Gluten Free Trial 2010

On the 5th day of my gluten free trial I was feeling very good. I took a trip to Trader Joe's to find food that I could eat. I was starting to feel like I wasn't eating enough.

On March 8th 2010 I started noticing that I wasn't eating enough fiber, iron, B vitamins, fruits or meat. I started noticing that if I focused on getting enough Fiber, another important vitamin would plumet.

On March 14th I finished my two week trial and I started back on gluten food- just eating what I used to always eat. I took a turn for the worst. I had diarrhea all morning. I felt very weak and nauseated, I had a headache all day, was having hot/cold spells, I was extremely moody and irritable. I was tired so much that I barely got out of bed all day. By the time I went to sleep that night, my heart felt like it was pounding out of my chest and my joints ached all over.

March 15th 2010 Started off the day feeling constipated, and bloaty. Throughout the day ate gluten and felt hungry, crampy and bloating regardless. Ended up completely crashing that evening and cried myself to sleep, I couldn't get a grip, I was extremely paranoid, checked the front door to see if it was locked over and over.

March 16th 2010 I woke up from a terrible night's sleep really hungry. I finally had a bowel movement, it wasn't totally normal, it hurt and was soft at the same time. Survived the rest of the day.

March 17th 2010 The fourth day of being back on gluten. Had mass amounts of diarrhea all morning, felt nauseated from the diarrhea but hungry at the same time, felt like I hadn't eaten for weeks. Got sick all night from the beer for St. Patrick's Day.

March 18th 2010, woke up sick with diarrhea for hours all morning. Went to the Endo. He said I should pay attention to what makes me happy, he suggested if going gluten free makes me happier than do it, if having pasta one night makes me happier than eat it.

After that I finished my two weeks on gluten, realized I was very sick and went back to being gluten free- got tested and found out about Celiac.

From now on it has been GLUTEN FREE GLUTEN FREE GLUTEN FREE!