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Living A Normal Life With Celiac

cheryl50

By cheryl50
in Coping with Celiac Disease

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cheryl50 Newbie
cheryl50
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How does a person with Celiac (one month on gluten-free diet) mentally overcome their pain to be able to work and or go to school and lead a mostly normal life? Pain being headaches and muscle pain sometimes depression.

Thank you,

Cheryl

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frenchiemama Collaborator
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Honestly, I just forced myself to do those things because I had to. It was horrible at times, but as I was on the gluten-free diet and started feeling better it got easier and easier. Hang in there, it WILL get better.

hez Enthusiast
hez
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I was very sick for about 5 months before I was diagnosed. After I was dx with celiac disease I started telling people. Their comment was always "You've been sick?". I later realized that because I had two kids I had no choice but to do it (I did not do it well). I think this is true for so many of us. You work through the pain because there is not an alternative. The good news is that there is a cure, make sure you are gluten-free and stay gluten-free.

I have finally started feeling better and what a difference it makes! Stay gluten-free and your life will get easier and you will feel better.

In the meantime try to take care of yourself. Make sure you have some quick gluten-free frozen meals for those days you are tired, watch a funny movie and laugh, surround yourself with supportive friends, come to this board for encouragement.

Hez

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lead a mostly normal life?  Pain being headaches and muscle pain sometimes depression. 

Thank you,

Cheryl

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I get through my depression after accidental gluten ingestion by remembering that it isn't forever. The gluten-free diet will work, but it takes time and everyone responds differently and at different rates. But it will go away. Just go one step at a time, get through and do what you absolutely have to and then rest, relax, restore yourself. Make sure you are getting adequate nutrition - protein for energy and your B's for coping.

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