Hot Peeps Have Gut Issues: A Support Group

[Texasclucker]

Hiya

I wanted to see if anyone else on here has gut issues, and maybe have a support group(ish). Crohn’s, celiac, IBS, allergies, intolerances, you name it!

I personally have both anxiety and food related probable IBS. Currently taking Culturelle and fiber for it.

Can’t wait to meet my fellow hotties

Leaky gut club

 

[Weeg]

Leaky gut club

I feel Ya!

 

[Everose]

Honestly, I’m feeling pretty devastated right now.

As some of you know, I’m a baker. More specifically, I’m a primarily bread/sourdough baker. I plan to pursue what brings me joy and apply to culinary school in the next few years, when it’s financially feasible.

This morning at the doc, he gave me 3 likely diagnoses: General IBS, Celiac disease, or a gallbladder problem that would probably end with it being removed. Gallbladder is the least likely because I have no tenderness in my abdomen at all. He was leaning towards celiac since I get severe bloating and diarrhea after eating. I’m waiting on a blood test results, two of which are inflammatory markers and the celiac test. I’m praying so hard that it’s not celiac. If it is, it’ll throw everything off for me. I can make the change to GF, but it’ll be a hard one and might change my plans to bake bread for a living in the future.

I have a limited diet as-is, I’ve struggled with ARFID-like texture eating since baby years. I can eat few fruits and even fewer vegetables. People constantly tell me it’s just being a picky eater, but it’s not. It’s a fight-or-flight reaction I just can’t explain.

I probably should have expected this — I have a first cousin with Crohns (or celiac, I forgot)/ulcerative colitis that was only diagnosed in college.

The real irony of this is that my brothers have also had things like this- one planned to go into audio engineering but began losing his hearing, and the other planned to be a powerlifter but got diagnosed with scoliosis.

Life’s a $&@%# sometimes.

Heya Topochico! After dealing with gut issues my whole life I switched to GF. Miserable. That's the only word to describe that first month
Gluten contains opiates and I was so addicted. I love bread, baked goods are just my favorite, I was the girl who lived on pot pies and Cinnamon rolls. So I was very frustrated when I first gave up the gluten, I was craving it like crazy.
Today I am fifteen pounds lighter, my skin is clear, my stomach is bulletproof, and I'm enjoying everything I used to. I have figured out how to cook and bake without the gluten, and it's actually really fun to experiment and taste all kids of different flour mixtures and baking techniques.
Don't be too sad, this isn't a dream crusher, just a lifetlstyle change.

 

[topochico225]

Test results came back negative for celiac!

My eosinophil levels were high, though, which could indicate allergies or a parasite. Doc said if the low fat diet has no improvement over the next few weeks we’ll look into both. Can y’all imagine how nasty a parasite would be

 

[azurbanclucker]

Test results came back negative for celiac!

My eosinophil levels were high, though, which could indicate allergies or a parasite. Doc said if the low fat diet has no improvement over the next few weeks we’ll look into both. Can y’all imagine how nasty a parasite would be

Hey, think of it like this. We deworm chickens...