toxemicfrog

hi there i, too, agree with the former comments....no gluten at all if you can help it....i get sicker than ever if i have it and i have only been gluten-free for a couple of months. I have days when i cant explain why im sick and i put that down to the slow healing of my stomach. I live in australia...my dr says celiac disease is the most under diagnosed...

hi guys, went to dietician yesterday....."great guy" and very helpful. Gave me a list of web sites and even a list of gluten-free shops and cafes in the 100klm radius....way cool. on the down side went to the doctor....iron levels well down, worst allergy ever to all types of grass and grass seeds and to top it all off estrogen levels that should...

hi mark thats the right attitude mate...live life and if it takes being gluten-free to make life better then so be it!!!!! gotta go early start at work today......10 hour shift plus dieticians appointmant and yet another doctors visit....fingers crossed the call back on blood tests ran is not another ailment to add to my list....sheesh! have...

hi there was just wondering how many site members are aussies. I am in coastal queensland ( and loving it). Drop a line to say gidday! Have a great day

hi mark am slowly getting better only 10% of the pain (but i have been real strict and am sticking to fresh fruit and vege mostly) lost 12kg so far and the pain when i have gluten is excrutiating...vomit a lot and have shocking bowel movements. Get real tired...have to sleep heaps if i have guten. Get a skin rash when things are bad...i am assuming it...

hi mark had been sick forever myself ....but with the diet change things will get better. When my doctor tested we did it with blood work...there are two markers that show up...in my case levels that should have been 8 were 59 and cant remember the other one....both levels were well elevated. If i understand it correctly as you stop taking in gluten...

thanks everyone for the warm welcome will keep working on my family....auto immune disorders every where....diabetes, rhumatic fever, lupis, arthritus all sorts....but none of them could possibly be celiac disease...sheesh...frustrating. SOme rice cakes in Aus are not gluten free but i seem to be fine with the non flavoured variety. Have had...

hi guys cost is astronomical in australia . Loaf of bread is the equivilent of $8.00 american $6.00 for 300ml bottle of marinade....so i too am trying to stick to fresh fruit and veges. I work in a butchery ...all my chicken, fish and meat is free thank god or I would be in trouble budget wise. Even the online stores here are very expensive and unlike...

115. Have my studly gorgeous hunk of a man rub my head...puts me to sleep every time....ahhhhhhhhhhhhh bliss. 116.again from my gorgeous man....cuddles, cuddles and more cuddles. 117. Raspberry or fennel tea....very soothing for the belly. 118. I go out and smell my roses...always a plesant experience. 119. Meditate (if i can relax enough...go back...

hi judy Thats my mums name so i feel right at home. Have to go to brisbane for surgery for my daughter (motorbike and barbwire fence...not a good couple and a rather nasty neck wound...this will be the third surgery) and so i will try and see a specialist then....am seeing a dietician in a week so hopefully he can help. One of my big problems is that...

just finished reading the 100....i sleep sleep sleep, watch vids and usually cos im so crook i go on ebay and look at all the pretty gems and dresses....window shopping from home and i can burp from the backside as much as i want cos its only my dog who smells it and she thinks its great anyway...heheheheeh...im sure she thinks it is channel au de canine...

hi judy they told me 15 years ago that i had irritable bowel now the are thinking that i have had celiac disease for a very long time and that will mean the damage to the stomach is going to take some time to heal. Apart from gluten-free diet are thier any other ways to speed up the healing of the colon...lots of bowel cancer in my family so this concerns...

hi bonnie i (as everyone else does) know how you are feeling and i agree with the wise words already imparted...Doctors have medical school experience this is true but only you know your bodt as intimatly as you do...listen to it and you cant go wrong. I have (well thought i was) gluten-free for 5 weeks and could not work out why i was still sick...even...

hi laurelfla am off to a natrapath today so heres hoping they can help. This last attack is finally easing up and tommorrow i will be back to work...im a butcher...its amazing how many of our marinades at work have made me sick....they all smell great though, so i live vicariously through my customers. Does anyone else find that since being on a gluten...