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DianePianolady's bio
I'm a writer and pianist. I teach piano at Manchester Piano Tutor. I'm single and have two black cats. I do tai chi, chi qong, body maintenance, restorative yoga and ballet. I've had four books published, won two book awards, an MA in scriptwriting and am a freelance national journalist. -
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2nd Nov 2019DianePianolady commented on:
Gluten FreeCoeliac Society is following the story. I'm told the café has, as a result of my glutening, trained its staff about allergies. Despite that, they are now intending not to serve anyone with allergies, so not sure why they did the training. I've been invited back to eat free of charge but I won't be going there again. It took me 9 weeks to clear the symptoms in the end and IBS. I'm feeling much more human now. It's also interesting that the week before I went to buy some GF fish and chips from our local fish and chip shop where they serve GF f&c on Sundays. As they were wrapping it up, I asked once again if they were sure it was gluten free. The man said 'the chips are'. Apparently the fish wasn't and they'd wrapped them in the same package. The problem is the person who took the order was chatting all the time to several other young people making the food and not concentrating on what they were doing. So they had to begin all over again. The week before when I got my order home, the chips were missing and I had to go back. I think people don't listen nowadays. Also went to a friend's birthday dinner at a local Italian restaurant round about the same time. Everyone got their food except me. Where was mine? The chef suddenly remembered it was supposed to be GF. He'd forgotten and had to begin all over again. I really do think there should be a big public awareness campaign about these issues and coeliac/ gluten intolerance in particular. I don't think many people know about it and think it's a fad.ViewDate:
12th Jul 2019DianePianolady commented on:
Gluten FreeI was glutened in a Didsbury, Manchester cafe last week and had dreadful symptoms afterwards. It's taken me a week to recover as I then had an IBS reaction; have just been to the osteopath as my muscles had tightened up so much and hurt. I've been told to buy some enzyme supplements called Gluterase by Biotics Research for eating out to prevent accidental gluten attacks. The toast I ate was supposed to be gluten free but obviously wasn't. The supplements are pretty expensive, though they're not for use with every meal, only where you might get caught out. Does anyone else have this problem? -
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