<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> new post - very long please bear with me, does anyone have the same problem as me..... Hello everyone...i am new to celiac, if that is what i have. i had a biopsy in April, it was negative. i also had a blood test, both of these were thru the GI Dr. he did not think that i have celiac. the blood test came back positive. he also did an ultrasound of my middle section and said i have gallstones. i have a constant pain on the left side right under my breast and at the top of the rib cage. sometimes it feels like i have overeaten at the local food bar and if i take a breath i will bust. when i bend over, it feels like a really thick muscle spasm. or someone kneading bread, turning the muscle over and over. i have weight gain, very bad gas, bloating, and eventually i will have bowel movements, like when i go pea and i will squeeze out a drop or two or poop, each time i go pee, then after about 5-6 times of doing that, i will expel about 4-6" sometime 7-8" yellow brown baby diaper smelling waste. it floats, and i guess is oily, when it sits in the water, the brown starts to separate with the water. does this make sense. i also went back to the fam. dr. in August, told him i was still gaining weight, i got married in April after the 1st testing...my diet completely changed from eating out all the time to cooking dinner everynight. i went from 14-16 to 18-20 in about 2 months. the scales were 170 to 175 to 180 to 188 in those two month. i quit eating bagels, granola cereal, shredded wheat, etc., that i thought was good diet food, i quit this before April, when i figured i might have celiac / sprue. ok, in August the blood work was positive again. the fam. phy. said to go to dietician. i went, she said watch all labels... avoid gluten. i bought a book, read lots of these emails and online on the web.MD and other sights. my main problem is my waste stays in me, instead of diarrhea, now after a few days 3-4 i eventually have a gas pain and run to the bathroom and have a blow out, almost diarrhea. but not the full blown stuff. from day to day, i bloat, and go down. the gas is so bad i can't get away from it. it follows me everywhere i go. and it is like every 5 minutes all day. it is getting very old. very embarrassing at work, church, grocery store, in bed with my husband. he said he thought he was bad, but my gas is worse that any man he's seen and heard. i have purchased gluten free food, switched to organic salad dressing, quit all bread, flour, etc. it has helped, i got my energy back, i had gotten very tired at work, no get up and go and get busy go to work, just want to sit and go to sleep. i have been taking prozac on and on for about 10 years when i had a nervous breakdown because of becoming a single parent for the past 13 1/2 years and trying to make it own my own and not asking anyone for help. well after Christian counseling and learning that it is okay to ask for help and prozac i can cope with anything now, except being tired of being bloated all the time, and passing gas. i had to start buying fat very loose clothes, i lost my waistline. i cannot wear anything tight around my waist. i seem to swell or bloat after lunch. i can wear a pair of pants to work zipped and buttoned, but by 12 or 1 PM i am unzipped and shirttail out covering my unzipped pants. even queen size panty hose just cut me in the middle. ankle socks leave elastic indention's in my ankles, knee highs do the same, even rolled to the ankle. i really don't have swelling in fingers or feet, unless i eat pizza. i really swell up by the next morning. but i don't eat pizza anymore. i did cheat last week, and in a matter of 3-4 days i was bloated and gassy once again until i expelled out all the waste. believe me i know how a baby feels when they have diaper rash. some days i go to the bathroom so many times and wipe, i feel like i need baby wipes with aloe to soothe my raw bottom. This is pitiful, I am 38 years old. Celiac does run in the family. my dad was married before. his two children are 12-15 yrs. older than me. my half sister has the diareaha and my half brother had the rash on his elbows, and buttocks. he don' t follow the diet like my half sister does. she has given me lot of tips, but i want to know if anyone else has the severe bloating and gas and contains waste for days on end. please help.......... sick of being a human blimp -n- Coldwater, Mississippi: Laura George