Lee uk

I am really sorry you are not feeling well- hope you recover soon! Cheers

Thank you at the drs today for results from blood test and to see if i need more antibiotics. will let you all know  what happens

Hope you are feeling better soon.

I do not think celiac disease is related to cellulitis. That is a bacterial skin infection from a cut, insect sting, etc.

Hope you are feeling better soon.

I do not think celiac disease is related to cellulitis. That is a bacterial skin infection from a cut, insect sting, etc.

some one said if the immune system is down due to celiac,leaky gut. you are more likely to get things like this. they was no cut or sting about 3 years ago i was a beekeeper and got celluitis in my leg due to being up a tree catching a swarm. this only lasted 2 days with my leg up above the level of my heart. this time i was in hosp for 8 days on a drip 

Sorry I have been away, I got up at 6am on friday and by 7am I was in an ambulance on morphine, I was bright read and swollen around the groin    area.

I had cellulitis. was on 3 types of antibiotics via drip 4 times a day. and who knos how many painkillers. now im home i take 3 antibiotics 4 times a day. so I have not managed to get my blood results yet.

I was wondering if this could be part of Celiac disease.

I am still waiting for my blood test results but was wondering if  Glucosamine and vitamins and hemp protein  could effect the results.

Hi KCG

I will carry on but maybe just try a few gluten free things till all the tests are done. Hopefully it wont be long now 

I have my blood done in the morning can I then go Gluten and wheat free or do I have to wait till I get the results?

I Know i felt much better when I was not eating bread and pasta, he said one of the results will take 2 weeks to come back.

Hi anand the book is by Jonathan Brostoff and Linda Gamlin The complete Guide to food food allergy and intolerance get it from amazon for 1p. waiting for it to be despatched.

Thanks KCG

the wife has said whats one more day or do I need to wait for the results before I go gluten free. see said you now know personally what's wrong. so keep eating it till the results come throw. then we can start and maybe find you a dietitian even if we have to pay for it we will

she makes sense sometimes  :-)

Welcome

I only went to my GP yesterday and am having the blood test tomorrow, I am still eating gluten until they have done the tests, I really don't wona eat it now but I have eat it for 43 years so a few more weeks I will have to just Cary on. the doctors appointment goes well

Well that's good that he's taking it seriously. Keep eating gluten until you have the blood tests, though. Depending on the result, they may also want you to have a biopsy, which you would also need to be eating gluten for to get an accurate result. If you want the biopsy you will need to keep eating gluten until all the testing is finished or be prepared to do a 'gluten challenge' (approx. two slices of bread per day for 6-8 weeks before the biopsy) before it is done. Don't blame you if not - I couldn't, couldn't face the thought of eating gluten when I knew what it was doing to my insides. But just so you know My blood test results usually take three weeks - post them up here when you get them if you want help interpreting them. 

The stone age diet/Paleo diet is naturally gluten free and I know a lot of people who do really well on it I think you can have eggs though! Testing for a permanent condition like Coeliac should probably be sorted out first, though. Either way it sounds as though you'll be soon be eating and feeling better soon, whether that's a gluten-free diet for coeliac or the Paleo diet

Thanks KCG. 

they do the blood tests on a wednsday, I dont know how I can keep eating gluten/wheat for 2 more days never mind weeks, now I know what its doing I just wona stop. eating it I am feeling more depressed eating it now I had cherios this morning and yea I got pain in my gut and the runs to. just what I need before i go to work driveing a van for 5 hours :-( hopefully this will all be over soon. now I know what the problem is. just need the DRs to know it to

Has anyone tried Natural Hemp protein powder. I have been looking at a few could not believe how many they are out there, but came across this one and wondered if anyone had tried it.

I don't wona be spending lots of money on different things. 

Just got back from my GP he says it souds like you defiantly have a wheat intolerance he recommended the stone age diet

No wheat no dairy no egg no coffee no black tea.

he has asked for blood tests for wheat intolerance and coeliacs they do blood tests on a Wednesday, he sad it might take 2 weeks to come back 

he also recomended a book the complete guide to food allergy.

Good luck!

Yeah, as I understand it in England you pay once (per month) for each type of product ordered. So, three loaves of bread cost the same as one loaf. Or, one loaf of bread and one box of flour each have separate charges so you pay once for both (I'm in Scotland - free prescription - but originally from England so I looked it up). However, if you pay a one off prescription fee charge (£101 a year) this covers everything and works out to around £2 a week, which is very cheap for what you get. 

Feeling a bit nervous about going to see my GP this morning, I'm going to print out a list of things and how I feel cos my mind will go blank, I'm not going to say about food on prescription cos this might put him off, just going to tell him I told the nurse about the atkins diet and how I felt without bread or pasta (carbs) and see where we go from there. will let you all know in about 3 hours. thanks again for your suport  

Hello everyone,

 

I have been gluten free since December, and plan on staying that way for the rest of my life.

