Ms. Skinny Chic

Celiac Disease has been the biggest struggle of my life. I never had to go through a really big struggle at all in my life. I have had to delay my educational goals and other ambitions... I was always so sick. I was deathly ill ( I really used to love pasta& it was killing me) I couldn't walk for sometime, I had daily fainting spells, suffered...

It is the celiac body type. That is a illustration from a celiac site.. You develop malnutrition, when your intestines are damaged and cannot absorb any nutrients. I develpoped malnutrition from celiac disease. I was eating 5 meals a day pre- diagnosis...., I developed nutritional defiences, anemia..( my body didn't absorb vitamins and minerals either...

There is a classic celiac body type http://www.pigur.co.il/imgceliac/celiac.webp ( they tend to be extemely thin...skinny arms and legs and a bloated belly) People can be extremely thin and extremly healthy.. They have something in common... everyone is really sick.

You and I are about the same in thinness issues I think it is bad for people who go undiagnosed for 10 years are more. Your body really is nutrionallly starved and damaged from the shaved down villi in your intestines... I am very thin, but I am trying my best to eat healthy and deal with the pain. I went undiagnosed for a lifetime it seems.. I am in...

yes, it sucks.. Celiac.com was the only place... I could go to talk to people who were similar to me.. experiencing weight loss and intestinal pain.. I hope that.. I can come back at a later date. everyone here is great and so informed about everything.. I learned more here than I ever learned at hospitals or doctor's visits..

no one ever believes you are sick....even, if you look sick... I don't care anymore what people think.... they can all go to hell. no one has the right to judge anyone off their sickness...

I have been the victim of internet stalking recently.. I really love this forum, because u guys are the only ones that understand this illness. I really have to delete my account at this time. Hoe can I delete my account and all traces of me here.

I am sorry to hear about your experience. It can be a difficult experience dealing with social situations. I really try to avoid those kind of situations.... It kinda makes you feel left out.

I am planning to move to germany in the near future. I wanted to know, if anyone was based in berlin here.

I had pain in the left side alot, until I was diagnosed by my physician and placed on the diet. It was a truefuly painful period of my life.

hehehe.. I know... I am going to make a gluten free pizza this weekend.. The gluten free foods...don't taste the same as normal ones.. I have just decided.. I am going to have to stick to this diet for better or worse. All the suffering wasn't worth it in the end...

That is pretty surprising...

Yes, I find myself extremely lethargic after ingesting gluten. I have noticed that gluten affects me worse now than before... I just never expected to feel comatose from ingesting wheat products.

Hi, I wanted to say... that you may not have a mental disorder at all. Doctors do tend to think people have mental disorders, if they can't find what is wrong with you. You have to be strong and advocate for yourself.. Do internet research and never give up on you. Many people with celiac disease and other autoimmune diseases have more than one illness...

My praternal grandmother died in her 30's from colon cancer. This autoimmune disease seems to have some devastating affects on you, if it goes untreated for too long. My biggest fear is dying from colon cancer... I worry about my weight loss associated with celiac disease constantly and what could happen... if, I don't get any better.