at your favorite restaurants.
I don't know if this information will be helpful to you or not but, I've been getting LDA (low dose allergen) shots for 6 months. I've had the opportunity to talk with other patients who suffered terribly with all kinds of symptoms which were alleviated almost completely after several treatments. It might be worth looking into. It is used to treat food allergy in addition to environmental, chemical and pet allergies.
Please go read this book......The GLuten Effect....it just came out, brings together all the latest research.
you CAN have gluten sensitivity with NO celiac. Celiac is just ONE way gluten affects people who react to gluten.Your biopsy will be negative. My test was negative. My fecal test from Enterolab was positive. I gave up gluten and ALL my symptoms went away!
You dont need an endoscopy people!!
Please, if you do one thing for your health...read this book!
I just found your blog today. I am having similar issues. I have been having a lot of issues with my digestive system, and now answers from doctors. Thanks so much!
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