 

I have not been diagnosed with anything (as I understand the testing for Celiac disease and gluten intolerance is expensive and unreliable). The reason I started the diet was because of the insane, immediate, miserable bloating directly after most meals (I am a normal weight, with a small stomach, I would look eight months pregnant after eating); and the ridiculous constipation problems (was going maybe every 3-5 days). These problems have bothered me for years.

 

I went off of gluten for two weeks initially, and my stomach became totally flat with minimal bloating normally, and none after eating; and my system became regular once again. I decided to test it and ate something with gluten, and POOF, back came the miserable bloating, and it was two weeks before I became regular again.

 

I doubt I have Celiac Disease, I think I would have been much more ill if I did, but I think I definitely have some sort of gluten intolerance. I've ruled out dairy, so that's not it. 

 

Everybody I've talked to has had difference symptoms, so I was hoping to find someone with a similar story.

Hi Rae

I have the same with my stomach

I am going to the Dr on monday and going to ask for the test I whet on the atkins with the wife and my stomach went down in about 3-5 days. I only weigh 10st   but when I had bread again it was back its hard and looks like im pregnant.

had pasta last night and was sweating dont know if this is anything to do with it?

I really dont wona eat wheat and Gluten now I think this is whats causing me my problems but you have to to get a proper result from the tests. I have more symptoms as well. it was only when we was taliking to someone last week he said you need to talk to someone I know some one with Celiac and it could be that.

Hmm yeah you do wonder about the prescription thing! However the nurse might not know about Coeliac, and it's not up to her to request the tests. In my experience I saw the same doctor twice with mild tummy troubles and she basically ignored it. Then I saw a locum doctor who seemed very young, newly qualified and eager to please, who ran the test almost routinely. My GP surgery were then happy to prescribe my food without waiting for any further testing (eg. biopsy) because I'm in my final year of uni at the moment and just needed to be 100% to get through it! However that might have been because my blood test results were extremely high and a few other things, like severe and quite sudden anaemia, were pretty much conclusive that there was internal damage. It seems to vary by surgery and doctor - so change if you aren't happy with anything. 

 I am seeing my GP on monday at 11 will let you know

I think I will need to Wright everything down and tell him everything hopefully he will do the tests, i work full time so have to pay for my prescription so it might not be any cheaper we will have to see what he says 

I remember when I went to see  the practise nurse for a review about 2 months ago I told her then,  that me and the wife had gone on the atkins diet. I only weigh 10st.

and that my stomach had gone down in 3 days, I felt great full of energy no acid.

could this be due to the fact I have not had any bread or pasta.

she said yea sounds like it just dont eat bread or pasta

do they try and avoid doing the test cos you are then entitled to a prescription for bread? 

and does this apply to the uk 

Thank you all for your support 

its my day off today so will can in and make an appointment with my GP, good news on the whiskey though :-)  

Hi Lee,

 

I'm also from the UK. You need to see your doctor, explain your symptoms and request a coeliac blood panel, which you will probably have to make an appointment to see the nurse for. 

 

Coeliac UK is the main charity/support group in the UK. Here is their list of associated symptoms: Open Original Shared Link

Other websites and organisations provide a list of over 300 associated symptoms, however UK doctors are likely to follow the same guidelines as Coeliac UK so I hope that list helps! Good luck. 

Thank you for the link will have a good look at it and contact my GP. 

what alcohol are you aloud, I like my whiskey but I guess that will not be aloud  :-( 

Pl. check immediately with gp... Also , check micronutrient levels... You could have low b12 from what u describe...

Place stress on ur gp and get a celiac panel, complete blood work and vitamin b12

Pl. check immediately with gp... Also , check micronutrient levels... You could have low b12 from what u describe...

Place stress on ur gp and get a celiac panel, complete blood work and vitamin b12

Thank you I also sometime have diarrhoea where I dearnt fart. is they anything lse i should ask my GP

Hi All 

I am Lee for the UK

This is going to seem like I am a Hippocratic, well its how I feel when I list everything. 

I have been thinking about this for a long time,

I have had acid reflix, very bad heart burn, indestion, for some years now.I take omeprazole 20mg

They said I have a hiatus hernia.

I also have bloating if I eat 2 packs say of belvita in a morning I do not feel hungry all day.

and just feel tierd the rest of the day. and my stomach feel like a lead weight. 

if I have bread my stomach swells and looks like im pregnant its hard and when i went on the atkins with no bread it went down with in 3 days.

I have joint pain 

Elevated liver enzymes and shadows or lesions on my liver.

anxiety/depression

poor concentration and what I call a brain fart when it just goes blank

does this sound like a Gluten problem?

if so who do I see and what do I say

p.s Im also dislexic