nickhills1

Hi all.. I am still not tested yet, so whilst i am 95% sure i am celiac with stomach pains and bad skin when i eat products with wheat. I generally avoid, but must have been caught out of the weekend. I think that it was soem chicken that i was eating and wanted to see if anyone else had similar reactions. I had eaten rotisserie chicken from...

Hi All.. I tried to post this earlier today, but it doesnt look to have worked.. I wanted to say thanks to everyone to start with for their support and advice. It is time to look for a bit more. I am a British guy living in Paris, France and want to get tested for Gluten intolerence etc but havent got enought french language to cover it in a doctors...

Hi Everyone.. First thing i want to post is a big thanks to everyone on this board, and to the site in general. It has opened up my eyes to help me "self-diagnose" that i have gluten intolerence. I have cut as much gluten out of my diet as possible over the last 3months, and am feeling a good bit better. I am and English guy, who is currently living...

Great.. Thanks for that Merika.. I have another doctors appointment in 2 weeks time. I think that i will mention this, and ask him about getting tested. Although, he suggested that i avoid gluten for the next 2 weeks, and now i am getting advice to keep having gluten, for the test.. Hmm.. This isnt easy is it? ;-) Nick

Kaiti.. Thanks for the advice.. When you say that i need to be eating the equivalent to 2-3 pieces of bread per day for 3 months prior to the test, do you mean that i actually need to eat bread, or a substitue? Its just that i dont think i could put up with the pain of the bloating etc for 3 months.. I am also worried about how i go about getting...

Hi everyone. First time posting on this board, and had a couple of thoughts that i wanted peoples opinions on. I am 30, and about 6 months ago, i started getting occasional severe stomach pains (as though i had really bad trapped wind). It was so painful that i wanted to go to hospital and get a needle popped into my stomach to release the pressure. It...