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Thanks again everyone for your support! I thought I would update where I at with this.... I've had blood tests and I haven't my results as yet... Has ultra sound and ct scans... the ultra sound fount 2.01 lymph node and three other non vascular lymph nodes in right groin and three non vascular lymph nodes in left groin... I have the biopsies on...
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Thank you for your kind words... They were very much appreciated... Well I phoned the medical center that I use to visit, and just asked for an appointment with any doctor... I was given a lovely indian woman. and she listened to me... Then went sort of mad at me... she said why have you let this go on so long... I said well the last time I complained...
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I have been gluten free now for approx a year, After a new doctor discovered my gluten intolerance. The diet helped me so much, it helped with my rashes, anixety and depression, migrains, and most of stomach pains, and a hored of other minor aliments. So I have been so gratefull for some respite. The thing is, I am concerned about somethings that...
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ARCHIVED Why Do Some People With Celiac Disease Look So Healthy And Other's Don't
teemaree replied to Ms. Skinny Chic's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
I got a real indication last week at how bad I must look... I was at work, I work at a cinema, and I served a lady, I had never seen or known her and she said to me.... Are you alright?..... I smiled at her and said "yeah I'm alright" she then again said.... Are your sure your okay?... I laughed and said "yeah I'm fine " She then said "Health wise, I... -
A friend in the US sent me the transcript of the Larry King interview... I hope I am allowed to post it here? I am thrilled she is bringing awareness of celiac...But I do hope that she makes it loud and clear that it isn't a lifestyle choice. From what I read in this interview she really did seem to try her best to tell the importance and the sicknesses...
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I have to make mention here, of my doctor... I feel lucky and blessed to have found them, and who knows?... maybe I was pointed towards them for good reason? All my life I presented symptoms of celiac, I never knew anything about it, but I would present to my GP with all the symptoms, they would do a blood test and say, yeah some strange results and...
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ARCHIVED I Cant Deal With This Anymore, Please Help..
teemaree replied to adelaidez's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
Many here also have problems with soy and dairy and even Tapioca, especially in the begining of going gluten-free I was also lead to believe that you can drink coke, but can't drink Pepsi, due to ingredients I know Prawn Crackers has tapioca flour,Skittles has soy , then the ice cream which has milk in it. As for the burgers, I personnally know I... -
ARCHIVED Needing Help To Understand Blood Test Results
teemaree replied to teemaree's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
I worked out one of the results A high TSH result often means an underactive thyroid gland that is not responding adequately to the stimulation of TSH due to some type of acute or chronic thyroid dysfunction. Rarely, a high TSH result can indicate a problem with the pituitary gland, such as a tumor producing unregulated levels of TSH. A high TSH value can... -
ARCHIVED Needing Help To Understand Blood Test Results
teemaree posted a topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
I really don't understand much about blood tests and what they mean to your actual health.. I have some very weird results....if anyone can help me understand them and what they mean , I would appreciate it... MCV 99.3 range (80-100) MCH 32.05 range (27.00- 32.00) lymphocites 4.01 range (1.0-4.0) TIBC calc 46 range (46-77) my iron should be... -
This is so strange that many have it....I have had it all my life... I also have a thing called spina bifida oculta, where one of the bottom vertibra didn't form properly it doesn't effect me in anyway...but it never ceases to amaze me how so many ailments celiacs share..
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ARCHIVED Australians And New Zealanders Hellooooooo :)
teemaree replied to Aussie Peg's topic in Introduce Yourself / Share Stuff
Thanks Mushroom..............Well apparently the doctor mustn't want me to have the blood tests... because they still haven't emailed them too me... Under the privacy rights, I am allowed to have a copy of the report, A solicitor friend of mine, who actually defends doctors, told me that am in my rights, I may have to pay for a photo copy of the report... -
ARCHIVED Australians And New Zealanders Hellooooooo :)
teemaree replied to Aussie Peg's topic in Introduce Yourself / Share Stuff
I am wondering if any other aussies have the same problem as me?...... And that is getting your blood tests results?............... My doctor did do a very comprehensive blood test on me, checking everything.... He told me they found that my thyroid is not functioning , that my blood was high in copper, but the levels of zinc were very very low...that... -
Its a shame noone has answered this as yet....................because I too am going to see my doctor, and wanted some good question to ask, so I would leave more informed... But I guess it's hard to answer this post due to everyone having different ailments, and what is a suitable question for one person may not be suitable for someone else?
