Being Gluten Free is a journey... sometimes we have to hit rock bottom before we actually do something about our symptoms and get diagnosed....we all have bad days, sometimes we cheat, sometimes we get poisoned, and some days are great.

Everybody has a gluten free story... so now is your chance to tell yours! This is an area for gluten free kiwi's to talk about there gluten free life.

We would love to hear your gluten free stories, (You can even upload your photo)

Click below to see other members contributions to this page...

Sarah 
My 6 year old son is gluten sensitive. He had always had bowel irregularities and we were desperate to get this sorted before he went to school. We had ...

Newly diagnosed Coeliacs 
I am 31 years old and have been a Type I diabetic for 22 years. I was diagnosed with mild coeliacs disease last week and am really struggling with foods ...

Free at Last 
I have had ill health most of my life from bloat to aches and pains in my joints to stomach upsets.
I am 55 years old now and just last week was confirmed ...

Gluten Free And Finally feeling great! 
Hi, for a long long time now I have been feeling pretty awful. I've had the whole bloated tummy thing, poor skin and really tired all the time. I just ...

Trust your Instincts 
I went Gluten Free nearly 2 years ago, after several years of chronic sinus infections and swollen glands. When a sinus infection had me collapsing 3 ...

No More Sleepless Nights! 
As a Child I had bothersome stomach problems.My symptoms were mildly aggravating, and at age 11,It grew worse to the point that my Mother took me to a ...

My Life as a Gluten Free Tart 
I hope you had a chuckle at my title. One of the first group events I attended after being diagnosed with Coeliac Disease was a friends 50th Birthday....

Gluten Free - No more arthritis 
Hi,
For the past few years I have had constant sinus problems which made me feel tired and irritable. Then gradually mild joint stiffness which became ...

Lucy's Gluten Free Journey 
My Gluten Free Journey Only Really Began in 2006... well that I knew of, Since childhood I have had ecezma, asthma, and allergies...

Before Going ...

Just starting out.. 
Hi I suspect I am gluten intolerant. As a baby I had colic, as a kid I had stomach upsets, as a young women in her 20s I was always tired and going to ...

Gluten free for the whole family  Not rated yet
My husband has been gluten free for at least a year now and I've just managed to get a blood analysis done by Dr Tarlton Fraser - hard for me to get myself ...

Simo  Not rated yet
Im from Serbia i wood like to be a policeman but i cant because i heave celiac does anybody know situation here in NZ can i join your police if i heave ...

Hekewhy  Not rated yet
I am sick of being "glutened" when going to foreign eating establishments - not because I think they are being mean, it is just the language barrier.

So ...

Maria N. Sanchez health problems  Not rated yet
I've had problems with my stomach for so long that I got used to feeling this way, I thought it was natural for me to feel this way.I always was belching,...

Gluten Free and FINALLY ALIVE  Not rated yet
I was 48 before I was diagnosed coeliac.I was always tiny as a child and had late onset puberty. I have had very vague symptoms all my life but my major ...

The Journey goes on  Not rated yet
Hi

Im a soon to be 46 year old woman who has, I suspect, had a gluten problem for many years.

I can remember most of my teenage and adult life being ...

Coeliac Disease...So hard to diagnose  Not rated yet
Four years ago I was having totalling distressing rush visits to the toilet. The frequency and ferociousness of the visits really began to affect my quality ...

Gluten Free Time Traveller  Not rated yet
What a year this has been. This time last year I was getting ready for a trip of a lifetime - two wonderful months exploring Europe.

I had dosed ...

I HAVE MY ENERGY BACK!  Not rated yet
When I look back through my life, my energy was always low, but I got to the stage of struggling out of bed, and only being able to do anything until lunch ...

A Gluten Free Life - Lucy's Journey Continued  Not rated yet
It is really interesting getting into the swing of a gluten free life... I am always faced with questions and statements from curious friends.

"But ...

Gluten Intolerance undiagnosed for 16 years  Not rated yet
At the age of approx 30 years I suspect I began suffering from symptoms of an intolerance to Gluten. 16 years later I was diagnosed as having an intolerance ...