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  1. cristiana
    I didn't realise it at first but much of my bloating after diagnosis was to do with lactose intolerance. When I went onto a gluten free diet I was able to eat hard cheese but began to notice that yoghurt, milk, soft cheese which are high in lactose contributed to it. I continued to eat hard cheese but cut back on the other stuff. Once my gut had healed...
  2. cristiana
    By way of an update. I think when I used Gaviscone and a PPI it caused so much bloating (relieved by burping!) that it was aggravating pain in my back. The days I don't use these meds the bloating is almost non-existent and I feel much better - just a little back pain, except I have burning in the epigastric area! So I think I need to sort out this...
  3. cristiana
    Just to say I had tingling arms and legs, hands falling asleep (both arms numb on waking), twitching and buzzing. I wondered if I'd ever get better. It comes back from time to time but thankfully never for very long. I do think it may have also been connected to low B12, ferritin and magnesium. My doctor asked me to supplement ferritin,...
  4. cristiana
    Hi Kate My good friend who doesn't have celiac disease but does have regular bouts of gastritis was told by her doctor that half our town is taking PPIs. As a beautician she comes into daily contact with people mid-life plus and says that the amount of people taking PPIs is indeed astounding. I think doctors probably do prescribe them and renew the...
  5. cristiana
    Yes, I've had the numbness, tingling and chills (the last always follows a bad glutening). We sound very alike! I think Chamomile is definitely worth a go. You are right - it needs to be the pure stuff. For some reason it's quite easy to come by here - maybe the UK's proximity to mainland Europe where I think they must grow a lot of it. I hope...
  6. cristiana
    Vera (if you like it) is great escapism! She's a lady that loves cake and chips and all that healthy stuff, too, much to the consternation of her various detective sergeants. I'm so sorry that you have had all this trouble already this morning. I have problems when I have too much dairy - mostly trapped gas and D. My gastroenterologist is always...
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    Hi Kate Don't apologise for going briefly off topic. Your discussion with Trents has been very interesting and eye opening for me. But just to say I had an appointment at a BC - sorry - by that I meant breast clinic, not British Columbia, more's the pity. I'm British though and looking at your long list I have to say we share a lot of the same...
  8. cristiana
    Came across this just now. Quite helpful I thought. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referred_pain
  9. cristiana
    Wise words. There are situations where it is totally necessary and would indeed be dangerous not to take it, such as Barrett's. Certainly, if I do have to take asprin I will need to take a ppi (although I'm hoping by then there will be a way of taking aspirin without this issue!) In the past I've been able to wean myself off omeprazole/ranitidine and...
  10. cristiana
    Hi Icey How do you take it? Is it a bit like slippery elm i.e. with water? Txx
  11. cristiana
    Agreed.I think this is why I'm now getting the burning and the back pain again. I have taken the Nexium this time round for under two weeks so I thought I might get away with coming off it quickly. Thank you for this post as it reminds me why the burning and back pain have come back. I used to come off PPIs gradually using Ranitidine but it isn...
  12. cristiana
    Hi Sandra I had strange visual stuff going on before diagnosis. I had one episode of double vision with temporary loss of peripheral vision that worried my doctor. I was sent for eye tests but due to a long waiting list wasn't seen for months. The eyes passed A1 by the time I saw someone. On reflection, I wonder if it was a type of type of migraine...
  13. cristiana
    Hi Kate Thanks so much for your very helpful reply, containing lots of useful advice. No need to worry - I am a hypochondriac! 😄 I suspect stress is part of the mix - since lockdown I've had to visit the BC clinic for a rash, and have an MRI lined up for tomorrow to investigate a lump in my mouth. That test has been put on hold since lockdown. ...
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    I I've read about leaky gut but have never really understood it. Thank you - that's very interesting. I find I only have significant problems with pain and bloating with dairy after CC, or if I have taken antibiotics that disagree with me or NSAIDs. Oh - and gluten-free pure oats - disaster for me, and I really miss them... I stay off...
  15. cristiana
    This is excellent - thank you Knitty Kitty.
  16. cristiana
    No, I haven't tried it but I know someone who has given it a go although it's been a while since I met up with her to find out how it is going. Funnily enough I was only thinking that I need to look at my diet again and try to eat more fruit and veg. Have you completely given up potatoes, tomatoes and peppers? I think I'd find that quite tough, although...
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    Hi Knitty Kitty Thank you SO much for sending me all of this. I will read it properly later when I've finished some work I have to do. I have wondered before about deficiencies. I'd love to know what sort of deficiencies I still have and I wouldn't be at all surprised if I have a problem with not enough magnesium because I occasionally get muscle...
  18. cristiana
    I think I'll have to go back to see my poor doctor this week and try to find out what's behind all of this. But thank you all so much for your helpful contributions ravenswoodglass, cyclinglady, trents and icelandgirl. I have a lot more to think about now. I really appreciate your support.
  19. cristiana
    I liked it because it didn't cause bloating. In fact, I'm wondering if Nexium is causing bloating and this extra pressure in my upper abdomen is exacerbating the back pain.
  20. cristiana
    Yes... that's very true. I'm sorry ranitidine is off the shelves as that medication suited me best. I wonder if they'll ever bring it back.
  21. cristiana
    Yes... I think that is also possible. My son literally just now asked me to switch the light on which involved putting my arm upwards behind me, as if I was swimming the backstroke, and I turned, and the pain came back. Sometimes I feel like I'd like to pay for a full body MRI scan and find out what on earth is going on. Since my diagnosis I've had...
  22. cristiana
    I couldn't agree more. I had several different tests at the hospital including an ECG and some sort of other monitor and the doctor assured me I wasn't having a heart attack on Sunday. I went in because I was convinced I was, having read that's where women's heart issues can show.
  23. cristiana
    Hi trents. Thanks for responding so quickly. Yes. You are right. I'm totally floored by what's going on because the one moment it feels totally muscular and then it doesn't. Just now I bent down to take something out of the oven and wham, upper back pain. And yet just now I sat down to dinner and a wave of nausea went right through me. ...
  24. cristiana
    Another question... related. If this is gastric pain after all. I wonder - can gastritis pain, heartburn pain, reflux pain etc just be felt in the back alone, without feeling it under the ribs/behind the sternum where I've usually felt it in the past? (BTW, I'm taking a course of pills and if it doesn't get better in a few days I will see my doctor...
  25. cristiana
    I've been mulling over your reply this afternoon. My grandmother was always complaining about arthritis, and rheumatism - a word used by former generations that one doesn't really hear used by doctors in the UK these days. Looking it up in the dictionary it defines it as: "any disease marked by inflammation and pain in the joints, muscles, or fibrous...
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