Wheat free

On Monday S had his second endoscopy.  Since I had Jacob (so about 7 months) he has been feeling sick, weak and tired constantly.  He has lost an awful lot of weight (which he certainly couldn't afford) and was really very poorly.  He went to the drs numerous times but because he has stomach issues anyway they upped his meds and fobbed him off.  It has really affected his enjoyment of the baby and its been hard work.  Finally at his diabetic review about a month ago the consultant mentioned coeliac disease which fitted all of his symptoms.  Apparently diabetics are much more likely to develop this so why it took this long is awful.  Anyway, he had a blood test which came back showing it was highly likely he was coeliac but to get a proper diagnosis you have to have a biopsy.  Also you have to continue to eat wheat before you have the biopsy so as not to get a false negative result.  So he had 6 weeks of feeling sicker and sicker and losing more weight and having to still eat wheat until Monday.  The technician performing the endoscopy said his stomach looked like it was coeliac disease and he is now on a gluten free diet whilst we wait for confirmation.

I'm so proud of him.  He's rarely complained even though he's now about 9 stone (eeek) and feeling sick permanently and really tries to do everything he should.  He's just worn out.