Re: paula & cranky moments

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You are very welcome. I was born with a cast iron stomach. Oh, I'd get the occasional bug and stuff, but I could eat any kind of food I wanted without any trouble other than weight gain. Even with the diagnosis of Fibromyalgia and Lupus I had no stomach trouble, even with my medications. Then a couple years ago I slowly started having some burning with my morning medications so I started on "The Little Purple Pill." Or some such thing - and the problem went away unless I didn't take my pill. Then a little over 6-8 months ago or so I started having trouble with different foods - - Dairy: so I now take a lactaid every time I am going to eat or drink anything dairy. Then Red Meet (beef, Elk, Moose etc): my stomach just didn't want to digest it. So I cut out about 90% of that. My list has just kept growing. When I get nauseated it does not come on gradually. It hits like getting kicked, and it's violent. I kept a food diary, and with Donna's help I've about decided I have a wheat (gluten) intolerance. I went off all things with gluten and felt better almost immediately. Then about 5 days later I ate a few things with light amounts of gluten and I'm doing OK. BUT - I have a doctor's appointment soon and will talk to him about being tested for Celiac Sprue (SP?). From what I have read, it is quite common with autoimmune problems. I also read that if you do have it - even though eating a little gluten may not make you feel sick, it still does damage. So, Why am I telling you all this??? I'm wondering if you need to talk to your doctor about the possibility of having an intolerance to some foods & also keep a food diary. Please let me know how you do, OK??? Hugs - a B

Re: my cranky moment>>> Hi - I was going to send you a rose. Then I decided, no - a rose is >not what is needed here. What we need is a bit of stupidity, which I can >most generally come up with. I hope after your CRANKY MOMENT that you are >able to see the graphic I am sending you. This woman with a parrot sitting >on her super long nose talking to the Madhatter. Promise it won't fix a >thing, but may make you smile a little. I also have a horrible problem >with violent nausea and vomiting. One minute I am reasonably fine and then >the nausea HITS HARD. My Sister suggested I try going off Gluten. I did >and started to feel better almost immediately. I don't know if you have >been following the posts about Gluten or not, but you could go back through >the Lupies board and look. Most posts are tagged with Gluten in the >subject. Donna wrote several posts as did . The ones I wrote and > were questions. I would suggest you try for 4 days to go off most >Gluten - Bread, cakes, cookies, pasta - things made with wheat. This >would include cereal like Cream of Wheat, Wheaties, Shredded Wheat etc. If >you do have a Gluten intolerance your stomach should start to feel better. >I was so shocked. I have started to introduce a little back into my diet. >I've had unsalted top crackers and some homemade turkey stuffing.>It is wonderful to have you in this group, to hear what you have to say - >but at the same time it would be really nice to see you be able to get some >relief!!! Hugs - a>_________________________________________________________________Expand your wine savvy - and get some great new recipes - at MSN Wine. http://wine.msn.com"The LUPIES Store" Come check out our store...http://www.cafepress.com/thelupies"The LUPIES Web Page"http://www.itzarion.com/lupusgroup.html"The LUPIES online photo albums!" Check out what your fellow Lupies look like...http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?username=lupies