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  1. cristiana
    I'm not sure what your symptoms are when you are cc'd but if you are suffering from pain and D, and you are newly diagnosed, it could just be that your system is still healing and you are finding it hard to deal with this type of fibre. I was unable to eat lentils for a very long time after my diagnosis - it brought back the same sort of burning pain...
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    Another thought came to me yesterday. I spent some of the day with someone who is suffering from post-herpetic neuralgia and it occurred to me this is where I had the weirdest symptoms a few years ago that a doctor thought might be shingles without the rash. I wonder if this could be a return of PHN? But then when I read what a hiatus hernia feels...
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    Good point Ennis, magnesium is a wonder. Also good for twitching muscles, as I have found.
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    Also, low iron and folic acid. I think you should get your levels tested, supplementation can make a real difference if it is required. However - make sure it IS required by being tested, as overload of certain vitamins, minerals etc, can be dangerous and can cause symptoms.
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    Yup, that's the place I have the sensation, you've described it well. The odd thing is that it came about with the gastritis. Weird. Maybe all the excess acid and wind did somethign to that area.
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    Thank you Tescos! Some decent, gluten free, OAT FREE (yay, I'm one of the 10-20% who can't handle them) Christmas shortbread. Delicious! If you are reading, Tescos, please keep more of your products oat free, then 10-20% more of us will buy them! https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/297117886
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    Do you know, Ennis, that's interesting. Thank you. One thing is I don't suffer from this at night whilst lying down. In fact, even if I fall asleep in front of the telly (which I always seem to be doing) when I wake up it has gone. It is as if by relaxing it moves - whatever 'it' is. I can't massage that area though because my ribs are in the way. ...
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    Hello experts! I have another mystery complaint and would value some feedback. This summer, as documented on this website, I had what the doctors thought was gastritis. I did have acid heartburn and burning pain under my sternum. During this time I noticed a sensation to the left of where the burning was. Sometimes it appeared at the same time...
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    Hi JMG I'll send you some iced mince pies if you cannot find any! Nil desperandum! They are in the larger stores so they must be elsewhere - maybe you need to try a bigger branch? There is a small one near us and it had none... The other bit of good news is Cadbury's Heros has the chunks in it this Christmas. And guess what - a nut warning, but...
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    Ahoy there Fellow Mince Pie Fanciers! Yes, I have to say that the iced mince pies from Sainsburys top the bill - mind you, probably not for the purist, or those who do not have a sweet tooth. I am ashamed to say I think I have consumed five boxes since November!! Nothing piles on the pounds quicker than those iced mince pies. The Costa mince...
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    Hi there. This caught my eye as I got phlebitis which wouldn't shift for month when I was in my late teens. My sensible GP at the time said I just had blood that clotted easily and to never take the contraceptive pill. Fastforward to my diagnosis at 45 (I'm now 50) the docs discover that even while my blood iron has been low, my haemoglobin is...
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    Hello Nicole My thoughts would go straight away to some sort of issue with the ovaries, or appendix, but presumably these things have been checked? Has she had a colonoscopy in recent months? In my own case I've had pain on the left side, in the groin and pelvic area, which goes through to my back (not the spine area but just around the hip). ...
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    I say, JMG - half a lemon meringue pie in one sitting? Steady on, old chap... (Actually, I think that shows great restraint!)
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    And well done, Morrisons.
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    Num num num. I'm losing count of what products we have posted on this long thread, but just in case these haven't been I'd say they are worth a try for those who miss cheescake and can't be bothered to make one. Well done Tescos. https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/295348454?sc_cmp=ppc*GHS+-+Grocery+-+New*PX+|+Shopping+GSC+|+All+Products...
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    Brilliant - well done!
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    Hi Jherm I think some people on this board take nsaids but I find increasingly they make my stomach sore. It's difficult as I think nsaids used as anti-inflammatories aren't they and that would be useful in your circumstances I imagine. I do have a friend who like me has had gastritis over the summer and her GP told her if she wants to take...
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    Hi Icelandgirl Can you recall what the figures were when they wer lower? I'd be interested to know. C
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    I'm so glad you are making such good progress. It sounds like you'd make a good detective - sometimes the cause of symptoms can take so long to work out it is not surprising people give up trying to find the cause. I thought I'd post a progress report. I believe I am now in my third week sans Zantac. I came off my 75mg pretty much cold turkey but...
  21. cristiana
    Glad you are feeling so much better! I am also in the waiting room for ttg results. Believe it or not, for some reason my usual consultant hasn't been giving me an annual test - although he has always tested liver enzymes which were wonky at diagnosis. I saw another guy who thought it was high time to have the test again and so now I'm waiting - I...
  22. cristiana
    Hi Icelandgirl - thank you. I am just so surprised the packaging is so similar! Shows how important it is to read the labels! x
  23. cristiana
    SORRY! I have just posted something under a new topic - Floradix/Floravital. I've just discovered that I've been glutening myself taking Floradix. There is a gluten free version I should have been taking insted called Floravital - make sure that if you have this range in your country that the version you are taking is gluten free. I'm sorry for any confusion...
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    I can't believe I've been diagnosed for nearly five years and have managed to gluten myself for weeks without realising it. Completely my fault as one should always read the labels and I didn't. Here in the UK I've been buying an iron supplement from the Floradix range and taking it daily, not realising that it contained gluten. Only yesterday I realised...
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    Thank you. I think I am now on the road to recovery but it is strange, my system still feels not quite right when I'm hungry. It is a different version of 'feeling sick because I am hungry' than I had before. I don't know, perhaps it's nothing to do with the gastritis, probably old age. Nowt a mince pie and some Hendersons Relish won't fix!! As regards...
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