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I have lost my blood monitor and also a large bright yellow chopping board!!! I have searched everywhere and can understand that the meter could get hidden away somewhere. But the chopping board!!! I lived in Spain for many years and never had to pay for a meter do we have to buy them here...

All done! And painless and I slept through it all. The colonoscopy was normal but they have taken a biopsy - results in 2 weeks. Will that tell me what caused my problems, I wonder? Fortuna

Ams and Nigel, thanks for your thoughts. I am now going to forget about it until the 7th. Well, try to! Happy Christmas to you all. Fortuna

Hello, thank you for your replies. I agree, having thought more about it, that I will not start on gluten free foods until the tests are finished. The "Knife wielding surgeon" I think I meant that I would like some discussion between the surgical and the medical sides. But even these days...

Thank you Nigel. I suppose I am afraid of the knife wielding surgeon and want to make sure that it is NOT Coeliac disease. Fortuna

Hello, I saw my Diabetic consulatant this week and told him of my signs and symptoms - acute diarrhoea for 6 weeks, anaemia and 1 stone weight loss in 10 months (without trying). He felt it could be Coeliac disease although it did not show in the blood tests he took. I think there may be...

Thank you for your replies. But the the way my mind is at the moment it is all too medical/scientific for my poor old brain to sort. I would like a list of good and bad foods to help both problems. Any suggestions please? Fortuna

I have had Type 1 diabetes for 30 years and have just returned to live in the Uk. This followed the totally unexpected death of my partner of 16 years from a heart attack on New Year's Day. Since then I have had to pack up our apartmen(rented) in Spain and move in with my daughter and her...