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Wow, Tex, that's wild! Every meal brings all hands on deck? I wasn't really mentally connecting the sleepiness and achiness directly to any meals, since the little bit of nausea is what seemed to kick it off, which didn't happen to follow a meal. I just felt randomly queasy, for no particular reason...

How did you convince your Doctor to order all the bloodwork?

Hi Lesley, Nope, I haven't seen that one, but I think I can relate. I hadn't thought that it might be vitamin related either, until I saw Mandy's post. It has only happened to me twice so far, that I know of. Of course, now I am paying attention... so might notice it more... Periodic episodes of maj...

Well, the sleepiness affects my whole body, but not the achiness (so far). It doesn't feel like flu, just a dull, deep ache. Why would we get new symptoms we never noticed before *after* starting a GF diet? I have eaten gluten my whole life - things have been going really great on the GF diet - so w...

Yes to ridges (since I was a little kid), brittleness, and I have gone through some Really bad spells where they have flaked off in layers from the tip of the nail horizontally, sheeting off towards the nail bed. Luckily, haven't had that problem lately, nor any fungus issues. The dermatologists alw...

So wierd. Today I had Corn Chex for breakfast, then ran five miles. Then for lunch I had chicken breast, squash (yellow and zuchinni) with a little roasted red bell pepper, and jasmine rice, right before it happened. The veggies were cooked, not steamed or raw. I don't remember what I had the other ...

Hi Mandy, Wow, your situation sounds very similar to mine! I just posted about having a new symptom, after feeling well, coming off the immodium, having Norman, etc for several weeks now. What's happening with me is I breifly feel a little queasy and then get very sleepy. That lasts a couple of hour...

Thank you for the nice compliment, Sara! It has been a hectic holiday season, but things are settling down now. Unfortunately, it seems like I am not quite out of the woods yet... I've had D again a few times the past two days. It hasn't been severe, but I am hoping it will go away and not get worse...

Yes, But not due to any meds. I lost a fairly large, silver dollar sized patch of hair from the crown of my head in my early twenties. In addition, I had a lot of thinning for several years, probably till around age 25 or so. The dermatologists did all kinds of tests and never came up with a good re...

Merry Christmas, Everybody! Well, I have had very good luck with the gluten free experiment, so I am going to stay on board with that. I think I also react some to overly greasy food; maybe it is just too hard to digest if your insides are already sensitive. Still, though, even though I was faced wi...

Oooh! Thank you for mentioning the polyps, Tex! I completely forgot to say that those are also rampant in that side of the family! I can't remember who has had them, and who hasn't but it has been multiple family members. And I have been taking the Vitamin D 5000 ever since I read about this here. Y...

Something that is upsetting to me is that just before Thanksgiving, we came across one of those "be a polite guest" news articles that gave zero concern to the people suffering from food related problems, and just directed guests to eat whatever is served and to not be "pushy" (n...

Thanks Tex, I am actually quite happy! I'm ready to go there if I have to (CF), but so-far-so-good with the GF regime. There are actually a lot more options than I had expected. For example, grits - I love grits! And I don't miss some of the other things as much as I expected I would. I guess it is ...

Wow, I haven't ever thought about whether it could be related as my children are now grown and I have only just recently been diagnosed, BUT... After I had my first baby, I got pregnant about six months later and I miscarried the day after Thanksgiving. I had another healthy baby a few years later, ...

Hi Tex, I'm just reporting in... So, I went for the first two full weeks gluten free. Norman arrived around day 5 (!) and stayed. I was able to stop taking the immodium completely on day 8!!! At the end of the two weeks, I challenged with wheat, and had rumblings, urgency, and Norman degraded into s...