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Western Aussie eh, I've been to Perth 3 times. I used to travel at sea on an oil tanker (my hubby in merchant navy) and we came to Perth. It's beautiful. King's park was breathtaking! I'm in Ontario, Canada, much different. It's all white outside right now! My bladder thing is not an infection, what happens, I think, is the bowel gets distended and pushes on the bladder and then it starts to spasm and all hell breaks out down there! Anyway, this a.m. had a b.m. and the pain is not so bad, but I still feel delicate.

As for celiac, I had a test (tube down throat into stomach) and they found no evidence of damaged vileau which would suggest celiac disease. However, I had been so sick for such a long time I did what they told me not to before a test, and that was come off of gluten products. Needless to say 3 weeks later (test time) all was much better. The doc. says I am celiac simply because of my response to no gluten. I was mainly bloated, but tired, tired tired! and got all fat and squishy! I was always hungry, food did not satisfy me. Immediately off of the gluten, i.e. next day, I did not bloat. It is about 8 months now and I am losing weight, I am not hungry all the time and I have the energy to put in a full day complete with 5 hours swimming a week. Constant swimming that is an hour a time! So a huge recovery. I am on a very strict diet consisting of rice, chicken, potatoes, very little fruit and vegys (although I love them, Iused to be vegetarian!) I miss it so much, but when I waver I get what I have now. Mainly c. culminating in this damn bladder thing. I get d. every so often, just one episode where it just blasts out of me. I take asidopholus daily, like 50 billion of them (bio.k product) that helps me enormously! As for you, what I would say is don't worry about getting a test to say you are or are not celiac, that will drive you mad! Get off of gluten and stay off of it. Make sure you know where it is, basically it is everywhere! I am just sensitive to it, some people get so sick they even have to watch out for it in skin care products! Have your own foods that no one else touches, eg here we have two tubs of flax margarine. One for the family, one for me. I dont want my stuff contaminated by there knifes etc. If you want more info, ask me again, I am not sure how much you know. You would think rice crispies or puffed rice would be gluten free, but no, they add a sweet coating to them which contains gluten. Shop in health food shops, thats what I do. Anyway I hope I have answered all your questions, if not, ask again o.k. Lovely to hear from you, Neeta

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