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  1. cristiana
    Toblerone Almondy is another good gluten free cake. I'd also like to say 'full marks' to Marks and Sparks (!) as I noticed that when I was preparing some ready meals for my family the other days they stamp allergens on the removeable film on the top of the containers. Oh dear... just reading this entry makes me realise just how much I'm relying...
  2. cristiana
    I think there has been a direct correlation with my anemia and hair thinning. Unfortunately I have to limit my iron intake as I have a suspected blood disorder but I'm a rare case - under normal circumstances I'd be supplementing much more as I feel it makes quite a difference. If I were you I'd get your iron tested and then supplement if on the low side...
  3. cristiana
    Its good they found nothing on ultrasound. I was going to suggest that maybe it might be a hernia but I think an unltrasound would detect a hernia? When I was firs diagnosed I had lost a lot of weight very rapidly (about 10Ibs) and I was very bloated but also aware of lumps rather like you describe on either side, just above the hip/groin area. I asked...
  4. cristiana
    Just discovered that Mr Kipling are now doing gluten-free cakes and I found one in Tescos. If you have oat sensitivity check the labels but I have to say the Cherry Bakewell Loaf Cake is an 'Exceedingly Good Cake'!
  5. cristiana
    Another great gluten free menu! A great recommendation about Cote Restaurants from Gemini has just appeared on a separate thread. I have decided to share it here as having done a bit more homework I cannot believe what a good gluten-free menu Cote has. I am also surprised to find that we have one less than half an hour's drive away. Here is the...
  6. cristiana
    Thanks so much, posterboy. My nutritionalist has also advised me to try to keep levels stable to stop neuropathy from getting worse. It was good to read your advice. Much appreciated.
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    Ditto. I've been doing the same!
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    I know exactly what you are talking about. I share a house with gluten eaters and I think that accounts for some cc. Also, I tend to buy the sort of food that you might find in Coeliac UK's book that does not declare it is gluten free, but they deem safe. Maybe small amounts are getting in that way. But my underlying neuro symptoms, which I think are...
  9. cristiana
    Wilco!..... zzzzzzz
  10. cristiana
    Thank you so much for getting back to me. I don't get grey patches but eithert tiny sparkling lights in my centre vision, or sometimes what I can only describe as what looks like water on a windscreen, either in a tiny line acrross my central vision or sometimes covering a third of my central vision. It does not obscure my vision, I can still see but...
  11. cristiana
    Sorry to go slightly off piste but what is your eye issue, JMG, if you don't mind my asking? My right one isn't quite right since I got ill although I pass my eye tests and had a retinal scan an all appears well. Oh - and an MRI. I am no stranger to tests!
  12. cristiana
    Yes, well, sort of - but my pack looked like this. http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=293498895 Good old Tescos! But I see that like those you have posted, they are a limited production run. Maybe that is a blessing in disguise. Although you may find there are some in the shop still. We bought ours only a few days ago in Havant...
  13. cristiana
    Good news for you JMG - this Christmas I found a big bag of Cadbury's Milk Chocolate chunks wrapped individually and gluten was not mentioned on the ingredients list. They were delicious! So lovely to eat Dairy Milk again. Let's hope the fruit and nut varieties follow suit. And now I need to go on a diet!
  14. cristiana
    Now heard of two people who have been having symptoms but the tests ended at stomach level, they took no samples of the small intestine. I wonder how common that is - how many people could be slipping through the net?
  15. cristiana
    Wow - thanks for this tip off. I miss cheesecake... The iced mince pies are delicious! Sainsbury's gluten-free tortellini are a new find. Really good but only cook them for the 1 minute - they start to go too soft otherwise. What I do miss is Cadbury's Fruit and Nut. I wish they didn't have to put wheat in their chocolate - it's odd, because...
  16. cristiana
    Hi James again. One other thought - I've just posted a similar reply on another thread. Are you eating oats? Even though the pure, uncontaminated by gluten variety are well tolerated by most celiacs a few of us (and I am one) cannot eat them and feel like I have had some gluten if I do. If you are eating them it might be one foodstuff you might...
  17. cristiana
    Welcome James. Like ravenwoodglass I have had anxiety too and reading this forum have concluded it is a celiac thing for some. On the whole is better but for me it tends to come back when I am stressed about something like a project deadline and I think that gluten sneaking in may well have a part to play too. Forgive me as I may have missed something...
  18. cristiana
    Great advice. Funny but I have just remembered years ago going through a stage when my feet really burned at night. I'd completely forgotten that. I put it down to chilblains although on reflection I'm pretty sure it was B12 deficiency. B12 is a wonder vitamin and so much goes wrong without it. http://www.livestrong.com/article/412276-b-12-deficiency...
  19. cristiana
    Raspberry - a friend (who isn't a celiac but has non celiac gluten sensitivity) and I (a celiac) have both have had all sorts of odd neurological symptoms and neither of us have given up dairy, although have gone gluten free. I have seen some improvement, she has seen huge improvement. I would say definitely try going gluten free but you may need to be...
  20. cristiana
    It's always nice to meet a fellow suffer - although I am sorry you have this problem! Also I used to get, when it was at its worse, wierd feelings in my fingers when I unscrewed a jam jar top, for example. Kind of pins and needles. That doesn't happen anymore. Now occasionally I find when I am washing my hands under hot water and wringing my fingers...
  21. cristiana
    It is interesting you have ulnar nerve issues. Me too, left and right. Starting really playing up just before diagnosis - I was always waking up with numb fingers, hands or lower arms. So I think gluten had a bearing. I had the tests and have a confirmed diagnosis for that one.
  22. cristiana
    Ironictruth, I think you could be onto something. Get him/her to check your sacroiliac joints too, they cause all sorts of referred pain. Cstark - I have had this sort of pulsating buzzing in my face in the past, it waxes and wanes. Doc thinks I have mild neuralgia. Triggers seem to be poor neck position and also cold wind on my face. Caffeine too...
  23. cristiana
    Hi Ironictruth I'm just wondering if this is nerve impingement? Any pain in your hip/back area?
  24. cristiana
    Hi Buckarett Can you describe where these tremors/vibrations are? Also, do you know what your B12 levels are? Sometimes a clinic will say you have normal B12 but by other countries' standards they would not be considered normal. It could be you are still deficient. That said, I would say it is just possible it is connected to anxiety. I...
  25. cristiana
    Hello Kitty Well I had chills in my first year post diagnosis, I remember two specific instances. On one occasion I was walking home along a path eating licorice allsorts - a type of English sweet - because I had read licorice had iron in it and it was good for anemia. Good excuse! I remember feeling chills and my shins itched. Got home and checked...
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