Caro, if you contact Little Chef you will be sent a letter explaining which of their food is suitable for coeliacs: Julie Chambers Customer Service Dept Little...
I spent a day yesterday driving from Newmarket to Market Drayton and back to take a horse to be covered. For much of the journey out I was following a ...
Don't talk such nonsense. All this would bring is ridicule. We all try hard to get our condition taken seriously, but adopting a poor little me approach...
Over the years, I've written quite a few constructive letters complaining about many things. Or praising others for that matter! Something that gets to the...
Toby ... thanks for that info! They used to do a salmon and salad with new potatoes dish ... so will investigate to see what they have on offer these days :-)...
sorry James, but i have to agree with Murry. If super markets accomadated to eveyones "sensetvities", the little astrix in the corner would be pages and pages...
I am due for an operation on 4th May and hoped I would make contact with my local group for support and advice but have been informed by Coeliac UK that there...
I have had an endoscopy and now await for the biopsy results. I was told straightaway that I tested positive for H.pylori. The immediate report noted that the...
Hi there H pylori is diagnosed straight away on the endoscopy (with a CLO test), but coeliac disease can only be confirmed for certain by looking at the biopsy...
Hi Barbara, First of all, good luck with the operation, I hope that goes as expected. My wife suffered a double fractured ankle while on holiday in Tenerife in...
http://www.thisiswansteadandwoodford.co.uk/news/display.var.632225.index.0.h tml Not good news I'm afraid. I found this on the web by searching Google for...
Bear in mind that this was 2002. A lot can happen in 4 years. Be positive and make sure you make contact with the Dietitian when you arrive, or even better...
http://www.addenbrookes-archive.org.uk/ppi/survey2002/food.html This is Addenbrookes thoughts on the subject. I couldn't find a similar statement from Whipps...
Well I have finally been able to see the doctor who ordered my test. As you say, I haven't got coeliac disease, but I have got gluten intolerance. The doctor...
Is there a list of gluten-free foods on the internet? As I have gluten intolerance I shall have to know whether, for example, I can eat Heinz Tomato Soup....
You can buy the coeliac UK directory. I think you can just go to there web site and but it online. TTFN Jan Canvey Island Essex UK ... From: Miriam To:...
Ask your local supermarket for a list. I got mine from Waitrose, but Tescos and Sainsbury's definitely have a list. As to Heinz they used to be pretty good...
Well since our Safeway changed to Morrisons I have spoken to the Manager on numerous occasions about the lack of GF items. He said that he is only allowed to...
Can't comment on Whipps Cross, but my wife has just been in another hospital (not gluten intolerant). I note you are supersensitive. Having seen for myself how...
Try Sainsburys at Basildon (Marconi's flyover) and also at the Weir. We're doing rather well at both of them at the moment. Loads of new DS frozen stuff. Very...
Well the way my doctor put it was that they are at different places on the same spectrum. I'm sure I have seen postings on this group from other people who...
Thank you Margaret for the clarity of your reply, all makes good sense :-) ... test), but ... biopsy ... naked ... described as ... mosaic ... caused by ... ...
Well, as far as I know it is the same thing. Coeliac is the more medical term for it and gluten intolerance used because that says more about what it actually...
Hello Anna, As I understand it you have coeliac disease if you have positive test results either for endomysial antibodies (EMA) and/or tissue transglutaminase...
Same here, meaning we are coeliac/gluten intolerant. As my wonderful doctor said after the two negative tests....The blood test is not a good one and the...
Hi Miriam Have you actually had a duodenal biopsy? If it was just the blood test that was negative there's still a 5-10% chance you could be coeliac. "Gluten...
I thought it was that - the experts will correct me if I'm wrong -, coeliac disease is recognised when the biopsy shows that the gut has a certain appearance....