shakey1961
19-06-14, 06:13
Hi all. Thought I’d give you an update. As you all know, I’ve been going gluten free for 3 years now and 98% of the time I’m really fit and well, no panic and no anxiety. But I’d like to tell you of a recent experience I had.
It all started following a pub meal I had around about March. I am usually very careful what I eat and usually don’t have a dessert, but on this occasion I opted for a plain ice-cream with some chocolate sauce. Very tasty and it didn’t seem to affect me. So I decided to buy some ice-cream.
I ended up eating far too much, but, as it wasn’t affecting me I can enjoy it, or so I thought.
I noticed I had some very small pimples appear on my ring finger on my left hand that were extremely itchy. I’ve had this before and it always affects my left hand. It gets right between my fingers. I thought it had happened as I’d had my car cleaned and the air-freshener had given me an allergic reaction which was making me wheezy.
So I kept eating this ice-cream, but my finger wasn’t getting any better, until I stopped eating it last Monday. It’s been 4 days now, and although my hand is still a mess, the itching is calming down and I feel it’s starting to heal.
Of course, I now realise the problem is Lactose. When first diagnosed, because gluten has destroyed the villi in your gut, you cannot digest lactose, but once gluten free this usually returns to normal, but in some cases it never does. Obviously it has got better in me, but not as good as it should be, then again, most people wouldn’t eat ice-cream to the extent I was. I will go back to eating ice-cream again, but only when I go out for a meal, which isn’t too often, as the lactose won’t build up in my system. I can tolerate some, but not a lot of lactose.
Once again, “You are what you eat!” and I keep proving it time and again.
One important thing I have to tell you which should give you all some hope. For some reason a few days ago I started to panic, I got myself out of breath. This was the first panic attack I’ve had in over 2 years, so I understand I’m still prone to them, BUT, it never got as bad as the ones I’d had previously. I attribute this directly to the removal of Gluten from my diet.
So, if gluten is causing your problems, you can get better.
Hope this gives you all some hope.
Please feel free to contact me.
It all started following a pub meal I had around about March. I am usually very careful what I eat and usually don’t have a dessert, but on this occasion I opted for a plain ice-cream with some chocolate sauce. Very tasty and it didn’t seem to affect me. So I decided to buy some ice-cream.
I ended up eating far too much, but, as it wasn’t affecting me I can enjoy it, or so I thought.
I noticed I had some very small pimples appear on my ring finger on my left hand that were extremely itchy. I’ve had this before and it always affects my left hand. It gets right between my fingers. I thought it had happened as I’d had my car cleaned and the air-freshener had given me an allergic reaction which was making me wheezy.
So I kept eating this ice-cream, but my finger wasn’t getting any better, until I stopped eating it last Monday. It’s been 4 days now, and although my hand is still a mess, the itching is calming down and I feel it’s starting to heal.
Of course, I now realise the problem is Lactose. When first diagnosed, because gluten has destroyed the villi in your gut, you cannot digest lactose, but once gluten free this usually returns to normal, but in some cases it never does. Obviously it has got better in me, but not as good as it should be, then again, most people wouldn’t eat ice-cream to the extent I was. I will go back to eating ice-cream again, but only when I go out for a meal, which isn’t too often, as the lactose won’t build up in my system. I can tolerate some, but not a lot of lactose.
Once again, “You are what you eat!” and I keep proving it time and again.
One important thing I have to tell you which should give you all some hope. For some reason a few days ago I started to panic, I got myself out of breath. This was the first panic attack I’ve had in over 2 years, so I understand I’m still prone to them, BUT, it never got as bad as the ones I’d had previously. I attribute this directly to the removal of Gluten from my diet.
So, if gluten is causing your problems, you can get better.
Hope this gives you all some hope.
Please feel free to contact me.