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Article: Finally well ; Ruth Carey couldn't understand why she felt so ill all the time - until she discovered she was suffering from coeliac disease, writes Susie Weldon
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- Western Daily Press (Bristol UK)
- Article date:
- March 26, 2008
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Ruth Carey couldn't understand why she felt so ill all the time -
until she discovered she was suffering from coeliac disease, writes
Susie Weldon
Ruth Carey has spent most of her life feeling unwell and drained
of energy.
Right from early childhood, when she recalls being a sickly
youngster and a fussy eater, the Keynsham mother-of-two says she
seemed to pick up every bug that was going.
As an adult, her weight fluctuated enormously. At times in her
life she was very skinny, at others she found it impossible to shift
extra pounds.
She was often tired to the point of exhaustion and suffered from
abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhoea, joint pain and mouth ulcers.
Feeling generally unwell all ...