I was tested 5 years ago, only because I was ill with nausea, vomiting, losing weight, upper abdominal pain, severe at times, diarrhoea at times too. Went to my GP, after a couple of months of nothing working, stomach tablets and tested for cancer, I suggested Coeliac disease to him because I googled my symptoms online. Had the blood test and then my first endoscopy ( the hospital failed to to do the endoscopy first time, they forgot !) so I had another one in the October. Didn't hear anything, so made an appointment with my GP, on November 1st. The first thing he said to me as I sat down was " My name, are you feeling much better now, now that you have been diagnosed with Coeliac ? I didn't even know !! He said I needed a bone density scan to test for Osteoporosis and in the following February I was diagnosed with Osteoporosis, in my spine, arms and hips, 3 months after Coeliac.
I became type 1 in 1989 after my Ex husband left me with our 2 children ( in shock and devastated at the time) became ill, with suspected Colitis first. 5 years ago my ex partner was in hospital for 5 months, We all knew he was dying, but our daughter, aged 11 wasn't told ( not cancer, but alcohol and I found out had been using hard drugs and he had Hepatitis C, so I had to be tested for Hepatitis C ) during that time and just after his death, that's when I noticed all the Coeliac symptoms. getting worse. Looking back at what happened both times, my conditions were triggered by shock, stress, anxiousness and worry, Just to add, my great nephew was diagnosed with Coeliac about 3 years ago, he doesn't have diabetes .
