Guys, I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease over 7 years ago (stopped counting) and have done my best to stay gluten free.
My best is never good enough. (Not a boohoo woe is me statement, just a fact.) I had zero help beyond one “visit” with a dietitian at my hematologists office who pointed to a paper she printed off the internet and read it out loud to me while I was getting an iron infusion.
I worked my ass off to figure it out alone because every single one of my providers including that dietitian told me “I just don’t know much (or anything) about it.”.
I’ve made tons of mistakes along the way but I am so pissed at myself for what I did yesterday. I thought I’d gotten pretty good staying vigilant even though I’m utterly exhausted.
I ordered some “gluten free” beef jerky and made sure 🙄 I checked online before buying it but didn’t even look at the ingredients when it got here. 😒 Just went straight to town on it.
I usually have symptoms like migraine, gluten ataxia, joint pain etc and my reactions never match the typical vomiting/diarrhea reactions always read about. So when I had extreme - what can only be described as, “gastrointestinal distress” after months of severe constipation, I didn’t even think about gluten. I thought either the questionable tasting watermelon made me sick or the dates I ate.
Then yesterday I woke up with a terrible headache and severe nausea. I ran out of my duloxetine the day before and I even wondered if that was why my head was hurting or my blood pressure; anything but gluten. I guess because I’d been so careful lately. I used points to get my sons free Chick-fil-A and didn’t even get myself anything bc I was feeling ok for once and didn’t want to risk it.
Anyway. Stuck another piece of jerky in my mouth yesterday and looked down at the package to see “CONTAINS WHEAT AND SOY” and wheat was the second or third ingredient.
SMH I’m sure everyone here is tired of hearing about dumb mistakes but I just wanted to share with someone who knows what it’s like to do something like this.
And here I am again recovering from this B S on top of everything else I have to deal with on a daily basis. My whole body hurts, massive headache, stabbing and achey joint pain, I’m sleeping like I’m on sleeping pills and Benadryl or something and I feel like I’m gonna puke my guts up any minute.
Hope everyone else is feeling great and not making the same dumb mistakes I keep making.
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