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    Alesusy it sounds rather like you're describing my glutenings! Just feels like everything is locking up. I also get jaw pain - I tend to grind my teeth in my sleep when I'm stressed and I think this is the same thing. I'm planning to get fitted with a night time gum guard (attractive! Haha) when I can afford it, my mum finds them really useful. I'll consider...
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    Not much to add other than what's already been said other than sympathy - got 'got' two weeks ago today and still feeling the need to massage my cramping shoulder/neck muscles! Horrible, isn't it? Someone in a thread I just posted about muscle pain suggested alternating warmth and coldness on the area and that seems to be working. I did a little bit of yoga...
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    ARCHIVED Traveling With Team

    KCG91 replied to volleymom's topic in Sports and Fitness

    Well done her! I think maybe she/you should treat the family-style meals (do you mean cooked by coaches/host families or something?) as you would do eating out - making sure those preparing it are fully aware of her needs. Maybe there is something from this site you could send in advance to help them prepare as she'll need to be eating properly to play well...
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    Hey Matt, I had these Open Original Shared Link and liked them - there's a whole variety of them in the shop but I just went with the cheapest. Definitely worth it, going to start using them again I think.
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    Having been almost asymptomatic before I was diagnosed, after several months gluten-free I've now realised that the main symptom for me when I get hit is horrendous joint pain and stiffness, particularly in my neck (causing headaches) and across my back and shoulders. At it's worst this area is so stiff my arms shudder when I move them. I got glutened ten...
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    Thank you everyone Looking forward to making these! HavaneseMom - yes, here we call french fries chips (and they're big and chunky) and chips are crisps. I love peanut butter and jelly (jam!) but it's not as popular here. Cheese and jam is also popular (it's like a poor man's brie and cranberry haha)
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    Definitely get your iron levels checked if you are short of breath. I have always exercised a lot and never got any quicker - and could never walk up the hill to lectures without puffing - until I got tested and got onto some supplements. Six months in my absorption is good enough to handle it alone
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    If your new gluten free diet is a big change to your pre-gluten-free one your system could be adjusting to the new diet? (I say adjusting, hopefully not reacting I mean if you're eating more processed stuff or more pulses or whatever). I think when I went gluten-free someone told me to give it at least six weeks to even start getting better and possible...
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    I know how you feel, I have caught myself over the past few months considering avoiding social events around food and I'm trying to pull myself up on it. Laura is right, nobody should ever make you eat food you aren't happy with, but if they are people you might see regularly you might be able to teach them and cook with them - it varies. I have a few people...
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    So, I got a job And now for the first time in years I'll need to take a packed lunch. I'm vegetarian and will have access to a microwave 2-3 days a week which will help, otherwise it might just be the kettle. Also, I am vegetarian, but I eat eggs, dairy and have no other food issues. All suggestions gratefully received! I haven't had packed lunches for...
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    Awww, Laura! Yes they're back to where they should be (and my boyfriend and family wish I'd slow down a bit now. Hehe).
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    ARCHIVED Work Potluck

    KCG91 replied to Dianaw's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Placed next to your desk - near enough to send crumbs onto your keyboard (and then your hands?). I swear hot desking while I temp has improved my crumb-sight :| People are gross!
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    Mine was at 3 in September - I took fairly strong supplements for six months and it's now remaining normal by itself which I am very pleased about! It's made such a difference to how I feel.
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    I have no idea if it's visible to the naked eye but damaged tooth enamel (and therefore very sensitive teeth) was one of my first, subtle symptoms. I think it's improving, slowly, but I find that good quality sensitive toothpaste really does work if you're having any pain from it? My teeth are more solidly white towards the middle and slightly translucent...
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    Hehe thank you! I fell in love with the place during my gap year in 2010-11 and now run a small charity building classrooms at rural schools. I haven't been for two years and it feels like going home after a long time away. Luckily my favourite dish - githeri - is basically a bean and potato stew and the 30p mangoes are also gluten free Mmm...mango!
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    I'm making my third trip to Kenya in August, flying there and back with Swiss Air (so lucky that the cheapest flight also happens to be with the only certified allergy aware airline in the world!) I'm pretty confident about the flight food, has anyone flown with them recently? Any idea if I can carry an extra hold bag of prescription food? Kenya is going...
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    I can't recommend anywhere specifically but within Europe I've heard that Spain and Italy are very good about gluten-free food provision and labelling. I'm from the UK and I think we do a pretty good job too I know of a few gluten free B&Bs here.
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    Open Original Shared Link - vegetarian Pho. Yum yum yum. I make massive batches of the broth and freeze it, then all you have to do is cook noodles and prepapre garnish. I'm having Vietnamese on Friday, mmmm!
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    Building on the slow cooker/mini fridge idea, if you get the stuff together to do it you could cook in large batches and keep it in the fridge/freezer to reheat later. My deal with my mum is that I have the kitchen on Sunday afternoons and cook three meals in three-portion sizes then eat these during the week to avoid trying to cook separate meals on weeknights...
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    For me, reduced heart palpitations was something I noticed after going gluten-free - one of those things I'd shrugged off as normal until it cleared up. Since going gluten-free the only time I've had them (and I can only describe it as you did, or feeling like there was a basketball riccocheting off my ribcage so badly it has woken me up), after a glutening...
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    Oh - and whatever you decide, test it before the day! Especially anything you're eating the day before/morning of.
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    I like a spoon of peanut butter and a small banana an hour/90 mins beforehand. I like cake afterwards because I am a pig but I should probably pay more attention to post-race nutrition. Honestly though, maybe another banana and a rice cake/cereal bar if cake is not available but I avoid anything more than that (and also caffeine) for an hour or two because...
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    I ran easy 2-3 times a week for the first three months after diagnosis. I found it was enough to get the endorphins I was used to and to keep me 'fit', I actually improved when I did run 5ks just from the healing that had already taken place. The first time I really trained (between four and seven months gluten-free, it was for a trail race) was totally unrecognisable...
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    Haha! Glad it's not just me Yeah those before and afters... I'm interested in genuine before and afters of people who I know who've worked really hard to become healthier. NOT badly cropped images of some stranger's torso! I don't even believe half of them are from the diets/treatments they say they are. Aha yes, yay magic pills! If I had an extra £32 to ...
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    GottaSki that's interesting that he had the same problem! Since March (when the doc made the link) I actually haven't had a problem (which is the longest break in ages). I think you may be in league with my knees...those tight runner's quads which sometimes cause knee pain have flared up so I'm taking the hint and scaling it back a bit My (wonderful...
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