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Does anyone have this? Here's a bit about it here:
http://www.coeliac.co.uk/coeliac_disease/130.asp
Bascically it's a gluton intolerance.
My doctor thinks this is a possibility for me, I have a lot of the symptoms but then my symptoms relate to quite a few illnesses.
I went for a blood test yesterday and I'm back at the docs in 3 weeks.
People who have it, was it really hard to adjust? How soon did you know the benefits of changing your diet?
I will be really upset if I have this, it means my whole way of eating and cooking will have to drastically change. Cooking and eating the foods I do is something I love, cooking is a hobby of mine. It basically means all I will be able to eat is fruit veg and meat. I'm worried about the lack of calcium, does anyone know if I'd be able to have calcium supplements? I heard goats' milk be an alternative.
Any knowledge from sufferers would be greatly appreciated.
I may not have this though but I'd like to prepare in case I have.
http://www.coeliac.co.uk/coeliac_disease/130.asp
Bascically it's a gluton intolerance.
My doctor thinks this is a possibility for me, I have a lot of the symptoms but then my symptoms relate to quite a few illnesses.
I went for a blood test yesterday and I'm back at the docs in 3 weeks.
People who have it, was it really hard to adjust? How soon did you know the benefits of changing your diet?
I will be really upset if I have this, it means my whole way of eating and cooking will have to drastically change. Cooking and eating the foods I do is something I love, cooking is a hobby of mine. It basically means all I will be able to eat is fruit veg and meat. I'm worried about the lack of calcium, does anyone know if I'd be able to have calcium supplements? I heard goats' milk be an alternative.
Any knowledge from sufferers would be greatly appreciated.
I may not have this though but I'd like to prepare in case I have.
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My uni friend only found out over the summer so has been getting used to it and doing her own cooking at uni. She seems to have got it pretty much sussed and we were managing to find ways to make good versions of most things we wanted.
I don't know how long it took before she felt the improvement but and lapses she felt the consequences of pretty fast but they never lasted long.
http://www.coeliac.co.uk/
They do a list of all gluten free food, which is updated regularly (I think it might be monthly). There's loads of it, much more than you think. The things that you can't have, like biscuits and pizza bases, there are gluten free versions of. They might take some getting used to, but they're out there, readily available in the major supermarkets. If you have coeliac disease you'll get some gluten free stuff on prescription every month too.
Coeliac disease doesn't mean you can't have milk, unless you're lactose intolerant as well.
Also, even if your blood test comes back positive, it doesn't necessarily mean you have coeliac disease. We thought Mr M might have this a few years back; his blood test came back positive for the antibodies but when they did an endoscopy there was no sign of coeliac disease.
I hope you don't have it, cause it'll be hard to get used to, but I'm sure you'll manage! My doctor said that you can get all sorts, such as bread etc on prescription, so I guess that's a weight off your mind.
Also, health food shops often do a lot of gluten free products, try Holland and Barrett
Good Luck!
Rachie, if I'm diagnosed, my doctor says the next step will be a dietician.
My symptoms relate to quite a few things and quite frankly I don't want any! BUt there's nothing I can do accept adapt and that's what we humans do.
Sorry to rant, I'm looking for ways to vent other than giving myself a headache!
I have high white blood cells, high platelets and high acid in my blood, so god knows, I've been referred to the general surgeons at the hospital so we shall see. I've done a bit of research and I've come up with a few scary things :nervous:
you're right, no point reading up on things that I probably don't have.
Noooo, don't! You'll scare yourself half to death!
The internet is great for researching when you have actually been diagnosed, but when you're just working on symptoms it's not too accurate.
I can tap the symptoms of my mystery illness into google and diagnose myself with everything from the common cold to bubonic plague. :nervous:
If it helps, white blood cells are generally elevated because of infection, and smoking can increase your platelets, apparently, so it's not necessarily something horrible. Hope everything works out ok
Just glad the ballis rolling and I'm getting somewhere.
Thanks for the advice and well wishes peeps