Welcome to our latest blog on Coeliac cor Celiac Disease. We have decided to use both the British and American spelling of the condition in this blog to avoid any confusion.
Celiac disease, in fact, is gluten intolerance. You can read more in our earlier blog on Celiac. You may be also interested in our blog about Julie Wendell’s Celiac journey.
The purpose of this blog is twofold. Firstly, it is to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of celiac disease. Secondly, it is to allow people who have been diagnosed with celiac disease to share your stories with other people in a similar situation. Click here for more
My entire life always revolved around pain, nausea, and diarrhea. By the time I was in kindergarten, my mom was already tired of my complaining about having a stomachache every day. She finally took me to see the doctor, who diagnosed me with lactose intolerance and completely cut out dairy from my diet. So throughout elementary school, the stomachaches were less severe, but still there. In middle school and high school, I remember not being involved with too many social activities, since I always had to make sure I was within 10 ft of a bathroom. My friends thought I was strange and somewhat of a hermit, and they rarely invited me to go anywhere with them. Besides, I was just embarrassed to be around people and hated that I was always in a lot of pain. No one understood what I was going through, and they all thought I was over-exaggerating and feeling sorry for myself. And honestly, I didn’t know exactly what was wrong with me. All I knew is I barely got any sleep and the toilet became my constant companion. Click here for more
