Goodbye Forever Old Friend

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I’ll miss you…

I had my doctors appointment yesterday and it’s official-I’m allergic to gluten.  I DID test negative for Celiac but I tested positive for Gluten Intolerance.  Here’s a great site that describes the difference.

From the above mentioned site:

Gluten intolerance is a broad term which includes all kinds of sensitivity to Gluten. A small proportion of Gluten intolerant people will test positive to Celiac Disease test, and so are called Celiacs (~0.5% of the population).
But most Gluten sensitive people return negative or inconclusive results upon Celiac testing. The correct term for these people is Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitive (NCGS) and may be as many as ~15% of all people or 1 in 7.

People who are not Gluten Intolerant usually have Gliadin antibody count of 0-13.  Mine is 43.

Yeah, so no more Gluten.  French bread, sourdough bread, spelt, traditional pasta-farewell.  I’ll miss you!

The tests also found a lot of different bacteria in my intestines.  The doctor said that this is to be expected given my GI issues.  Also my Intestinal SIgA (shows if your intestines are inflamed) was 90.  Normal is 400-800, low is <400.  The diet I’m on now will help with this as will the additional supplements she gave me yesterday.  As if what I showed you yesterday wasn’t enough, I get to take this twice a day:

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Yep, 12 more capsules for the next 6 weeks.  I’m okay with this-it’s going to get me better!  I’m just so glad to have answers!  I can’t even tell you.  And? I’m NOT allergic to dairy, eggs, or soy.  The doctor wants me to stay on this diet (that cuts out dairy) for another month at least and then we can try adding in some dairy to see how I do.

The basic explanation for my systems is that I’m allergic to gluten and it’s causing some severe inflammation in my intestines which is basically making my intestines shut down.  The test was able to confirm that my stool had been in my intestines for longer than 96 hours.  Isn’t that lovely?

Like I said-I’m so happy that I know the issue and that we can deal with it.

Now that I’ve completely disgusted you, don’t you want to see my food? HA!

Last night I did make a pretty spectacular dinner.

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I marinated the chicken in a Tandoori mix from Whole Foods for 48 hours and then grilled it until it reached 170*.  On the side I mixed kale, chard, and spinach which I sautéed with coconut milk, a bit of Braggs, and cracked pepper and some rice.  Both Shaun and Lu loved the chicken and the rice and didn’t love the “green stuff”.  I thought it was delicious 🙂

Speaking of Lu we’re home today.  She’s got a 102* temp but she’s acting fine? I don’t get it.  She’s dancing right now and giggling but her temp is up so we’re home.

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Did you see that I posted the Japanese Chicken recipe from Sunday night?

Do you have any allergies?  Do you ever stop yearning for that food?

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