It seems to be party season for my mini-coeliac daughter, Megan. She’s getting one or two party invites a week. Last week it was a party at a play centre for a little boy. I usually tell the party-holder’s parents that I will cater for my little one and for them not to worry. It […]

So we’re well into 2016… and still I am haunted by memories of my work Christmas party. Albeit hazy ones. Working from home in Yorkshire, my Christmas do is the one solitary time of year when I can meet with all my colleagues in London and show them I’m a face – not just a […]

I was really dreading the first day back to work after my holiday – but a lovely thing happened to me. I was subjected to a random act of kindness at work… someone cleaned my car! This is a massive deal, as my car has not been washed for over two years and, quite frankly, […]

  Bloated! Bloated! Bloated! How many people are feeling like that at the moment? I’m sure it is not just tricky eaters either. Everyone usually overdoes it over the festive period. I saw a funny thing on Facebook that said, “feeling festive” … “eating cheese”… “feeling fat.” And another thing that said something like, ‘will […]

I am still awaiting an appointment to see gastroenterology for my tiny tot, Amalie. But I saw the fab consultant last week for my eldest daughter, Megan. Luckily he is really personable and very patient-centred so he allowed me to discuss Amalie too. I told him what had happened – see my previous blog with the full […]

So I had my second child eight months ago and, like all new mums, I’m keen to get my body back. I was kidding myself massively that because my weight had almost returned to pre-baby, so had my figure. Hmmmmm, that was until my maternity leave was coming to an end and I had to […]

This week I was wading through my weighty file of health-related papers when I stumbled across a medical mystery. I had been searching for vaccination documents for my new hospital job when I found a surprising gastroenterology letter from 2010. It stated blood tests showed I did NOT have coeliac disease. For some reason this […]

 I had a gorgeous baby girl, Amalie, in March. But on top of all the usual new parent stresses (no sleep, never-ending nappy changes, attempting to get out of the front door), I had the added worry of coeliac disease. I was very nervous about introducing gluten into Amalie’s diet as we have a strong […]

 From this…      to this  The truth is out. Hmmm, OK, so you outed my eating disorder in your blog (The blame game: The dangers of obsessing over food) last week. The new 21st century eating disorder you talked about, where  sufferers start off going gluten free, dairy free and eating ‘clean’ but then get obsessed, […]

It is hard to imagine that, back in 2011, I didn’t give a second thought to food making me ill. Back in those carefree days, all I worried about was how many Weight Watchers points were in what I was eating – not if it contained gluten, dairy or fructose. I had written food diaries […]

When I found out my daughter Megan was coeliac, I couldn’t envisage how nursery would cope. She was only two and it was hard enough for me to keep tabs on everything she was eating. Luckily, I had already compiled lots of gluten-free and cross-contamination information for the Safer Eating website, so I passed that on […]

So I hear you can currently buy nut-free peanut butter – why would I want to eat that? I’m allergic to nuts and have spent my life avoiding them; the smell alone makes me nauseous. Just because the nut has been removed, does not make this product appeal to me! My mother is currently on […]