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hmmmmmmmmmmm I am thinking it is something in this part of the day... Smelled hot gluten, but moved right away. 3 minutes of exposure. Grocery store. Booked it through the bakery. Lady cooking something in the meat department. Smelled good. Felt sick. avoided the smell. Held breath through flour aisle. Yawned and yawned. Especially feeling sick and then...
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ARCHIVED Can't Stop Binging On Gluten!
teemaree replied to Rachel Keating's topic in Related Issues & Disorders
Rachell, do you not feel pain after eating gluten?...........don't you get a foggy head?.. or headaches? or stomach pains?... or bad gastric? Cause I can assure you, if you keep on eating gluten, you will regret it, you will end up with all the above and maybe worst... You don't want to put yourself through that do you?.........having to go through pain... -
That is very interesting and useful information.... there must be many that were diagnosed with a vitamin D deficiency by them.... Wow.............thanks for sharing this
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I find that the stomach noises are indication that I have been glutened or have eaten soy.. They are very annoying and loud, but in a sense I am thankful for them...because they are my bodies first warning system... I do get low rumbling in between , but when I have been glutened or I am in for a reaction from something...the stomach yells loud and clear...
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Yes, please do let me know Mushroom, if the vitamin D makes a difference.... I always thought that sun was a way of getting vitamin D?...........( I need to look this up) .ahhhh now I understand... The sun makes your body produce vitamin D.... So if your body hasn't got vitamin D to start with.... it then draws from the calcium Wow.... this is...
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They are also saying on this site.... the following... I made it go away! After having suffered from Solar Urticaria for about 4 years... 10 days on high vitamine D has done so that I now can stay in the sun as I normally did! So if you do suffer from this, try a few weeks on vitamin D calcium and see if this works for you too! I am so happy...
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I am about to run out to work... but just quickly, I discovered the sun allergy thing just last night.....I have had it bad for approx 27 years, With me, if my skin gets sun on it, or sun burnt, the welts/hives come up... most things I have read say they last for 24 hours... mine last for two weeks or more... I never knew why this would happen, I just...
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I am sitting here astounded and confused and trying to understand if there is a co-relation with the things I am about to question and ask about. I have found that this site is filled with so many knowledgable people on celiac... and I am just learning and wanting to know more.... And if anyone out there can advise me on their thoughts or experiences...
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My entire life showed pointers, that I had it, but it wasn't until depression anxiety drastic weight loss and a change of doctors who was educated in celiac, that I was diagnosed, at age 47. I would have had answers and cures to ailments I had suffered my entire life, had a doctor bothered to look at celiac as my problem. It is interesting that so many...
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ARCHIVED Basco Cake Mix?
teemaree replied to teemaree's topic in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & Medications
hmmm.... there must be definately something in the basco that I can't have...must be the soy. Because it really knocked me around badly... Thank you also for looking into the Fantastic thing for me... Does soy contain any kind of gluten ? As yet I haven't joined the coeliac society, do you know if there is one in Gosford? I see my doctor on the ... -
ARCHIVED Food Cravings For Source Of Nutrients
teemaree posted a topic in Related Issues & Disorders
I am wondering if others crave certain strange foods at certains time? I wondered why 5 days before my period I would crave certain foods. Strange food... Like roasted pig skin cracking, and oysters, and smoked almonds I looked up the foods to see what these foods had in them.... pork crackling source of Protein, Thiamin, Vitamin B6, Selenium,... -
ARCHIVED Family And Friends Wanting To Be Helpful
teemaree replied to teemaree's topic in Parents, Friends and Loved Ones of Celiacs
Thank you everyone for all your wonderful suggestions, they were more helpful than you might know.. My mother in law, rang me and asked about something she had bought me and did I like it.... I said very politely, that unfortunately it did give me a bad reaction, and used this advice I said that I am still having bad reactions to things, and...