Caeli

Thanks for the greeting Jersyangel. As you read, my villi have returned to normal, but I have been living in Italy since Spetember 2007 (doing some further studies), and unfortunately, I am not able to prepare my own meals as I live in a College, so I have had many problems of late. But I am am enjoying the "Roman" experience as much as possible (when not...

I am a Catholic Priest who is also a coeliac. If there is more than one chalice used at Mass, the priest puts a piece of the consecrated bread into only one chalice, not every chalice. Some priests may place a piece in every chalice, but this is not required by liturgical rubrics. The theological issue with the host is that it must be made of wheat. Any...

I was diagnosed by blood test 16 months ago after complaining to doctors and being told I had IBS for the past 20 years. My opinion is that most doctors don't have clue about caeliac disease and when they don't have an explanation for intestinal problems they reach for the ubiquitous IBS, which personally I think doesn't exist - it should be titled DDK (Doctor...

Thank you all for the feedback and ideas. Very much apprecited Caeli

I have been diagnoed now for 16 months and have noticed that when I go to bed or sit in a chair the muscles in my legs often twitch. It doesn't make my legs move rather it is like having someting crawling under my skin. I can sit and watch the muscles in my legs twitch. It is like a little bubble or thing moving in my legs. Is this fmiliar to anybody? Whilst...

Does anybody know if corned beef is gluten free?

The thought crossed my mind recently as to the effectiveness of drugs in the treatment of other medical problems in coeliacs. The thought is that given coeliac disease atrophies the villi, that part of the small intestines that absorbs nutrients (in other words, the villi cannot work effectively in absorbing food etc), is it logical to conclude that drugs...

Well here I am (caeli), the initiator of this friendly discussion! There is nothing new in what I have read - I've heard it all before and expect I will for at least the rest of my life. I thank those whow have shared their experience, advice and best wishes. I thank those who have shared their frustrations and anger with the Church. Believe...

Dear debmidge, I forgot to answer the second part of your question. To be honest, I don't know how long I have been a Coeliac. I suspect most if not all my life. However, in 1986, I had a "breakdown". At the time I displayed lots of digestive problems, which were put down to stress, anxiety and IBS. Since then, I have been plagued with IBS problems. It...

Dear Debmidge, I guess my spelling of Coeliac gives me away as either English or Australian. I am am Australian, Western Australian to be more precise. I currently live in Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. For the past twelve months I have been relieving as the Catholicn Chaplain of Curtin University. Most of the young people I have been...

Reply to Patti and celiac3270. celiac3270 - you are very observant about the word "caeli". On my email address I use the words caeli cola, which roughly translates to "heavenly dweller". I liked thje idea of playing with the words "coca cola"? I hope I'm not being presumptuos As I have only very recently been diagnosed, I think celiac3270 is right...

I guess I don't want to get into a debate about all this before I know all the facts, scriptural, historical, theological and scientific. The question of gluten free wheaten bread/hosts/wafers (if such is possible) needs to be looked at in terms of what constitutes wheat. The Church looks at these things in terms of Thomistic/Aristotelian philosophy in...

I guess I need to make a confession, namely, thai I "caeli" am a Catholic Priest who only very recently (nearly four weeks) was diagnosed coeliac. So for me, as somebody who is daily celebrating Mass, this is an issue I need to resolve for my peculiar situation. The option of receiving communion from the chalice alone would probably be the option I would...

Thanks - perhaps I am not absorbing sufficient magnesium because of the malabsorption caused by coeliac disease. As I improve it will be interesting to observe if the "restless ;eg syndrome" subsides. Thanks for your response. It is great to hear and learn from the experience of fellow sufferers and/or sympathisers/understanders.

My naswer is that I don't know if I can! I guess my question is how much or little gluten can a coeliac ingest before there is an adverse reaction? Is it totally zero. It is not as if somebody is having a large slice of bread when they receive communion. If somebody was to have a minute piece of bread (like one does when one might receive less than 0.5cm...