sooooo frustrated....help please

OK, i have been on this gluten free diet for about 3 weeks....i know, not that long....my symptoms were just chronic diarrhea, and terrible, terrible gas........i can see progress, days i have much better poops, and then there are days, they are horrible again. My question is why are some days better than others? I am eating the same things pretty much.......any insight would be greatly appreciated!!

By the way I am 40 years old

Thanks,

Jodi

Alexsami,

That is such a great question. I have suffered from extreme I.B.D/I.B.S. since I was 3-years old (am 46 now) & I have always ate the same things basically (picky eater) all my life. I could never figure out what made it worse or better since I reacted no matter what. Because of 45-years of living on a toilet 24/7 and pushing so hard for all my life, it caused my colon to just shut down. I had no more muscles to push anything thru & in May this year I had to have an ileostomy.

I have 7-kids & I feel so bad that 3-of them all suffer from i.b.s. I know it worries them since the outcome of my i.b.s wasn't good.

Thank you for your post, sending you smiles & pain-free days.
Your Healingwell Friend,
Serenitee

Loop ileostomy, Pelvic & Bladder Trauma & Dysfunction. Colon tore thru Vaginal Wall & the Colon + Bladder fell out of my body thru the vagina, causing a lot of destruction in my pelvic area in the process. Vaginal Vault Lift w/mesh surgery, 2-bladder lift surgeries w/mesh, 2-rectoceles. 15-total surgeries on various parts of my body over the years...2-more to go upcoming. Make temp. ileostomy permanent removing rectum & large colon, Surgery on other shoulder (had one done in March 2011).

Bipolar 2, Borderline, Panic-Anxiety Disorder, Ptsd

I was negative on both celiac tests, then child tested positive ( yeah its genetic) be very careful on the gluten free diet. Many people "try" the diet too see if it helps, unknowingly consuming gluten and never seeing health improvement.

Foods that appear to be gluten free, the expample i often use is potato chips...no gluten ingredient just potatos and oil. Well foods such as these pick up as much as 300-3000 ppm on average of gluten simply from running on the same line as foods made with gluten. It only takes 50 ppm to keep a celiac sick.

When I went TRULY gluten free I got worse for a while, detox, then saw results within 3 months, 6-9 months i saw Major health improvement and reversal of years of hellish symptoms.

Best wishes.