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    Absolutely, stick them up in this section of the forum in their own thread and you'll get loads of help. When you get them, whether in person or over the phone, request a paper copy of the results. This will give you some reference and also will give you the tests' reference ranges.
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    Thanks guys. I'm actually glad this is more likely due to gluten than a cold as it'll be gone before the race (which is a week tomorrow - communication skills also zero!). I'm glad my flatmates are away just now as I think all my words would come out as BLAHHHH! with no logical order... Just off to hunt down some nettle tea and squash to help the water down...
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    Interesting! There's another user on here, MGR, also in Scotland. About testing, here are the NICE Clinical guidelines for diagnosis - see page 10 for testing: Open Original Shared Link As you say, do make sure you're eating enough gluten before testing, I think it's 2 slices of bread per day for six weeks. If you can bear it, better to overdo it than...
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    Jamie - jinx!!
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    Hey. I don't know much about the symptoms (there are over 300 associated with Coeliac) but with regards to battling the NHS for testing and referrals - if I read it correctly and they haven't yet run a coeliac panel on you both, get back to your GP and keep asking. Demand it. Coeliac UK is campaigning fairly visibly at the moment for GPs to run tests more...
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    Managed to gluten myself yesterday, not hugely - a non-gluten-free cereal bar by a manufacturer who also makes gluten-free ones - and had migraine/muscle pain yesterday. No gastro problems really. But today I can't concentrate AT ALL. I'm trying to read for uni and I feel as though I've been working for hours (I haven't) and need a break. Anyone else get...
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    My mum's veggie lasagne is... *mwah* Haha! Once you've made your tomato sauce, add 2-3 cans of either red kidney beans, chickpeas, lentils, fava beans - whatever you have to hand and however much you need. I usually use a can of chopped tomatoes in the sauce plus 3 bean cans for a large lasagne. It does call for lasagne sheets although I think sliced aubergine...
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    The only possible logic I can think of for that decision is that Dr 2 doesn't want to base his diagnosis and treatment on someone else's work (am I correct in thinking that endoscopies, as with biopsies, sometimes miss things?). Devil's advocate played, he just sounds like an a*se who is just out for the $. Really sorry for you *hugs*
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    Well done for persuading her to get tested! Want to have a word with mine next??
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    Ouch! Sounds awful. How did you get on with the Dr?
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    Hey! Long time no type, dissertation season... I have an appointment on Wednesday. I have infuriating *personal* skin issues too which haven't really been explained or dealt with so this time I am not leaving without an answer! (If it doesn't 'flare down' again beforehand. Sneaky skin.) How are you getting on? Thanks for the Head and Shoulders tip,...
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    I'm lucky in that I think I was diagnosed only a few years after problems began, that although looking back I can see I was ill, I didn't really have anything dramatic going on at the time of diagnosis (again, lucky to see an attentive GP!) and that other than the usual anaemia I didn't have any other AI illnesses. However, six months in and the difference...
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    You don't sound ancient!! Just makes me doubly grateful that I caught it pretty young. I had a new brand of gel, For Goodness Shakes, today and it went really well! It's a small amount of very liquid gel (ticks both boxes there) and absolutely no tummy trouble. Thanks for listening to me wobble about it, it just felt like going back to the bad old days -...
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    Woo! Nice one
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    This is interesting - just this weekend I resolved to have another go at getting rid of my acne (graduation's coming up and applying for grown up jobs is hard enough without looking like a 15 year old in a suit!). As well as (mostly hormonal) stuff on my face my jawline, back, shoulders and chest flare up regularly but follow a different pattern and presentation...
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    Will do - almost wish I hadn't used Gu during my pre-DX runs because now I associate it with feeling rubbish! GottaSki, did you use any gels before DX? If so did you notice a difference when you started using Gu after DX?
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    Hi guys, I'm hitting the long run stage of trail race training and I know it's time to start using the odd gel during the run, as I'm planning to use one for the last few miles of a 10m race next month. I like the energy I get from gels so they are definitely worth having, but I also associate them with the stomach issues I had while training for a marathon...
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    Do levels drop more slowly in kids? I've seen a few posts like this - slow reduction in levels with no obvious cause, almost always in children.
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    Could taking vitamins affect any nutrient testing if it was a full blood count? As in, cover up a deficiency? For what it's worth I wouldn't imagine that they would affect the actual coeliac tests.
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    Glad it helped I'm vegetarian too - just before Christmas my Mum goes 'well I can cope with the vegetarianism but I'm just not sure about the gluten free as well'... :S She is usually really good about it all so I was surprised but did go to lengths then to explain the difference. She hasn't mentioned it again
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    Oh boy I feel your ... not pain, but you know, on this. I was diagnosed at uni and it was a few months before I went home. But we managed fine! If your mum is super-clean and you're making your own food yourself it sounds like you're mostly there to me. Keeping all your food wrapped/covered, not baking with flour if any of your food or equipment that you...
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    KCG91 replied to KCG91's topic in Food Intolerance & Leaky Gut

    Ah-ha - GottaSki I think you might be on to something! Thanks
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    Sounds like a great trip! (I'm hungry now, thanks) We decided on camping this year (June) as it was easier than finding somewhere to eat GF. Can't wait now :D (But we only have a tiny car so we won't be offroading ;))
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    I don't have a foolproof way to find out if an antibiotic is gluten-free but I know that here in the UK all prescribed medicines are gluten-free - and Amoxicillin is one. Have you Googled it?
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    KCG91 replied to KCG91's topic in Food Intolerance & Leaky Gut

    Nope, polenta is fine which is why I'm confused!
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