How I found out I could no longer eat wheat
Trying to find out why I constantly had bad stomachs had been going on since I was a kid. Now I am 31 and as you can imagine, that is a lot of years are eating out and going to the toilet within a matter of minutes (depending on what I eat) and followed by headaches and fogginess to see. I had to miss out on meals before gigs and shows just because "I may Need to go" and going out slowly but surely became a constant struggle.
I went to the doctors on 3 separated occasions over the years regarding this issue and as I had nothing more to add, each time they told me I had a gag reflex of the stomach hence why I was going to the toilet.
I always put it down to a bad diet as once I tried dieting such as South Beach Diet (No Carbs) I was a million times better but still I hadn't put two and two together as I didn't think about it.
About 3 months ago I was sat down with the Girlfriend and we eat a lasagne and garlic bread. Fairly simple meal yet with 10 minutes of eating it, Toilet time!
So the next day I was talking to a colleague in work and for some unknown reasons (like most conversation) it came up and mentioned about this and every other time it happens. This is when she suggested I could have an IBS problem as one of her friends had something Similar.
Now, I know IBS isn't a disease in itself but more that certain foods can trigger a bad stomach. So I found the following link with good and bad foods and went through it over a period of 3 months with adding and taking away from the list:
http://www.ibsdiets.org/fodmap-diet/fodmap-food-list/
Within a week I had found that wheat was the cause of my symptoms. I still played about with the list just to make sure while still avoiding wheat.
After 3 weeks, I eat something with wheat in just to make sure and BAM! hit me like a tone of bricks as I have not had wheat for a good period of time.
I kept up with the gluten free diet and have kept track of what has it and don't and a food list to start avoiding while out and about. With this information, I went to the doctors again and this time, he agreed with me and looked like it was celiacs disease but needed blood test just to make sure before proceeding.
So this Thursday I will finally have my results back and hopefully will tell me that after all my years on this planet, I am intolerant of wheat.
