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melmak5 Contributor
melmak5
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Perhaps this sounds odd, but I am new here...

When you are exposed to gluten are you VERY aware of your colon?

i.e. - can feel it, along with rumbles, grumbles & pain

(I was actually walking down the street this afternoon and looked downward and said allowed: "ok, NOW what do you want!?!")

My doctor thinks that perhaps there is something else going on (wrong) with my GI tract because I have been gluten free for just over a month and I am in constant dull to sometimes sharp pain, specifically under my ribs when I eat.

Is there something that helps?

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GeoffCJ Enthusiast
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When you are exposed to gluten are you VERY aware of your colon?

i.e. - can feel it, along with rumbles, grumbles & pain

Mine isn't really my Colon, I don't think, but I certainly get "rumbles".

Geoff

melmak5 Contributor
melmak5
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Thanks Geoff.

This is rumbles plus the added bonus of pain and/discomfort.

And a weird sensation of "hey, look at me, i am acting up and you are paying attention to me now, aren't you!?"

(yes, sometimes I feel that my digestive system acts and sounds like a small/needy child)

c5land Newbie
c5land
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Perhaps this sounds odd, but I am new here...

When you are exposed to gluten are you VERY aware of your colon?

i.e. - can feel it, along with rumbles, grumbles & pain

(I was actually walking down the street this afternoon and looked downward and said allowed: "ok, NOW what do you want!?!")

My doctor thinks that perhaps there is something else going on (wrong) with my GI tract because I have been gluten free for just over a month and I am in constant dull to sometimes sharp pain, specifically under my ribs when I eat.

Is there something that helps?

I have been gluten free for just over 2 months now and I am having the exact same pains under my ribs, mine is mainly on right side. My doctor thinks it may be gall stones. I am having an ultrasound done on Thurs. so I guess we will see. Seems odd to me that these pains started after I went gluten free. Anyone else with similar pains??

melmak5 Contributor
melmak5
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c5land - good luck!

I had an ultrasound done and my gallbladder is a-ok. I just scheduled a bacterial overgrowth test. (theory is that there are too many bad bacterium in my small intestines that go wild when I eat = pain)

I really really really hope this is the answer, cause I can handle 2 weeks of antibiotics and NO MORE TESTS!

gfpaperdoll Rookie
gfpaperdoll
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You might try going dairy free, it worked for me

burdee Enthusiast
burdee
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c5land - good luck!

I had an ultrasound done and my gallbladder is a-ok. I just scheduled a bacterial overgrowth test. (theory is that there are too many bad bacterium in my small intestines that go wild when I eat = pain)

I really really really hope this is the answer, cause I can handle 2 weeks of antibiotics and NO MORE TESTS!

I had a bad Klebsiella overgrowth which caused pain after eating even 2 years after cutting out gluten, dairy and soy. I took caprylic acid to kill the Klebsi kritters, then high dose probiotics to restore my very depleted good guy levels. Then I went on vacation and experienced no pain after meals and NORMAL stools for the first time in my life. Unfortunately during my Maui vacation, I later got food poisoning from food left on the hot beach. So I again had to treat for bacteria and retake high dose probiotics. Everytime I take probiotics I feel better!

My advice: Take the tests. Kill off the kritters. Reseed your gut with good bacteria. It's worth all the effort so you can feel normal after eating.

BURDEE

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cookie22 Newbie
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Perhaps this sounds odd, but I am new here...

When you are exposed to gluten are you VERY aware of your colon?

i.e. - can feel it, along with rumbles, grumbles & pain

(I was actually walking down the street this afternoon and looked downward and said allowed: "ok, NOW what do you want!?!")

My doctor thinks that perhaps there is something else going on (wrong) with my GI tract because I have been gluten free for just over a month and I am in constant dull to sometimes sharp pain, specifically under my ribs when I eat.

Is there something that helps?

well i've never heard someone say that one, but if you really feel it's in your colon, maybe it is ulcerative colitis or crohn's and your doctor is right that it may be something else. but, you are for sure still healing after being gluten-free only a month. and your colon isn't under your ribcage so you are having pain in both places? or just under the ribs? either way, you're still healing for quite some time after being diagnosed.

melmak5 Contributor
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I should have been clearer... yes, I am having two very different types of pain.

1. Under my ribs (it feels like someone is shoving their fingers under my rib cage) after I eat.

2. Pressure, pain, distention and LOUD gurgles coming from what I believe is my colon. The bloating/pressure is throughout my entire abdomen, it swells up, sometimes 2 sizes larger and becomes very hard. The pain and gurgles seem to be coming from the outer edges of my abdomen, specifically in the corners. (This seems to happen willy-nilly, sometimes on an empty stomach, sometimes not.)

I have been on probiotics for almost 2 months... but maybe they aren't enough.

I have cut out dairy, but recently added a bit back because my doctor told me I should eat at least one yogurt a day. I can take that out again and see if that helps.

Thanks!

cookie22 Newbie
cookie22
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I should have been clearer... yes, I am having two very different types of pain.

1. Under my ribs (it feels like someone is shoving their fingers under my rib cage) after I eat.

2. Pressure, pain, distention and LOUD gurgles coming from what I believe is my colon. The bloating/pressure is throughout my entire abdomen, it swells up, sometimes 2 sizes larger and becomes very hard. The pain and gurgles seem to be coming from the outer edges of my abdomen, specifically in the corners. (This seems to happen willy-nilly, sometimes on an empty stomach, sometimes not.)

I have been on probiotics for almost 2 months... but maybe they aren't enough.

I have cut out dairy, but recently added a bit back because my doctor told me I should eat at least one yogurt a day. I can take that out again and see if that helps.

Thanks!

oh, sorry about that one :rolleyes: . I think the first part sounds like a gallbladder problem or UC or Crohns, there is a juncture in your large intestine where alot of people with the two have a ton of pain. But you probably have to give the gluten-free diet a bit longer to see if it is ust celaic.

burdee Enthusiast
burdee
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I have been on probiotics for almost 2 months... but maybe they aren't enough.

I have cut out dairy, but recently added a bit back because my doctor told me I should eat at least one yogurt a day. I can take that out again and see if that helps.

Thanks!

If you don't experience a lot more bloating and gas when you first start taking probiotics, that product is not changing your balance of bacteria. When you get enough good bacteria, you will experience obvious symptoms that probiotics are changing the way your gut processes food. There are many ineffective brands of probiotics on the market.

Yogurt does not supply much of the good bacteria we need. You'd have to eat a LOT of yogurt to replenish your gut if you have low probiotic levels. We have over 300 trillion bacteria in our gut. A good probiotic should supply 100-200 billion LIVE organisms per dose. If the probiotic is NOT freeze dried, the organisms may be dead (useless). If the probiotic requires refrigeration, the organisms could easily die in transport from wherever you buy them. Freeze dried probiotics most often have viable organisms.

BURDEE

melmak5 Contributor
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Burdee,

I just switched probiotics last week to a different company, with a higher bacteria count. Maybe all of this lovely bloat is this new one working.

I am going to GI Specialist #2 on Monday, so hopefully IBS and/or Chrons can be ruled out.

cookie22 - patience is not my virtue... you are probably correct, its just hard to swallow

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