Jenn624

It's almost too early in your diet for you to handle all that. I just went to the Olive Garden last week and was surprised that I was okay with not having the breadsticks, but I am almost 3 months in, not just a week or two. I don't think I could have handled it at a week or two in to the diet.

Good Luck. It will be hard, but keep trying to tell yourself that you will make yourself sicker if you eat it.

Jenn

I have the dreams too. I'll especially dream I am eating a doughnut and after I take a bite, I've realized what I've down and try to spit it up. Crazy!!!

When I was first off gluten, I got a nasty stomach virus that was going around. Because I was already vomiting and having diarrhea, I went ahead and ate a cheeseburger. Why I have no idea. I am sure it didn't speed up the process of my getting better. Now, though, that it's been almost 3 months, and the smallest amount makes me sick, I don't want to be even sicker! So my answer is no...

Jenn

I had posted in another post that I got glutened on some chicken salad on Thursday. Here it is Sunday and I am still having diarrhea. I made sure to be super careful Friday, Saturday, and today to avoid all gluten and made my meals from scratch to be sure. Yet I still have symptoms. I know it can still be from the chicken salad, and my last reaction lasted about as long. Just wondering if with each exposure, the length of the reaction is longer?

Thanks,

Jenn

Hi Jen, what are your symptoms when you get glutened? I'm sick for 3 days too after getting glutened. I get a histamine reaction right away (hives,plugged ears, coughing, tight throat, itching from head to toe, with hot spots on my skin), followed by a 3 day migraine with bad joint pain. No gastro issues at all, I have a wheat allergy.

I also had to change all my beauty products. regular shampoo breaks me out in itchy hives on my head. The itching drives me insane!!

I swear, I could have written your post..It's been a year, and I still get glutened from time to time, and it's usually when I let my guard down....I hate when that happens!!!!!

I'm still having nightmares of accidently eating wheat, and waking up trying to spit it out. It's such a relief when I realize it was a just a nightmare..

It was so good to hear y'all share the nightmare thing.....thank you. I feel so alone with this problem. People just don't understand....

My symptoms include a headache and horrible diarrhea where I literally have to run to the bathroom. I also get a rash on my rear end as well. I got glutened by the chicken salad on Thursday, and am starting to feel better today. I guess by tomorrow (DAY 3) I will be fine.

Thanks everyone for your replies! I teach school and have to go camping with my 5th graders next month as a field trip. I already told my coworker that I will only feel comfortable taking my own food. She kept saying that if I tell the kitchen, they could surely prepare some gluten free stuff for me. I had to tell her I wouldn't trust there wouldn't be cross contamination.

I have been gluten-free since December 26th. I noticed a problem with wheat after my gallbladder removal in May. People told me that my bowel changes were due to my gallbladder removal and I foolishly believed them. I originally started the gluten-free lifestyle on a recommendation that it might help my hashimoto's thyroiditis and epstein-barr. It became immediately obvious that I have a gluten intolerance. Now even the smallest amount makes me sick for three days. I try to be diligent, but I feel like I am making a lot of mistakes. For example, a local grocery store carries a gluten-free chicken salad. I bought chicken salad at another store without really checking ingredients and have been really sick since yesterday. It's stupid moves like that that are driving me crazy! I have decided if a packaged product is not clearly labeled gluten-free, I'm not touching it. I've checked all my hair products and creams and had to replace some of those. My vitamin is labeled gluten-free. Hopefully I will get a better grip on all of this!!! I sure do feel good when I am 100% gluten free!

The Betty Crocker Gluten Free Brownies saved my the first couple weeks off gluten! Hershey Bars and M&Ms too! Now I don't really crave it too often...I am on month 3!

I have been gluten-free since December 26th. I felt better within days of giving it up. Now, if I have any gluten, I suffer from such horrific diarrhea that I end up inflamed for days. It's horrible. This past week, I've had three accidental exposures...first time in months. I am at the point that if a packaged product doesn't say gluten-free, I'm not touching it!