louie

LOL, oh, that was just what i needed ! Glad to know I'm not alone Just two weeks ago I was waiting in the checkout with a trolley full of groceries and of course, I started to break out in a sweat and knew I had to dash. My daughter was with me and since this is not a rare occurence I bolted to the loo and left her to pay. well lets just say...

I'll declare my bias upfront here, I work in the mental health field I see lot of clients with anxiety and depression, some on medications, some not, the drugs do have different effects on people and if you decide to take them give them a fair go to see if the inital effects settle down after a few weeks. In my experience (and in a sweeping generalisation...

Hi Maggie, I'm in central west NSW, I would be happy to to use this forum or email to talk about aussie issues and celiac disease. where shall we start? Louie

It can be really overwhelming at first but it will get easier, this is a great site and there are plenty of people here who will happliy answer any questions you have A few tips that helped me: many people find that they need to cut out milk for the first 3-6 months and then reintroduce it, While you are still trying to learn about it all think...

I've been glutened by well meaning friends, especially when I was first diagnosed, I've even had friends buying food that they think is gluten free for me and then I'm apologsing for not being able to eat it which is embarressing, but at the end of the day it's my stomach thats going to ache, not thiers. I ended up just telling people that it's a very...

Sex: Female Age: 42 Date started gluten free diet: august 1999 Suffer from the following on a regular basis since starting treatment: Constipation, only if dont eat enough fruit Diarrhoea if get glutened and if too much milk or chocolate Abdominal pain if get glutened Indigestion never Acid reflux never Other related problems before diagnosis...

the problem with manysupplements for adrenal fatigue is if they are stimulating the adrenals. This it is like flogging dead horse and will actaully make things worse in the long run, so if you decide to take supplements check out exactly how they work on the body first. stay away from guarana and cafeine the reason the adrenals get fatigued is from too...

I was diagnosed IBS in my early 20's and went throught 12 years of getting sicker and sicker to the point of being unable to work for 4 years before a doctor diagnosed me with celiac disease. If i knew anyone getting a diagnosis of IBS now, I would tell them to get tested for celiac before they make any dietary changes. I t might save them a lot of misery...

I always call ahead and ask if a gluten free meal is available and discuss this with the chef if possible, I ask if they have gluten free and if they don't know what it is I tell them I am on restricted diet for a medical reasons and i need plain food no sauces or gravies, no wheat or bread, I keep it simple i check what is in the meal before I order...

I used to have bad dizzyness especially if I stood up too soon, after managing low blood sugar levels and treating the candida problem it was still there (but the brain fog was gone) It turned out I just had low blood pressure and my doctor got me to add salt to my diet ( which I had never eaten as I had bad kidney disease as a child and was put on a salt...

It's a difficult thing to go through and I'm sorry for your loss. I also had a miscarriage and both my childrens preganacies were threatened with miscarriage the whole time i was pregnant. The stress was enormous and the grief is often not acknowledged by others. This was before I knew I was celiac but I had all the symptoms. I know often miscarriages...

in australia we have Sustagen which is gluten free but i'm not sure if it has soy or dairy in it, and not sure if it's available in America under the same name. You can get it in Hospital Strength which has more calories and is best for weight gain I used to use this in the early days when I was struggling to keep my weight up, both as a meal replacement...

when I was first diagnosed and very sick I started off eating only brown rice, pears and rice cakes for a few days (as these are low allergy/ low irritant) and then adding fruits vegetables and chicken. Also it may help to completely cut out milk products as this can also be a problem when first diagnosed, but after a few months you could add milk...

I always try and have fruit, protein and carb so I have some combination of the following: fruit smoothie (+ yoghurt or acidophilus ) carrot, celery & prune juice stewed fruit with LSA mix on top (crushed linseed, sunflower seed & almond) which is good fibre & as others have said good for high cholesterol) rice cakes and banana...

Hi I'm in Bathurst in the central west of NSW, its great to find this site, I can get most things here from Coles and we have a great takeaway shop where I can buy gluten free hamburger/ chips etc which means I can buy takeaway with my family again. we have a local baker who makes great bread and cakes and a few good place to eat , my favourite...