Chronic Conditions

By Alice Bast, CEO, Beyond Celiac Once you have a celiac disease diagnosis, with its imperfect and incomplete treatment, thoughts of

Celiac disease brought her to the brink of death – literally -- and an 11th hour diagnosis brought her back

When you’re diagnosed with celiac disease, you’re told to eliminate gluten from your diet. Since gluten is the trigger causing all the trouble, the solution seems simple: cut out the gluten and your symptoms will vanish and you’ll be healthy. Easy, right?

I know it seems strange that anyone would be happy to be diagnosed with a serious disease. But after you’ve been suffering with debilitating symptoms of unknown origin for years, finally knowing the cause can be a huge relief

I was determined that my disease would never define me or take control of my life. I chose to fight back and I decided to use my experience to help others in any way I can

We all know that men experience many things differently than women – but did you know that depression is often one of them?

Sometimes it’s easy to focus on the negative in having a genetic disorder/chronic illness. But, there are some silver linings too, and it can be helpful to remind myself of those from time to time

“It’s all in your head.” If you’re living with chronic pain, this is probably the most frustrating thing someone could say to you

If you have a chronic condition, do you have a responsibility to educate other people about it?

I suppose no one really plans on going out on disability, but I was shocked. I thought I’d have my surgery and then be back to work full time. Little did I know that that would NOT be the case