Littlebit's Blog

How very kind of you to share. I am 2 1/2 weeks into the disease and so greatful for all your help. Stress I am sure brought on my Celiac Disease and has added to my feeling dreadful. Luckily my parents are now both out of the hospital after 4 weeks each and finally now in the same long term care facility. Then they were in 2 different long term care facilities in 2 different states for several weeks. Now I hope they will be able to move into an assisted living facility in August. Daddy has a long term illness so my stress will continue I am afraid. I immediately started on the gluten free diet and have been very good about it. I stopped wearing lipstick so I really do look awful!! I must research to see what brand I can wear. I am finding that I am really weak in the morning and feel nauseated and have headaches until around 2pm when I finally feel better. I have been eating fresh fruit, almonds and Brown Cow plain yogurt every morning but feel I am a little better if I eat some peanut butter. Perhaps I need more protein. After the initial 18 pound weight loss--I had been gaining weight over the past year which is something I have never done before-- I seem to have leveled off--flucuating 2-3 pounds either way. I thought I would have continued to loose weight. I would be happy if I lost another 5 pounds to get back to where I used to be but do not want to risk my health at this point. Are you concerned about using Aveeno cream? I love it but it has oatmeal in it so I have stopped using it. After a long day of 3 doctor appointments for my Father, my husband urged me to go to Outback Steakhouse for a gluten free dinner. My first time out. I really did not want to go but he has been so supportive that I felt I should. I order a baked potato that was not cut open and plain lamb chop and a lettuce salad and during dinner I became very weak, horrible headache and just "crummy" feeling. I felt sorry for my husband as he was trying to be so supportive but I guess it is just way to soon to chance anything. I had been specific that I was a brand new Celiac and they were very supportive at the restaurant. Any advice? Thanks for listening.

I have just started to feel a little better and am keeping a very strict diet. I have not been out to eat since the one and only time to Outbeack and my June 11th posting. Today I went to the dentist for my regular cleaning and I did take 4 tablets of amoxicilian as I have always done it in the past for my mytral valve prolapse even though the dentist says the regulations not longer say you have to premedicate. I told them about my new diagnosis of Celiac and asked if the cleaning products were safe. They checked but could not find any information. Well, as I left the office the awful headache, face swelling--it doesn't appear to swell on the outside but I feel like it does inside--funny tummy, and rocky feeling started. So I have been trying to find some information about Celiac, gluten and dentristy. Or could it be the antibiotic I took? 3 hours and the symptoms are still here.

I found out not only do I need to stay on a gluten free diet, but I had more test done to check for other foods I might be sensitive to as well. The only meat I can eat is chicken. The only seafoods are shrimp, clams, crabmeat, tuna, anf grouper, which is a white meat fish. I have been on a very strict diet since these last test were done. For protein, I have protein shakes made for gluten free Whey, a powder, and add strawberries or blueberries. I also use Nu Stevia, a plant based calorie free sweetener in my shakes, green tea, yogurt, and gluten free cererals. Even on a gluten free diet, I was still so sick until I had these extra test done. Let me know if you would like to know more about this. I would stay away from the red meat for now. Yes stress plays a Big part in our health. Do try to take care of yourself. I will send more later. Godspeed, Littlebit

The thing with restaurants is that there's no 100% guarantee of cross-contamination.
Maybe you can try to look for a restaurant that serves only gluten free foods. Best of luck!

Hi, I was diagnosed on July 2nd and have been on a wheat-free, milk-free and legume-free diet ever since. However, the symptoms persist and seem to have worsen. Could it be that I can now not have red meat? It all seems so sudden that one day I could eat nearly everything, and now that I am on this diet, I seem to not be able to eat anything. I am scheduled for testing for food allergies, so I am hoping this will help provide some insight. I also seem to be have (new for me) trouble with raw fruits and veggies. Can you provide any insight? I appreciate any input you can offer!