It's a look into how I'm am dealing with the news that I have Celiac Disease.

About three months ago, I made a journey into yet another doctor.  I figured he would tell me the same thing.  That he has no idea what is wrong with me.  I had been experiencing extremely painful stomach cramps.  I had multiple tests all being negative.  This doctor asked me several questions.  One of which, have I been losing weight unexpectedly?  I laughed since it was obvious that I was overweight.  He sent me to get several blood tests and some 'stool' test that I hope never to have to do again in my life.  One of the blood tests was to measure the 'gluten' in my blood.  A few days later, my husband informed me that my doctor called.  It was a Saturday.  I panic.  How often does a Doctor call, let alone on a Saturday?  My gluten level was extrememly high.  I had to go get a biopsy done on my small intestine.  This procedure has an extremely long name that I cannot remember.  My Doctor was pretty sure that I had Celiac Sprue.  He told my husband after the procedure, that I need to go on a 'gluten-free' diet.  My husband told me what the doctor had said.  I was bitter.  I figured since I was over-weight that it was just another way to say that was all that my problem was.  I learned differently though.  After much research on the internet, I learned that my body viewed gluten as poison.  What depressed me the most wasn't the fact that I had to completely change the way I ate.  It was the fact that I actually had a disease that normally people were unable to gain weight.  Of all the nerve!  Here I was dieting continously watching my husband lose 50 pounds while I loss 2.  Of course, it was because my body thought that it was starving to death.  Because of that fact, it stores the food like a chipmunk.  Now, as I'm getting my body back to normal with my gluten-free diet, I'm gaining more weight.  That is another side-effect!  Oh, I forgot to mention that the whole reason that I started going to the doctor is because I started getting the horrible pains everytime I exercised.  Oh well, such is life.  This is my second month of being completely gluten free.  I'm feeling better, I'm easier to live with and I have more energy.  I know that this is the way to go.  I hoping that I don't do what others with Celiac do and Gain Weight!