A Division I volleyball player lost 40 pounds in two months while her doctors said it was anxiety or a stomach flu. A TikTok led her to ask for a celiac test, and the doctor pushed back because she was not throwing up. Kamiah Gibson, a former Ohio State athlete now in graduate school for social work, walks through the months of dismissal, the phone call that just told her to "eat gluten-free," and the moment she left pre-med.

⏱️ Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:24 Sick for months while doctors said it was anxiety
1:40 The migraine medicine that wrecked her stomach
2:33 The TikTok that led her to ask for a celiac test
2:53 The doctor who almost did not order the celiac test
4:18 Two practices a day on a body absorbing nothing
5:33 The phone call that just said "eat gluten-free"
6:25 Three weeks on the road and still sick the whole time
7:19 The hidden social burden no one warns you about
8:21 The Nima gluten sensor that finally let her eat out again
10:38 Why even careful restaurants still get it wrong
12:38 The career pivot away from medicine
13:39 What she tells the newly diagnosed
14:43 Take home messages

About this episode:
Kamiah Gibson was a sophomore Division I volleyball player at West Virginia when she suddenly got sick, lost 40 pounds, and could not get her doctors to take her seriously. She walks through the migraine medication that triggered the spiral, the trainer-sanctioned care that kept missing the diagnosis, and the TikTok video that finally pointed her toward celiac disease. She describes the moment a doctor told her she could not have celiac because she was not vomiting, and how her bloodwork came back through the roof anyway. After her diagnosis, a phone call telling her to just eat gluten-free sent her into a three-week travel trip where she stayed sick the entire time. She explains how the Nima gluten sensor finally let her trust food again, why she now tests at restaurants even after speaking to the chef, and how the experience pushed her to leave the pre-med track and pursue mental health therapy for patients with chronic illness. She closes with what physicians most often miss when a young, healthy athlete walks in with vague symptoms.

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