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  4. cristiana started following What should I expect from a UK restaurant advertising / offering "Gluten Free" food , Coeliac And Cardio Vascular Disease , Newly Diagnosed Marsh 3b Level and 4 others
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    Hi @Aileen Cregan and welcome to the forum. Looking at the time of day you have posted this, and also your spelling of 'coeliac' i.e. with an 'o', may I hazard a guess that you are in the UK? I live in England and I too have been told something similar to you. Here are a couple of posts on the Coeliac UK website which might be an interesting read: ...
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    Quick update. I saw the title of this thread and forgot that I'd actually started it! Oh dear! It seems my new healthy diet was the cause of these symptoms, I had a clear colonoscopy, thankfully. Now I know what it is I shall try to resume the healthy diet - the symptoms are annoying rather than painful, and I think it was doing me a lot of good,...
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    Hi @Maureen armey Just one point re: PPIs. Here in the UK the people I know with Barretts have had to take them long term, or H2 blockers instead, despite the fact they have side effects. I feel that it is very important that you follow your consultant's advice re: this type of medication but if you do need to take them longterm, see if they can offer...
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    I must admit I felt the same as you about the load being lightened when I came across people on this forum back in 2013 and saw that others had the same symptoms as me. I had so many weird and wonderful symptoms that I thought something else other coeliac disease was going on. Being a hypochondriac, I worried about them all! It is incredible the damage...
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    Welcome @KaCS! Deficiencies can cause neurological symptoms including nerve pain. I wonder if you have had any blood tests which show any vitamin (such as B12 and vitamin D) or mineral (such as iron) deficiencies? Chances are, if you have borderline results or clear deficiencies, you will be deficient in other vitamins and minerals. Even before...
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    Welcome to the forum, Maureen. I suffer from reflux and Barretts is often at the back of my mind as I also suffer from a very itchy throat from time to time. My last endoscopy showed no inflammation but next time I see my consultant I might ask for another scope, its been a while since the last one. Anyway, I just wanted to say that in my case...
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    Good evening @EssexMum You are quite right to be concerned about this situation. Once diagnosed as coeliac, always a coeliac, and the way to heal is through adopting and sticking to a strict gluten diet. That said... I have travelled twice to France since my diagnosis, firstly in May 2013 and again in August 2019. My spoken French isn't bad...
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    Just to say that I too was hesitant to come off dairy products completely @dsfraley. Milk, yoghurt and soft cheeses definitely caused bloating. This bloating gave me rib and pelvic pain, and I remember the pain was so horrible at times it was almost a sick feeling., kind of like the sort of aches you get with flu. Milk, yoghurt and soft cheeses also...
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    Hi @trents Two things can happen: 1/ For a very small gluten hit, I will get a slightly sore stomach for a few days, maybe a day or two following the glutening, and (TMI warning) maybe slightly loose BMs with mucus for a couple of days. 2/ For a substantial glutening, and thankfully it's only happened once in recent years, I get bad chills...
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    Thank you @knitty kitty x
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    Brilliant news for British Coeliacs! Colin was launched in 1990 so I am fortunate in that I was able to try this amazing chocolate swissroll cake before my diagnosis. But the good news is he has now appeared in the Gluten Free aisle at M&S, and also is available home delivery through Ocado. https://www.marksandspencer.com/food/made-without-wheat...
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    Re: Michelin star. To give an example, the Ritz Hotel in London has two Michelin stars. Here's another article about Michelin stars - from our own archive.
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    Very helpful @knitty kitty. Thank you. I am trying to remember what vitamin so alarmed my GP and I have a feeling it was A or E. I remember reading the pills contained well over the 100 per cent RDA of whatever the vitamin was. One thing I'd love to ask you that has always intrigued me. One day when my anxiety was completely through the roof...
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    @trents Good question. We are strict at home, although I have to admit I've eating the odd thing that turned out to have been made in a shared facility. But that is very unusual for me, Therefore I have concluded that eating out must be the issue, which I do a lot more of now. But I do need to put it to the test, and I hope to do this by not eating...
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    Hi Colin I share your frustration. My coeliac disease was diagnosed in 2013 and it took some years for my TTG levels to settle to normal levels in blood tests. I had to make a few significant changes at home to make sure our house was as gluten free as possible (I share a house with gluten eaters) but time and time again I found I was glutened...
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