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Thanks Skylark, great link Coincidentally, RPAH is in my

I have been meat-and-egg free for seven years. This is because they seriously and directly upset my female hormones. This includes, surprisingly, the organic and free-range animal products. Thought I

Hi Bigbread, yes Damn indeed! I

Thanks so much Georgie, I would really appreciate a PM re your GP's contact details. (And please forgive my techie ignorance... but does a PM just arrive at 'My Profile' page? Or should I enable something?) Many thanks also to Cranberry, I followed your link (above) to the new Sue Shepherd base in Adelaide and am booked in for next Wednesday! As they...

Thank you, and apols for the delay in response. I've just been in such brain-fog etc and can't even get my head around how to track my posts etc. Am thrilled to hear Sue Shepherd has a base/colleague in Adelaide. I'll contact them. Again, many thanks, Tarni

My first post to this down-under sub-forum. I'm Kiwi born, but mainly raised (and currently live) in South Australia. So I guess I'm double OK to chat here? After many symptoms consistent with coeliac, and then a negative endoscopy (went gluten-free anyway), I've recently been diagnosed with Lactose Intolerance from same endoscopy a few weeks later...

Thank you (again), especially for the extra information and experience about mercury and metal-tests etc. Also, sorry if I sounded a bit cranky in my previous post. To be honest, I was a bit... its just that my female hormonal troubles (inc two miscarriages) have been under-estimated and questioned by many for years... and now in recent times... so...

Thanks Loey, yes this forum has helped me greatly, its not just the information and advice but the understanding and care. I no longer feel alone, lost, afraid and helpless. I too have a teaching degree, and have done subbing/supply/relief teaching in the UK and Oz. More recently I have been teaching at uni, but I've had to take leave as I have been so unwell...

Thank you, I am open to any information/advice, just like your profile name "looking for answers" Re: the mercury in canned fish, yes I have heard of this, and now (thanks to your link) I am very aware of it. However, (I think ) my quite severe and many celiac symptoms began 10 years ago, and it is only in the last couple of weeks that I have resorted...

gf_soph, you really made me laugh about the food diary being like a prison log... I hope you don't feel the need to wear an orange jump-suit! Yep, I kind of think 'why do I have to do all of this when others skip happily through their lives' but, hey, like everyone here... feeling better is our aim, and perhaps we appreciate the 'normal' things more. ...

Thank you gf_soph, your information, personal experience and online links, have really helped me through this hazy maze of my own research (...and what to ask, when I see my dietician, and what to expect re possible breath tests... and, I agree, I'm pretty sure a low FODMAP diet won't corrupt results). So FODMAP and RPAH are dealing with intolerences...

After recent negative endoscopy results, and feeling like I'd 'fallen through the medical net' whilst basically house-bound due to the many and extreme symptoms that seem to be shared by others with gluten and other intolerences... I decided to take things into my own hands and for 100% gluten, dairy and soy free. (I have already been meat and egg free for...

Thanks to both of you. Yes, although my blood tests were positive (right genes etc), my doc was very clear to me that the endoscopy would be the real decider. Thus I believed his 'possible' diagnosis. However, in my research (inc and esp this forum) I have learnt a lot, including that yes I am in the same club! I went gluten and dairy free 48 hours ago...

Thanks again Sophie Yes, the 'snaps' and 'double snaps' in our lives are pretty uncanny, but I think one can be kind of intuitive about people even across the 'net in a forum. I decided last night to bypass a dietician (I'm just so fed up with the whole system), and as of today I'll just go 100% gluten, dairy, soy and more... free. I've picked...