Post by Silly Yak on Feb 12, 2011 15:55:09 GMT
By David (Dublin)
Coming to terms with Coeliac disease, anyhow, is hard for anyone to get used to and for me it was. I love my food. I loved being able to eat whatever without any need to be concerned.
I was diagnosed with Coeliac disease after years and years of ongoing Anaemia. No doctor followed me up during and after my 5 pregnancies, which was where the Anaemia was first detected.
One day my hearing had gone funny and along to the docs I went and this time saw a locum who sent me to the hospital for bloods...
That afternoon after the test I received a worrying phone call from the GP who said I was seriously anaemic.
3 iron tabs a day and if nothing radically improved in a few days I was to have a transfusion...I was breastfeeding my baby at the time so this was the option given..
Anyhow, my count did start to come up and so next thing i was referred to a Gastrologist to investigate this situation.
Finally, after a gastroscopy and a colonoscopy they decided after much conferring I had CD! My consultant told me the team all had to agree it was CD as the change of diet etc is very hard on someone and so there I was. It was a terrible shock and am thank ful I came across this board very early on in my diagnosis as the help and advice on here is tremendous and I do not know, personally, one individual or ever met them lol
Last Aug 2010. I developed thrush 2 times in a few weeks and coupled with a thirst that nothing could quench and losing over a stone in weight , my doctor decided to test me for Diabetes.
Another shock. YES I had that too.
My gastrologist did say she believes there is a link with CD and diabetes as she has a lot of patients with both but I need to check her on that as what I have read suggests a link with type 1 more than type 2....altho I am not ruling anything out
As soon as I knew, my diet changed,yet again, to mostly reduce the high intake of carbohydrates I was having as well as sugary items & the symptoms all but subsided!
I was sent to my Diabetic specialist nurse (DSN) at our doctors who saw me every week for 4 weeks and who weighed me and explained everything to me.
I was sent home with a meter and advised to test myself regularly.
I have since, however, found the NHS advice to be rather contradictory in its approach altho some changes are taking place...s l o w l y
Combining the 2 diets and foods has been a kind of nightmare for me because I find something I can eat that is g/f but then the carb / sugar content is a NO NO and I go grrrrr
I am positive tho and aim to eat lower carbohydrates which helps me to lose weight too plus if I can keep an eye on my blood sugars and keep them low , in the long term I am reducing the inevitable onset of further complications diabetes can cause....
I Test, Test, Test pretty much 6 - 8 times a day to do this and as long as I am aware of what foods I can / can't tolerate will keep this up until I can safely know I don't need to test as often. Obviously, the NHS and Doctors prefer one to NOT do so much testing but I ask, if I don't how do I know which foods cause my blood sugars to rise. A simple orange can shoot mine up in the mornings but in the afternoon I find a small amount does nothing... and so on...
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Diagnosed CD in 2006, Diabetes Type 2 on Diet ONLY Aug 2010.
Coming to terms with Coeliac disease, anyhow, is hard for anyone to get used to and for me it was. I love my food. I loved being able to eat whatever without any need to be concerned.
I was diagnosed with Coeliac disease after years and years of ongoing Anaemia. No doctor followed me up during and after my 5 pregnancies, which was where the Anaemia was first detected.
One day my hearing had gone funny and along to the docs I went and this time saw a locum who sent me to the hospital for bloods...
That afternoon after the test I received a worrying phone call from the GP who said I was seriously anaemic.
3 iron tabs a day and if nothing radically improved in a few days I was to have a transfusion...I was breastfeeding my baby at the time so this was the option given..
Anyhow, my count did start to come up and so next thing i was referred to a Gastrologist to investigate this situation.
Finally, after a gastroscopy and a colonoscopy they decided after much conferring I had CD! My consultant told me the team all had to agree it was CD as the change of diet etc is very hard on someone and so there I was. It was a terrible shock and am thank ful I came across this board very early on in my diagnosis as the help and advice on here is tremendous and I do not know, personally, one individual or ever met them lol
Last Aug 2010. I developed thrush 2 times in a few weeks and coupled with a thirst that nothing could quench and losing over a stone in weight , my doctor decided to test me for Diabetes.
Another shock. YES I had that too.
My gastrologist did say she believes there is a link with CD and diabetes as she has a lot of patients with both but I need to check her on that as what I have read suggests a link with type 1 more than type 2....altho I am not ruling anything out
As soon as I knew, my diet changed,yet again, to mostly reduce the high intake of carbohydrates I was having as well as sugary items & the symptoms all but subsided!
I was sent to my Diabetic specialist nurse (DSN) at our doctors who saw me every week for 4 weeks and who weighed me and explained everything to me.
I was sent home with a meter and advised to test myself regularly.
I have since, however, found the NHS advice to be rather contradictory in its approach altho some changes are taking place...s l o w l y
Combining the 2 diets and foods has been a kind of nightmare for me because I find something I can eat that is g/f but then the carb / sugar content is a NO NO and I go grrrrr
I am positive tho and aim to eat lower carbohydrates which helps me to lose weight too plus if I can keep an eye on my blood sugars and keep them low , in the long term I am reducing the inevitable onset of further complications diabetes can cause....
I Test, Test, Test pretty much 6 - 8 times a day to do this and as long as I am aware of what foods I can / can't tolerate will keep this up until I can safely know I don't need to test as often. Obviously, the NHS and Doctors prefer one to NOT do so much testing but I ask, if I don't how do I know which foods cause my blood sugars to rise. A simple orange can shoot mine up in the mornings but in the afternoon I find a small amount does nothing... and so on...
......................................................................................
Diagnosed CD in 2006, Diabetes Type 2 on Diet ONLY Aug 2010.