Celiac Disease & Diabetes

[michelle4breyer]

I have both Celiac Disease and Type 1 diabetes and am hoping to meet others living with both diseases and how you deal with it. I've had diabetes most of my life, but was diagnosed with Celiac Disease a year ago, although after a lifetime of symptoms.

[Guest Eloisa]

You poor thing! There are lots of foods that you can buy off the internet that are gluten free and sugarfree. Search the web for gluten free food stores then you can look around and see if they are sugarfree. Sometimes they will state in the ingredients or they'll state that they are sugarfree too.

[gfteen]

Hi!

I'm Ginny and I'm 15 years old. I, too, have both Celiac and Diabetes Type I. I know how you feel - finding diabetes-friendly gluten-free food is very difficult. However, ever since I got my insulin pump a year ago, my diseases have become easier to have together. But, if are unable to get a pump, perhaps changing your diet would be easier. Maybe instead of relying mostly on manmade gluten-free food like cookies and bread, etc., you could base most of your diet off of naturally gluten-free foods like fruits, veggies. This may help spikes and such. Anyhoo, my IM is munki109 in case you want to talk diabetic to diabetic, celiac to celiac.

-Ginny

[mbigbee]

Michelle, my daughter Shelby (6) will be going on the pump in August. It is such a pain for us both finding gluten-free carbs (avg 40carbs per meal)that she likes. Now that u r on the pump do u eat alot less carbs (15-20) then before? I feel like we are practically shoving food down her. The only fruit she will eat is Stawberries...way low carbs or applesauce. She has lactaid 13carbs with meals. I am hoping with the pump it will be easier. Has it been for you? Do you eat alot less carbs now?

[mbigbee]

oops! i meant for the previous post to be for Ginny....sorry.

[terryjean]

Hi! Yes I am celiac and have diabetes also.......... I take Amaryl 1 mg in AM and glucaphage xr 2000mg in PM..................I have such a tough time with both diets........ !

But I am dealing with the diabetes diet.............. especially when the asthma kicks in and I go on prednisone............. up goes my bloodsugar .

Terry

Dumont NJ

[lorka150]

Hey everyone!

What were your main symptoms from the diabetes?

[terryjean]

My main symptom from the diabetes was the horrible feling of the highs and the lows of my blood sugar ........... also voiding alot! and I mean alot!!! Extreme thirst was there too.

Hugs Terry:)

quote=lorka150,Oct 10 2005, 09:12 PM]

Hey everyone!

What were your main symptoms from the diabetes?

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