If you or someone you love has been recently diagnosed with coeliac disease, you could be eligible to receive gluten free foods on prescription. Simply select your country of residence, and, if you live in England, fill in your postcode to check if your area is prescribing.
Your country is prescribing gluten free foods*. Request your Glutafin Taster Box by clicking the button below to sign up.
* Please note: local policies are constantly updated, and issuing a prescription is at the discretion of your GP.
My journey to diagnosis…
My battle to be diagnosed with coeliac disease began aged 16 when I started with ‘indigestiony’ type pains and griping stomach pain. I saw my gp he said buy some milk of magnesia! I went back a year later and was told I had ‘probably got the beginnings of a stomach ulcer.’ I was prescribed some vile ammonia flavoured medicine called Denol -made my breath smell awful – because being a teenager isn’t tough enough!!
Spent the next 40+ years suffering anaemia, stomach ache that bent me double, having to run to the loo and shovelling in antacids. When I was 50 I was tested for Coeliac Disease but it was negative. The stomach pain got worse. I used to cry thinking I had stomach cancer. Eventually I was sent for an endoscopy and was diagnosed with an hiatus hernia- Oh and by the way did you know you have coeliacs disease? That was it, I was diagnosed with coeliac disease.
Me: no I’ve had a test before it was negative? Well they were wrong because you’ve had it some time!
WHAT A RELIEF
Seriously to be diagnosed with coeliac disease made me feel so happy and it’s been so much better since.
My advice for newly diagnosed with coeliac disease…
Focus on what you can eat not what you can’t!
Feeling healthy is so much better than eating food that makes you ill- and there are delicious gluten free food options out there!
If you or someone you love has been recently diagnosed with coeliac disease, you could be eligible to receive gluten free foods on prescription. Simply select your country of residence, and, if you live in England, fill in your postcode to check if your area is prescribing.
Your country is prescribing gluten free foods*. Request your Glutafin Taster Box by clicking the button below to sign up.
* Please note: local policies are constantly updated, and issuing a prescription is at the discretion of your GP.
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