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The discussion continues . . .
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I fully understand and applaude your desire and ability to stick to the diet 
and hope you will always be able to control your health. My issue is this. I 
have a 13 year old daughter who has Celiac. Her sole problem was 
constipation. Her height and weight are fine,  and her nutrient absorption 
is fine.  She never had any physical symptoms other than chronic 
constipation her whole life. She has been GF 13 months now. There has been 
no difference in the way she feels whatsoever. She feels just as good as she 
did before and no better. She still suffers from constipation the same as 
pre GF.She  follows the diet 100%. Her blood levels are now in the normal 
range her tgg is just slightly elevated.
   I can't understand how she can be so diligent when she never had a 
problem. I sometimes question what am I doing? When I read that people have 
lived full lives and are being diagnosed now in their 70's and 80's. I 
wonder  what would have happened if we hadn't picked it up.The blood panel 
was done as a fluke and came back positive.As did the biopsy. This was a 
girl who lived on Pizza, macaroni and bread her whole life with no physical 
symptoms. I am scared for the time when she begins to question why she 
should stay on the diet.
[Too bad she's so young.  Otherwise I'd try to make arrangements for her to 
meet my 22 year old son!  ha ha ha!]
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I'm with you on following the diet! I think the alternative is no picnic and 
don't know why people are so reluctant to follow the diet. I know it 
requires a lot of change, but well worth it! : )   Liz
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My sisters and nieces have tested negitive, but still have all the symptoms 
and won't go on the diet.
I am so tired of trying to get them to listen and not treat me as if I am 
just accepting this sickness instead of fighting it. Kay White, Missouri
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Wow, it's astonishing to me that anyone would eat gluten who has celiac 
disease! Eating gluten is as appealing to me as eating a bowl of E. coli, 
and that's no exaggeration.
    I spent so many years sick and in pain that I never want to go back to 
living that way.
    For the first year or so after diagnosis I had “gluten nightmares” all 
of the time. Nightmares like being trapped in a bread factory with no exits.
   I know that sounds silly, but after spending so many years being so sick 
and in so much pain and then knowing exactly what the substance was that 
made me sick, I was literally horrified that I would somehow ingest this 
poison.
   I still have the nightmares, but they are not as frequent.
   A registered dietitian jokingly told me that I have “Post Traumatic 
Gluten Disorder.”

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