Hi Neeta.
Oh.... haven't heard of anything like your bladder problem before. Hopefully you can get on top of the C and it will all settle down 
Well I'm pretty cluey about gluten as I've been researching food intolerances for over a year now, and it is very depressing how many products contain gluten! But whats much much much more depressing is the constant bloat! So I'd do anything to get rid of it. I'm currently GF and DF (gluten and dairy free), am doing a detection diet (keeping a food and symptom journal) in a hope to pinpoint all the foods causing my IBS.
I have constant conflicting advice about gluten sensitivities - my family assures me it'll only be temporary, my doctor told me NOT to go GF as I don't have ceoliac, but my body screamed at me when I used to eat it, so at least I know who to listen to, and thats me
What I'm interested to know tho is, is there a tolerance level for gluten sensitivity? Just like theres a tolerance level for fructose malabsorption, yeast and lactose intolerance? I know I should just resolve myself to the fact that GF is for life, but if I could just have SMALL amounts of gluten, like one can have SMALL amounts of lactose, fructose and yeast, then life would be so much easier. I guess I'm still in the denial stage, because GF is so life constricting, and I'm only coming to terms with being told to go STRICTLY GF for life. Why is it in sooooooooo many foods!!? I know there are lots of substitutes but they are soooooo pricey. And eating out is a nightmare because you can never be sure gluten isn't hidden in foods (I know I know, ask ask ask before you buy, but it becomes so draining, and I get so paranoid that waitstaff don't know what they're talking about, and contamination risk is quite probable).
So I guess I'm wondering, can we get away with the odd bit of contamination every now and again if we don't have coeliac? I read that coeliac and gluten sensitivity is quite different - coelaic is when the protein attacks the lining of the intestine, whereas gluten sensitivity is simply when the body can't break down the gluten so produces excess gas.
So I suppose that eating gluten if you're only gluten sensitive isn't life threatening, like eating gluten when your coeliac is (eg increased risk of cancer)??
So many questions!! I'd love to hear your thoughts.
T xx
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Hi again Neeta & a rambling for other GF people.
