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My Adult daughter is blaming me for her "possible" Celiac disease.
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confirmed via biopsy, quite depressed
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Thanks for sharing that film, @trents. I am not sure how I missed that film as I see it is a few years old, but it is very good. I think you should be fine if you take your own packed lunch and eat it from your own lunchbox etc. Might be worth doing a lunchtime recce to see how cramped the room is before making a decision - for all you know, there...
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Worried about being isolated
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4 Years and very little progress
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cristiana replied to wellthatsfun's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
We've definitely all had such thoughts. But as Scott says, it does get easier with time. I'm not sure where you are posting from but in England where I live, over the last ten years or so most things I missed at first now have gluten free substitutes. I still miss Twix bars, and chocolate Penguins (a type of biscuit) but I'm hoping sooner or later someone... -
Agreed, and I can't remember exactly and haven't got time to check, but I think my blood didn't normalise for eight years! For years I read this forum thinking why can't I get my numbers down - everyone else manages to. But my gastroenterologist didn't seem to worry about it, which makes me think he either thought I wasn't complying to the diet, or he'd...
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4 Years and very little progress
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Hello there @maylynn I'm a slow healer from the UK. I sympathise. Despite three endoscopies which showed nothing wrong, I frequently suffered from a very sore stomach, bloating, feeling queasy. For some time I was taking the wrong iron supplement (Floradix instead of Floravital - the former has gluten in it, but the latter none). But...
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Ectopic heartbeats - any relation to digestive issues?
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Ectopic heartbeats - any relation to digestive issues?
cristiana replied to cristiana's topic in Related Issues & Disorders
Very interesting, @Idnam. When I was experiencing this problem at its worse, I found high carb meals like lots of rice or too many cookies were a trigger. -
Does anyone here also have Afib
cristiana replied to Jhona's topic in Introduce Yourself / Share Stuff
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SSRI stopped working after gluten free diet due to Celiac diag
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SSRI stopped working after gluten free diet due to Celiac diag
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Hi @Redlima My anxiety hit before diagnosis, and in fact it was anxiety which led me to see a doctor who put me on the road of various blood tests which revealed iron deficiency, raised globulin levels and borderline B12. At first my GP suspected a type of cancer, and didn't really know what else to make of it until about six months down the road when...
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@OlafAndvarafors I just wanted to reassure you that I had these same issues for a while before and after diagnosis but they did settle. I think the deficiencies and anxiety that are very common in undiagnosed/newly diagnosed coeliacs are a perfect mix for twitching! I cannot say exactly how long you will experience this but my feeling that once you are...
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@TempCloud How are you doing? I hope you aren't reacting too badly? I would most likely react like Trents. That said, I have read accounts of some coeliacs not showing any symptoms after glutening, after a long break from eating gluten. But should that happen to you, unfortunately it should not be interpreted as the 'green light' to go back...
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European travel with Celiac Disease
cristiana replied to CJF's topic in Traveling with Celiac Disease
@Scott Adams has done an amazing job at explaining the situation. Shop at Asda, Morrisons, Tesco's, Sainsbury's, Marks & Spencers and Waitrose which have great gluten free sections and you won't go hungry. Even small Co-op corner shops tend to have a dedicated gluten free area. I haven't had much luck with the German store, LIdl. Can't speak for Aldi... -
I agree with Trents. And if you already have other health issues, it is just one other thing to have to think about. But on the matter of other health issues, depending on what they are, you may find that coming off gluten might help, which could be an unexpected bonus.
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@LeeRoy83 Hello again. Picking up on something else you said re: the shock that you may be a coeliac. It may has come as a shock to learn that coeliac disease is a possibility, but if that is the case, although it can be at times a bit of a nuisance not to be able to eat gluten anymore, it has been my experience that most of my friends...
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Okay, that's useful. Yes, it sounds like you are out of range, which is suggestive of coeliac disease. Your next step must be to see your GP and see what they suggest but for the time being, keep on eating gluten as s/he may want to order an endoscopy which is the next stage in the diagnosis journey. If you have any questions meanwhile, do come back to...
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Hi @LeeRoy83 and welcome to the Forum I'm a coeliac based in the UK, it is always nice to meet another on the forum, although I'm sorry for your recent troubles. It sounds as if they have not provided the normal lab ranges with your results. Is there any chance you can double check with your GP's surgery, or alternatively, if the tests were done...
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I think it takes different people different amounts of time, but in my own case I had pain, bloating and loose stools for some time, exacerbated by a lactose intolerance, which eventually went. I would say the really bad diarrhea got better quite quickly, but the bloating pain carried on for a few months, until I was told to give up lactose for a few weeks...