Recent Content by rbakker2

Hi rikkeamalie, Many people quote that they are diagnosed with Coeliac disease after the diabetes was discovered. In my son's case it was quite the opposite, we discovered the coeliac during the diabetes analysis but the endoscopy showed that his bowel was in a very bad shape at that stage...

I'll come back with some data on his diagnosis. Maybe good to add the following: we believe that his gluten intolerance occurred before he was diagnosed with diabetes, because the intestinal check showed that it was quite damaged already. Apparently in many cases the sequence is the opposite...

Hi all, my son (5 years) was diagnosed last July. At the same time we learned that he was gluten intolerant. We put him (and ourselves) immediately on a strict GF diet. He has been without insulin since mid August. That's more than 6 months by now... I know they call this the honeymoon period...