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Also, a lot of meat products are now gluten free in the main supermarkets so burgers, meat balls, sausages are often marked gluten free. In fact, I just bought some turkey sausages which are labelled gluten free from Sainsburys today.
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Hello again! My daughter has quite conservative tastes when it comes to food so my repertoire isn't fantastic but our family menu runs something like this during the week for main meals: Roast chicken or lamb, with gluten-free gravy, roast potatoes, vegetables; risotto; shepherds pie, the sauce thickened with gluten-free flour; gluten-free pizza...
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Wheatwacked - not meaning to hijack this post, but do you find magnesium really dehydrates you? I find when I take it, it makes me very thirsty indeed.
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That sounds very good. I so miss doughnuts, I might have to invest!
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You are so welcome, Julep. In my own case white rice - when my tummy is sore, any fibre is really aggravating. As for an air fryer, I'm sorry - I don't know about that one. I don't have one in my kitchen but it sounds good (can you make doughnuts with it?!!) My feeling is so long as the chicken is really soft and not coated in fat or spices...
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The ferritin deficiency didn't take too long to creep up to normal levels - about two months or so. But I was taking really heavy duty iron pills. I haven't supplemented for a very long time as my my haemoglobin is now quite high - it would be dangerous to build up too much iron as this would create too much haemoglobin in my blood causing something...
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So interesting... actually, I did say within hours but actually there were a few instances when I remember it taking much less time than that. So sad that so many people are unaware of this connection. To think that a vitamin drink can make such a difference.
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Hello Julep and welcome to the forum! What a horrible experience. I would certainly, at least for the foreseeable, avoid eating away from home if you can. Banana, rice, apple sauce and toast are my tried and tested go to cures when I have been badly glutened. I also find chicken breasts, slow-cooked in a crockpot in water, carrots, potatoes...
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Celiac disease and Homozygous Hemochromatosis
cristiana replied to Diane Endicott's topic in Related Issues & Disorders
Hi Diana Welcome to the forum. This post interests me because my doctor tells me I have a tendency towards another blood condition - polycythemia. In my case my ferritin is low (somewhere between 9 and 20) but my haemoglobin is always high normal. In fact, according to my local lab it has now passed high normal for women, when it recently reached... -
Hello Amy and welcome to the forum! When you say you are still in the testing phase of this disease, do I take it that you are awaiting a biopsy via endoscopy? If that is the case, when is it booked for? If you are having one, you will need to ensure you are eating the equivalent of 2 pieces of normal (glutenous) bread PER DAY until that date, for...
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I agree Knitty Kitty - what is it that puts the medical profession off testing for these deficiencies? When my pre-diagnosis anxiety was at its height - and it was crippling - I started to notice a marked difference in how I felt when I drank a vitamin B complex drink, sometimes within hours of drinking it. Do you think that B vitamins can work that fast...
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Hello Mommacos Great advice there from Trents. Do get DH ruled out, but I also wanted to share my experience with you. Whilst I am a coeliac, I do not have DH. However, last year I started getting a bumpy, incredibly itchy rash. It started in my scalp, went down to my neck, then my shoulders, then the small of my back and also along my waistline...
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We were planning for 2nd baby,don’t now if gonna be able to do it with my new diagnose:)) I had a friend who had several miscarriages and a miracle baby who was born very early. She was then diagnosed with coeliac disease, started the gluten-free diet, and from then on she went to have two babies without any further problems. xx
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I'm so glad I've been able to help a little. Yes, I live in England but I am what they call a "Country Mouse" so only go to London if I absolutely must. I don't know if you are familiar with the story of the Town Mouse and the Country Mouse. I think it might be an Aesop's fable? The story goes that the two mice visit each other's homes but the...
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Hello again Sabaarya. A small number of coeliacs can have damage in their gut but have absolutely normal blood tests. That is why it is so important for people with symptoms to have an endoscopy, as often that is they only way they can be sure that they are coeliacs. Your symptoms are so incredibly close to mine - anemia, muscle pain, back pain...
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Hello MiriCatLady and welcome to the forum Your masters sounds very interesting. I hope others will be able to help you but I can say that the worst of my symptoms started at a time when I was extremely stressed about a project. Its success depended on on others "doing their bit" but no one was helping. My mother always said to me that it was the...
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PS I am labelled the family hypochondriac, so I really understand how that feels. But then undiagnosed coeliac disease has thrown so many weird and wonderful symptoms my way that I think anyone else would have been the same. My grandmother had five medical dictionaries in an era before Dr Google. Before my time, she was considered the family hypochondriac...
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Hi Sabaarya If you are in London, that means you are only about 50 miles away from me as I type this! ☺️ I had a rocky start to my gluten-free journey. About ten days after my biopsy, having been inexplicably poorly for a long time, I met with my gastroenterologist and I remember telling him I was about to go to France for a couple of wee...
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Hi Bradford Sorry but I've taken a while to see this. I remember reading one online article some years ago on this - basically, it said that for some coeliacs a strict gluten free diet can help resolve TN pain. I cannot find it now, of course! But thank you for posting - I really hope this info. can be of help to other sufferers. Cristiana
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Welcome to the Glazed Doughnut Last Chance Saloon. You have less than a fortnight to find one. No pressure... I remember Tim Tams well - hopefully they do a gluten free version? I also hope someone senior at McVities in the UK is reading this and will create a gluten-free Penguin, Tim Tam's British cousin, long overdue in my book.
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Looking for Insight
cristiana replied to Djd27's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
Hello Djd27 I echo Trents' advice. Before diagnosis I would wake up with completely numb arms, and walked around much of the day with tingling in my left leg. I had diarrhea, cramps, brain fog. My mood was also affected - I had very severe anxiety, the likes of which I had never experienced before - so much so that I had to google the symptoms... -
But hopefully it's "au revoir" rather than goodbye forever!
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Oh... how I would love a glazed doughnut! Strange thing is, I even miss things I didn't like much before I gave up gluten, including KFC and McDonalds... Very odd. The good thing is, every now and again I walk into the supermarket to find someone has invented yet another gluten-free equivalent of something I thought I'd never eat again. The Free-From...
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Good tip re: cancellations. Before my endoscopy I ate loads of Weetabix and a type of chocolate biscuit bar called a Penguin which is sold here in the UK and has no gluten free equivalent. Brought on some awful headaches, but it was worth it!
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Struggling with whether to have kids
cristiana replied to Faberferrum's topic in Parents, Friends and Loved Ones of Celiacs
Hello Faberferrum Fear is a big thing, and I wear the T-shirt on that one! But as coeliac, I honestly think my one main regret about having coeliac disease is that I wasn't diagnosed sooner as I feel my health would have been much more robust now. (I've had issues with anemia and stuff like that.) The thing is, should you choose to have kids...
