Anyone esle a coeliac perchance

[Mozzy]

I've been wheat gluten intolerant for some time now. Made a big slip up Monday and thought I was ready for the ol pine box. It does make life hard at times and means I need to know what everything edible contains; so easy to make a mistake which could be even be fatal. As time has gone on my intolerance has got worse. It is a way of life reading what is in things.

Has had hugely unexpected upsides though. Six months ago I could hardly move with RA and OA; diverticular disease and collitis. Almost all has gone into remission which is for me just about as good as it could possibly be. There is an upside to almost any downside.

Any other fellow sufferers here?

 

[Dewi]

My son has it, he found out 6 months ago. The up side is now he avoids gluten he is ok, he'd had several years of problems beforehand but doctors struggled to pin it down. It makes his meal times difficult but now he's in uni he's doing more drinking than eating. Weatherspoons have a few gluten free meals so at least we can take him out to lunch when we visit.

 

[david1701]

after a fashion I have a wheat thing but not a gluten issue so live on oats Found that if you're prepared to cook everything is still possible it just takes a wee bit more time and planning

 

[david1701]

though I bloody miss being able to grab a sandwhich out and about

 

[cisamcgu]

Mrs cisamcgu is a coeliac. Doesn't really make much difference - she is careful what she eats, and I get to have all the cakes and biscuits. The only downside, as far as she is concerened, is that now her digestive system is working properly (as opposed to absorbing very little and leaving her dangerously anemic), she has put on weight.

 

[summerdays]

My friend is gluten intolerant and as a result we have all had to become a bit more observant when we are catering for her. It just means that if I notice a recipe that will be good for her I note it down to use the next time we all meet up and are cooking. Can't say I'm a fan of some of the bought gluten-free products though - some of them are a bit like cardboard.

 

[Paulq]

Yep another coeliac here. I tend to be ok with it, 'accidents' tend to be self inflicted and I pay for it later. I struggle to find decent energy bars for cycling though.

 

[nhoj]

I don't have coeliac disease, though my mother does, and I've started eating 9Bars. You can find the plain ones in any major supermarket in their "free from" section. They work out about 50p a bar and have nearly 300 calories. They're my favourite on-the-bike fuel.

 

[Edwards80]

My Mrs is a Coeliac - It's more of a minor annoyance than anything else. We just have to be careful when eating out etc. Some things aren't immediately obvious - Chips from a chippy end up being no-go as they are fried in the same frier as the fish/batter.

Package Labelling is getting better, a lot more stuff is getting properly labelled now with "Contains Gluten" or similar.

A MAJOR upside is that if we have a full English at a cafe - I get her sausages as they usually contain rusk