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    I am sure you will get a lot of good advice in response to this post and there are quite a few old posts regarding Christmas and Thanksgiving which are worth reading. I can tell you the wrong way to go about it, though. I stayed with my mother-in-law a couple of years ago. My husband had mentioned over the phone that I had a problem with gluten...
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    Who'd've thought things could get so complicated. I too think I might have a problem with eggs now. Earlier I was sharing with Icelandgirl a thought for today from none other than Winston Churchill. Open Original Shared Link KPO gals, KPO!
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    Sorry to hijack the post, Icelandgirl! Thanks so much, cyclinglady. There is a link with exercise in cold weather for me, I am sure, as my skin heats up, and where it touches belts, elastic, etc. We have some over the counter antihistamine that needs no prescription that I have taken before and forgotten about - I might just take a couple of teaspoons...
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    Hello Icelandgirl. You know, I would have done exactly the same thing! But I have googled this issue about CT scans and there does seem to be a consensus that what risk there is is small. Try not to dwell on this - rather, think that you have at least figured out what is going on and let's face it, your lifestyle is so healthy it will more than compensate...
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    Hello and Welcome Foxtrot. That's good advice from Judy. Also, you may find you have temporary lactose intolerance. I had terrific bloating and lower abdominal pain when I was first diagnosed. I came off dairy products for a while and felt a whole lot better. I then found that I could tolerate hard cheese like cheddar and had small quantities...
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    Well one thing at least - it forced a CT scan of that area and it must give you terrific peace of mind that they found nothing else to worry about. Not to underestimate the pain of kidney stones, but they can be dealt with. xx
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    Oh icelandgirl .... I am so sorry! As we often share, There Is Always Something! Poor you! Do you think this might explain some of the other symptoms that you have had over the last few months? Maybe once this problem is addressed you might get relief from some of you other symptoms, I really hope so. It seems so unfair as you eat super healthily...
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    My nutritionalist told me to say allergy because some people only understand that word. I can't quite bring myself to say it, though! I have never been asked the preference or allergy question myself - yet . I haven't dared eat out for months but now I am again and what I now find myself doing is ordering and then when everyone else has put their...
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    Hi - I'm just wondering if the pain you are experiencing might be in your sacroiliac joints. Celiacs sometimes have problems with these joints. I thought I had back trouble but my chiropractor put her finger on the pain (literally!) and it was my left sacroiliac joint. I'm still not sure what sets it off but it can't be gluten as I don't go anywhere...
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    Hello and welcome to the forum. I note you are spelling coeliac with an o as well as an e...... Does that mean you are writing from the UK? I ask not just because I am British and that is the way we spell it over here - not sure why we do though? - but if you are writing from the UK I think you will find it very easy to get a test at the moment: one...
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    Bartfull Thank you for all the help and encouragement that you have given so many people on this site. God bless you. xxxxxx
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    I think this is definitely worth looking into - have the doctors done this, Beccs?
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    Hi Jack and welcome to the forum. I'm not sure if it is just on my computer but some of your text is missing on my screen, so forgive me if I have missed something you wrote. Celiacs have problems with diarrhea but also mucus with their stools sometimes. I am just wondering if you have a problem with either.
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    Hello both. Beccs - is there any chance that it could be a grumbling appendix, as we call it here in the UK? Smiling Politely, can you be more specific as to which quadrant this pain is appearing in? Open Original Shared Link As a sufferer of mystery chronic lower left quadrant pain I extend my sympathies to you. It is very frustrating...
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    Well done for getting those blood tests done. It will be interesting to learn the results, do let us know how you get on. Re: dealing with anxiety I found the following website very helpful. Open Original Shared Link There is also an excellent book to go with it, At Last a Life. Obviously, there can be physical reasons we are anxious such...
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    Hi BeckyD. I am so sorry you are having all these problems. These issues have changed. After more than a year of itchy left-sided pain across my ribs and round to my back to the spine, under my left breast, etc, I was so sure was what I had was really serious that I managed to persuade a specialist to do not only another mammogram in January...
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    About six months prior to my diagnosis I developed the most awful debilitating anxiety. Coincidentally my B12 levels were extremely low and I had iron anemia. These deficiencies were treated with supplementation before my actual diagnosis and I believe it helped tremendously. Do get your levels checked with your doctor first as if you are deficient you...
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    This is a really interesting topic. I do find it curious that many of my coeliac friends here in the UK never go anywhere near any websites for help - they don't need to - because steering free of gluten has been all they have had to do. They wouldn't think twice about the possible risks involved in going to a restaurant and ordering an ostensibly...
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    Hi again - I have just caught the beginning of a programme which dealt with food adulteration. You and Yours, BBC Radio 4. (22 Feb 2016). Open Original Shared Link If you are in the UK I think you can listen to it by clicking on the above link. It starts around 8 minutes in. It really made me think - the contributors were saying if I remember...
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    Hello I am just wondering if anyone has experience very painful wind/gas? The reason I ask is I often have lower left quadrant pain (left of umbilicus going down to groin). I have had two gynecological scans - all is well, except one radiologist saw I had internal varicose veins, suggestive of pelvic congestion, that was overruled by a specialist...
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    You're welcome, Flowerqueen. I hope you get the answers you are after. The problem that you and I and people like us are faced with is which other diet to follow, if we find ourselves in pain again. very bewildering but perhaps this is a good place to start!
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    Hi - I don't know of any statistics but have just had to have a sigmoidoscopy because I get terrible lower left quadrant pain, near my hip, which feels like wind that builds up over the day. My gastroenterologist didn't expect to find anything through this test and he was right - all normal. He thinks it is either lactose intolerance or IBS, annoying...
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    According to last year's Coeliac UK Food and Drink Directory they both are safe foods for us - I haven't got this year's though. I do react if I am glutened but have never had any problem with Creme Eggs - and I bought some just after Christmas. If you are anywhere else in the world maybe they change the ingredients but I would say you are fine in the...
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    Well all I can say is thank you so much for coming back to report - this may help others. I have stopped popping vitamins since my last round of tests and it will be interesting to see what 'deficiency' symptoms go away! Seems to me that an in ideal world all of us with these tingling, twitching symptoms etc should have our vitamins tracked - once diagnosed...
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    Hi Akron, I have quoted my comment and the corresponding part of your post as I am just blown away that you found the answer was too much B6, as I suggested That just shows you what a hypochondriac/Dr Googler I have become, because otherwise how would I have known that? I gave up studying human biology when I was sixteen! But seriously, I am glad...
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