Obesity and malabsorption of the intestines

[Guest guest]

Thank for the input about how people who are " fat " are judged so

wrongly. I was diagnosed as Celiac last May 2005, I have also a

history of many other related problems. My wieght has flucutated

from 90 pounds up to 230 pounds all my life. I have had 14

surgeries, and four miscariages, six surgeries to correct bent legs

due to rickets/osteoporosis (caused by malabsorption to calcium and

minerals as a child)and much more has happened to me. We never knew

why. I now know that many people with malabsorption of the

intestines can be " fat " or even dignosed falsely with anorexia like

I was. It is nice that people are realizing that this is a true

problem out there.

I am cureently with my family of five, all starting the strict SCD

diet. We are on day four. I still feel pretty crummy and hope for

this stage to pass quick. I think in light of new informaiton out

there that in todays definition I very likely would have been

diagnosed as having autism as a child yet do not know for certain.

Instead I was diagnosed with IBS, depression, mood disorders,

atypical eating disorders, and " hyperchodria " . So much more

suffering, no one ever knew what was wrong with me. I now know that

it was all related to going 37 years undiagnosed as having

malabsorption problems and Celiac DIsease. Now I have two children

who are battling ADHD, and autistic related problems. They both

have been confirmed as having malabsorption of the

intestines....since we have tried many different ways of eating last

year...I hope that this one is the fix! We all need to hang in

there!

Antoinette