A few years later, I began discovering my food allergies; I already knew about my banana and avocado allergies, at this time I discovered I was allergic to milk, a few years after that I developed an allergy to almonds and ultimately just called it tree nuts, then pumpkin seeds.
A couple months ago, my initial symptom of upper right abdominal pain hit me hard, bringing along nausea, lack of appetite (turning into an aversion to eating when my symptoms are really bad), diarrhea, abdominal swelling and bloating, headaches, extra fatigue. Let me be clear, these symptoms are normal for me, just not this bad. I went to the ER a couple times because I felt a lot like I did last year when I got admitted with my liver enzymes off the charts. This time, everything was working fine, so they brought up ulcers (they always bring up ulcers) and gluten.
20 years ago, I was asked if I'd ever tried a gluten free diet. I said I did and they didn't ask further, but knowing what I know now says I did not try a gluten free diet. They never tested for celiac or gluten allergy. Last week, I had an endoscopy and the results came back negative for celiac (my allergist said she's happy to test for the allergy if I want her to). It's comforting to know I haven't essentially been poisoning myself for 20 years, but still upsetting in now actually going gluten free and doing much better.. saying I at least have a gluten sensitivity. Researching gluten now says even with the IBS diagnosis, they should have told me to go gluten free or at least suggested I minimize my exposure.
I can't say wether or not this is another developed allergy or something I've been fighting since college and it just got worse. I just find there's so many things that could have been prevented if I had been given proper information during the first round. Or even the second. Makes me even more worried about my joint/muscular problems.
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