Thanks so much Justine. You don't happen to know if I can take spatone alongside the ferrous fumarate? X
Hi sjm1308 - I've had the various tests for Coeliac (a what feels like a zillion other thing), to try to sort out some different symptoms to yours.
The Endo had a laid a bet with me that I'd turn up something AI, due to family history and so on. He lost, but didn't reduce his bill at all!
One things he did say to me was, even before the test results were back was to recommend I adopt a GF diet irrespective of the test results, because "people with AI issues generally do very well when they go GF". As I was already low carbing, and he supported that I shouldn't carb up for the tests (on the grounds doing so would not reflect my usual way of living), I didn't have the same degree of change required by many going GF.
My results were negative and investigations are ongoing, now in another medical discipline, but in the meantime, some of my systems seem to work a bit better without the gluten, so I have carried on. It has been harder going GF than it was "just" going low carb, and it can take several weeks for an individual to feel any benefit, so it isn't necessarily great to just give it a go for a few days/weeks. All of that said, I do feel well GF.
Clearly, it makes sense for you not to cut down on your gluten consumption before you've completed any Coeliac investigations.
I really hope you get to the cause of what ails you without too many more tests and so on. The investigations can be a bit of a drain in themselves.