A crazy face to match my crazy symptoms. I’ve been feeling a bit rubbish recently. Just absolutely exhausted. Definitely not my normal self… although I am not sure how normal that ever gets. I’m waiting on immunology as everything is pointing towards another autoimmune disease. If you have one, you have an increased chance of […]
I remember going to a medical lecture and the presenter said if a patient had been to nearly every hospital department, then the problem was often all in their head. But how many departments is too many? Is 14 pushing it? My visits to hospital are increasing and my medical history ever-growing. So far it […]
(Very holey gluten-free bread) God I miss bread. I forget what it is actually like until I smell a freshly baked loaf or make a sandwich for my husband (the only non-tricky eater in the family). Buttering the slices is pure torture – it tries to seduce you with its soft, light texture. I realise […]
When I was first diagnosed with coeliac disease ten years ago, I felt hungry. Hungry and a bit lonely. I’d never heard of this thing the gastro guy had just given me after staring into my stomach. It drew blank looks from family and friends too. Sealy-what? Free-from food wasn’t getting the column inches or […]
When you’re first diagnosed with coeliac disease, as well as digesting the fact your diet has to change FOR EVER, the specialist also hits you with a lovely list of things you’re more at risk of, like: Osteoporosis Sure enough, I don’t have a brilliant bone density and, after a bone scan last year (Dem […]
Well, I’ve had a puzzling start to 2017, health-wise. Following on from last year’s post-Christmas blog (Not your average Christmas bloat), this year has been better… in terms of my stomach. I’ve been continuously bloated but I’ve had no other major problems. No more than usual, anyway. Instead, I have been having strange skin issues […]
I had planned the festive season with military precision to protect myself from any food contamination issues. But with 101 family members all in the kitchen, touching, tweaking and tasting dishes, it was a case of too many cooks spoil the broth – and the inevitable allergy flare up happened. All was well on the […]
Lazy cook and coeliac Kay Harrison has reclaimed her freezer – and loves what shops are now offering. Things are hotting up in my freezer. For years after being diagnosed with coeliac disease, the only gluten-free things in there were ice cubes and bread (normally eight sad loaves I’d picked up from Boots). But the […]
Tricky eater Jemma Woolley feeds us some of her favourite festive recipes that will keep tums very merry at this time of year.
So I was wondering, what do people actually think of me when I tell them I have coeliac disease and lactose intolerance? Before I was diagnosed, I remember sometimes thinking these things were in people’s heads and I would never ever be a tricky eater. How wrong I was. I am one of the worst. […]
Our eyes met over the gluten-free Hobnobs and there was an instant connection. See, the supermarket free-from aisle is a magical place. You can fill your trolley with stuff you never thought you needed, drain most of the weekly budget on chocolate biscuits and meet like-minded (and physically broken) people. Where else can you so […]
I headed over to Liverpool the weekend before last for the Allergy and Free From Show North. I was really excited to see who was there and what new goodies I could find, and it didn’t disappoint. There were the usual big players with amazing stands… Good ol’ Genius were showing off their wealth of […]