Who says that the celiac child can’t do anything they put their mind to doing? Before Jamie was diagnosed with celiac disease, when he spent his days lolling around the house with no energy whatsoever and permanent tummy ache, I did wonder if he would ever really be right again. Four months after the celiac [...] Read more »
Reactions to Celiac Disease Diagnosis
When Jamie got his celiac disease diagnosis it was hardly a surprise, and most people close to us knew he was already on a gluten free diet already. But a few people’s reactions took us a bit by surprise! People who thought we were being ‘over the top’ or ‘fussy’ parents. I guess if people [...] Read more »
Celiac Disease Diagnosis III
After the trauma of his biopsy, Jamie started straight away on a gluten free diet. His tummy aches had been so bad that it was a relief to stop feeding him food that was effectively poisoning him and we didn’t need to wait for an official celiac disease diagnosis. It was then that the implications [...] Read more »
Celiac Disease Diagnosis II
The second stage of celiac disease diagnosis is a biopsy, where a small camera is put down the child’s throat into the small intenstines and a small sample taken from the wall of the intestine to see if there is evidence of damage caused by a reaction to gluten. With children they do this under [...] Read more »
Celiac Disease Diagnosis I
Jamie’s Celiac disease diagnosis first came about Easter of this year. We hadn’t noticed any symptoms of celiac disease (not that we would have known what to look for – I don’t think we had ever heard of it!) but he suddenly seemed to be getting a lot of tummyaches. At first we didn’t take [...] Read more »
