Sick in China :(

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I've been on SCD for 2 years and was doing great. I had a scheduled trip to

China to visit my boyfriend's relatives and tour around for 2 weeks. Before

coming I tried rice to make sure I would be ok here and I was doing fine with

it. The first week of my trip was great, I was eating some rice but sticking as

close to SCD as possible. My digestion seemed to be really strong. Then I had

some dumplings which are wrapped in wheat flour pastry and got really sick. I

had stomach pain almost instantly and a bad headache. Then I got diarhea and a

rash on my chest (had it before probably from wheat exposure those times too).

It's been 48 hours and I'm still having diarhea constantly. I'm pretty sure I

did not get food poisoning as the timing of having wheat just couldn't have been

a coincidence, I haven't had any nausea, vomiting, or chills.

It's really hard here to eat SCD. Well, actually I would say impossible if you

are eating in restaurants. Everything is cross-contaminated, everything is

stir-fry, even the chicken soup seems like it has something in it that isn't

agreeing with me. I'm not exactly sure what to do the rest of my trip, but for

now I'm looking for help on staying hydrated.

My entire time on SCD I haven't had to worry about staying hydrated so I never

really tried making electrolyte drink mixes or anything. Just wondering if

someone can help me, what can I add to water or broth to help stay hydrated? I'm

able to eat meat and bananas, and I have some coconut oil and honey with me.

Thanks to anyone who can help. I hope I don't discourage everyone from visiting

China, it is really beautiful here. I think if I had avoided wheat I would have

been fine. Needless to say, I'm 100% sure now that I have Celiac disease, and

Dermatitis Herpetiformis (rash associated with Celiac).

Kat

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Kat,

so so sorry you are so sick. the chicken soup may likely have corn

starch in it.

Perhaps someone--your bfriend-? can get some chicken and make you some

simple stock with just chicken and salt.

Keep us posted.

Ruth

14.Sick in China :(Posted by: " scdkat " scdkat@... scdkatSun

May 16, 2010 3:55 am (PDT)

I've been on SCD for 2 years and was doing great. I had a scheduled

trip to China to visit my boyfriend's relatives and tour around for 2

weeks. Before coming I tried rice to make sure I would be ok here and

I was doing fine with it. The first week of my trip was great, I was

eating some rice but sticking as close to SCD as possible. My

digestion seemed to be really strong. Then I had some dumplings which

are wrapped in wheat flour pastry and got really sick. I had stomach

pain almost instantly and a bad headache. Then I got diarhea and a

rash on my chest (had it before probably from wheat exposure those

times too). It's been 48 hours and I'm still having diarhea

constantly. I'm pretty sure I did not get food poisoning as the timing

of having wheat just couldn't have been a coincidence, I haven't had

any nausea, vomiting, or chills.

It's really hard here to eat SCD. Well, actually I would say

impossible if you are eating in restaurants. Everything is cross-

contaminated, everything is stir-fry, even the chicken soup seems like

it has something in it that isn't agreeing with me. I'm not exactly

sure what to do the rest of my trip, but for now I'm looking for help

on staying hydrated.

My entire time on SCD I haven't had to worry about staying hydrated so

I never really tried making electrolyte drink mixes or anything. Just

wondering if someone can help me, what can I add to water or broth to

help stay hydrated? I'm able to eat meat and bananas, and I have some

coconut oil and honey with me.

Thanks to anyone who can help. I hope I don't discourage everyone from

visiting China, it is really beautiful here. I think if I had avoided

wheat I would have been fine. Needless to say, I'm 100% sure now that

I have Celiac disease, and Dermatitis Herpetiformis (rash associated

with Celiac).

Kat

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I'm able to have chicken soup for today and tomorrow morning at my relative's

house. After that it's another 8 days of traveling and eating restaurant food

only. I just don't know what to even try eating. They don't tend to make any

plain boiled meat here. We keep asking for plain boiled chicken but I'm pretty

sure they're adding something to the broth. Maybe I should just remove the meat

from the broth and eat that on its own.

Kat

>

> Kat,

>

> so so sorry you are so sick. the chicken soup may likely have corn

> starch in it.

> Perhaps someone--your bfriend-? can get some chicken and make you some

> simple stock with just chicken and salt.

>

> Keep us posted.

> Ruth

>

>

>

> 14.Sick in China :(Posted by: " scdkat " scdkat@... scdkatSun

> May 16, 2010 3:55 am (PDT)

>

>

> I've been on SCD for 2 years and was doing great. I had a scheduled

> trip to China to visit my boyfriend's relatives and tour around for 2

> weeks. Before coming I tried rice to make sure I would be ok here and

> I was doing fine with it. The first week of my trip was great, I was

> eating some rice but sticking as close to SCD as possible. My

> digestion seemed to be really strong. Then I had some dumplings which

> are wrapped in wheat flour pastry and got really sick. I had stomach

> pain almost instantly and a bad headache. Then I got diarhea and a

> rash on my chest (had it before probably from wheat exposure those

> times too). It's been 48 hours and I'm still having diarhea

> constantly. I'm pretty sure I did not get food poisoning as the timing

> of having wheat just couldn't have been a coincidence, I haven't had

> any nausea, vomiting, or chills.

>

> It's really hard here to eat SCD. Well, actually I would say

> impossible if you are eating in restaurants. Everything is cross-

> contaminated, everything is stir-fry, even the chicken soup seems like

> it has something in it that isn't agreeing with me. I'm not exactly

> sure what to do the rest of my trip, but for now I'm looking for help

> on staying hydrated.

>

> My entire time on SCD I haven't had to worry about staying hydrated so

> I never really tried making electrolyte drink mixes or anything. Just

> wondering if someone can help me, what can I add to water or broth to

> help stay hydrated? I'm able to eat meat and bananas, and I have some

> coconut oil and honey with me.

>

> Thanks to anyone who can help. I hope I don't discourage everyone from

> visiting China, it is really beautiful here. I think if I had avoided

> wheat I would have been fine. Needless to say, I'm 100% sure now that

> I have Celiac disease, and Dermatitis Herpetiformis (rash associated

> with Celiac).

>

> Kat

>

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