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  1. Gluten Free Traveller
    Nice one! Generally but not limited to many people from the USA
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    Why do Americans always think British folk pay more taxes? US and British taxes are pretty much the same, it's just that each country spends them very differently. I'm Scottish but currently live in the States. I was diagnosed in the UK 2.5 yrs ago. Lots of blood tests, gp visits, gastro visits, scans, biopsy, all that jazz..all free.
  3. Gluten Free Traveller
    She is in the UK. She spoke about the NHS. It takes longer to see specialists but at least it's free
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    Hi Katie! I hope we can help you to feel better! In reading your symptoms it sounds as though you could certainly be celiac. I suffered from many of these things myself before being diagnosed. The stomach pains, terrible bowel movements, extreme fatigue, weight loss and some of your other symptoms are text book of celiac disease. Whilst I'm sure many...
  5. Gluten Free Traveller
    Hey Julie! It's so great to hear that you are taking your boyfriend's disease seriously and that you care enough about him to come onto this forum. He is a lucky guy! If he has been diagnosed with celiac disease then he can't consume any gluten at all but don't worry too much about making him sick as there are a couple of simple precautions to take...
  6. Gluten Free Traveller
    I'm eating a huge spinach salad right now.
  7. Gluten Free Traveller
    I haven't started using anything new as far as I can remember. I'm not a big make-up wearing person and I've been using the same type of shampoo for a long time.
  8. Gluten Free Traveller
    Interesting. Yes, it really is difficult to explain to others who don't experience it. How long does your brain fog usually last? For me it's currently been over a week but at certain times it's worse than others...not sure why. A lot of people have been suggesting that it could be that I'm not getting enough fatty acids like omega 3. I'm going to try to...
  9. Gluten Free Traveller
    Hi everyone, I know there have been posts on brain fog before but nothing too recently so I wanted to ask if anyone could help me.. I was diagnosed as celiac a little over 2 years ago and have been completely gluten free ever since. I am extremely careful about what I eat and have been feeling great since all my horrible symptoms left. Recently however...
  10. Gluten Free Traveller
    This is ridiculous. Your boyfriend's mother is clearly a horrible person. Personally I would just stay away from here for good. It sounds as though you've done to best to explain things to her and she doesn't care. The solution is obvious...don't visit her. Why would you ever want to be around someone so nasty who is trying to make you sick!
  11. Gluten Free Traveller
    Hola! Que bueno! Chile is amazing! I travelled there last year and stayed 100% gluten free. Where are you moving to? Awareness of celiac disease isn't too great but there are tonnes of naturally gluten-free things to be found there. If your Spanish is good then it will be much easier. Grocery stores in larger cities like Santiago have gluten-free products...
  12. Gluten Free Traveller
    Yes, it's beautiful and the people are very friendly. In Slovenia we travelled to Ljubljana (which is one of my favourite cities in Europe),Bled, Postojna and some short stops in between. In Croatia, we drove down the coast and stayed in Zadar and a couple of other places along the coast. Beautiful.
  13. Gluten Free Traveller
    I'm pretty much the biggest cereal fan ever! I'm from the UK but now living in the US. Chex are meant to be safe for celiacs. I ate them for months, a huge bowl every morning and often more at night, and was fine but more recently I've been getting diarrhea after eating them. I've stopped for a while and I'm back to Envirokids cereals...yummy! Peanut Butter...
  14. Gluten Free Traveller
    That's great to hear it doesn't stop you from travelling. I know it certainly does for some celiacs which is why I started my website when I was diagnosed to encourage people that it can be done. oooh, Croatia is so beautiful. Where abouts in the country is your house? Sorry to hear that your chronic pain isn't allowing you to get there at this time...
  15. Gluten Free Traveller
    Interesting..I didn't realise Oz and New Zealand were tough on brining produce in. Chile is very much like that too! They have huge signs when you go through customs of fruit with big crosses through it!
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    Interesting. Thanks for the feedback guys. I'm always fascinated to hear the thoughts of fellow gluten free travellers. So it sounds as though the actual process of getting to your location brings a lot of anxiety. Do these anxieties stop you from travelling? How about once you make it to your destination? What anxieties/concerns do you have once...
  17. Gluten Free Traveller
    Travelling can be challenging when you're celiac. A vacation or a business trip isn't as simple as it was before. Personally what I find most difficult is trying to communicate with a chef/server in a different language...if we barely know what each other is saying then it's quite the challenge trying to work out whether or not they understand what celiac...
  18. Gluten Free Traveller
    I was diagnosed as celiac in August 2009. For the first couple of months I messed up a few times because I wasn't completely used to the diet yet but I'd say I've been 'super gluten free' as you put it since for almost 2 years now. I feel 100% better..all the horrible symptoms I had disappeared..and now I very rarely get glutenated. I may have felt a...
  19. Gluten Free Traveller
    I would never have thought that the bar didn't clean their classes or I would of course not go there. I guess mistakes are made everywhere though. When I started to feel glutenated though itw as the only thing I could think of..
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    Don't worry, it's not bad at all. I was really freaked out before mine but it was over before I knew it. In which country are you? You will get the option of getting it done with or without sedation..Take it!! I have friends who said no to sedation and reported it wasn't very pleasant. I did and the last thing I remember was going into theatre and being...
  21. Gluten Free Traveller
    Yeah, you definitely don't need to be terrified of the biopsy. you will be fine. Just make sure you take sedation because that way you won't remember anything about it. I went into the operating theatre, was given sedation (by a very cute doctor) and then the next thing I remember was waking up with my dad next to me.
  22. Gluten Free Traveller
    Do you feel better when you don't eat gluten? Sometimes the blood test can come back negative but then when you get a biopsy it shows damage to your gut which would happen if you did have celiac disease. Are you planning to get the biopsy? It's the only for sure way to be diagnosed as celiac. You would however need to still be eating gluten for 3 months...
  23. Gluten Free Traveller
    I took Excedrin last night for a headache. It helped my headache..felt fine
  24. Gluten Free Traveller
    I was going to say it could be the aspartame too. The diet pepsi itself is gluten free so it must be something else within in that's bugging your stomach.
  25. Gluten Free Traveller
    If you are gluten intolerant rather than celiac and you eat gluten you are likely to have many of the same horrible symptoms such as diarrhea, bloating etc but you won't have to deal with the long term consequences of eating gluten such as infertility, osteoporosis, bowel cancer etc. I feel the main difference when it comes to every day life is that whilst...
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