Tea Room the Eighteenth - the Cricket Pavilion

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Welcome one and all to our new abode - a lovely old-fashioned Cricket Pavilion, with decks outdoors and a rather lovely Members' Bar, complete with deep-seated leather comfy chairs and any drink you care to mention.

Our outdoor amenities include the well-tended cricket pitch, kept immaculate by Mellors, our multi-purpose man; a couple of tennis courts round the back for those who prefer the Wimbledon scene; and another multi-purpose pitch (can be used for hosting Fine Lad-style rugby matches, or Little Kickers' football, or the occasional All Comers' Lacrosse Tournament.

Bishops abound, mostly snoozing in the leather armchairs; there are sundry animals around - guineapigs and bison mostly - and of course the Naked Mohawk Babies, fetchingly attired in cricket whites (most unusual for them!)

The cricket pavilion tea room is open to all - those with only one child who need a safe haven predominate but having more than one child is fine - come in, have an egg'n'cress sandwich and a glass of Pimms!

*other fillings and beverages also available.

The other thing is, although the original trigger may have been food, stress also causes similar symptoms, and there've been a number of stressful incidents lately...

It is a beutiful day here today - bright sun and blue skies.

poor dh has the week from hell with meetings all over the place. He is v v stressed atm with it all

Do you think I should face the reception mums night out ? Really not sure tbh. But am meeting local mumsnetters for a night out on Friday which will be great

Thumb - we have a friend with the condition that you mentioned - his was only picked up because of a blood test for something else - but its good that he was diagnosed as the sooner they catch it the better. His iron levels were startlingly high, to the extent that he had to have a pint of blood taking once (or was it twice) a week for 8 weeks - then reduced to a less onerous number of times. THe other thing to think of is that tea is an iron inhibitor - so it might be worth you looking up whether it would be worth him making sure that he always had a strong cup of tea with meals? But its certainly much better finding out about the disease now rather than in 10 years time when he's basically done too much harm to various organs.... Its strange about the meat - I would have thought you would have had that sort of thing easily accessible - ostritch would also be good I would have thought - but perhaps you'll just have to have a few vege meals too, let me know if you need any recipes.

Amber - I'm glad you're still with us, even if mainly from the priest hole. Occaisional emergence to pick up something edible is good as it at least enables us to see that you're still here. I hope that you managed to pick up the massey fergusson tractor maintenance manuals that I put aside in the 'other' location? I'm lowering a slab of plum tart down with your cuppa

Yoghurt - I think that the critical thing is that the Yo should be as in the o of blob rather than the o of blow... I do find myself commenting on mistlechick's rather Yorkshire pronunciation at times - whilst I'm fine with him coming out with it at school with his friends, I do want to make sure that he can speak with less of a regional accent when he wants to!

Unis - parcel still in progress - but a lot closer to completion! Wellies - we need the next size up again - mistlechick has now moved up to a size 12.5 (that's a 'wibble' face - as in how on earth are we going to keep him in shoes if he's that size when he's only 5.5)

Scout - congrats on the progress with certificates etc - have suggested a response on the other place.

A&O - hope you're feeling a bit better

Mary - rice and veg - or potato rice and veg if you think you are OK wiht potato might be the way to go - start with that and add things very gradually.

need a [wave] similey for everyone else!!!

Oxeye - I would have thought that someone in your line of work would have seen the importance of distinction and definition. I have been swooning and, well, perhaps, just a bit of drooling. If I had been watching the box set of Robin Hood - in which the pulchritudinous gentleman in question can be seen in eyeliner and leather trousers (and not, apparently, much else) and which, by mere happenstance, is now winging its way to me courtesy of a well-known online retailer - then I might have been perving. > But not yet. As I said before, at my age one has to get one's very small kicks wherever one can.

Minestrone soup and lewd rolls on the aga for anyone who missed lunch.

Would tapioca be OK? i have some tapioca...

Some people have troubles with tapioca as well as gluten in things so not sure.

That should have been I have HAD some tapioca. Stomach now big again, but at least it isn't hurting (yet).

Are you taking any probiotic stuff like actimel etc?

Yakult - find it works better than Actimel...

that'll do. Two a day for a while?

Mary - try giving up wheat and gluten -y things for a couple of weeks - there's now quite a variety of gluten free things available - but using normal rice and potatoes shouldn't be problematic (if you think that you're normally OK with potato - if that's doubtful - just go wtih the rice) - homemade ricepudding is good with pudding rice and might be better (or less bad) for you than tapioca? Don't know what you're like with dairy things - but there is a rice milk alternative if you don't want to have the soya.

Mary - May I offer a dissenting voice here? If you are having these problems frequently - and have already had your gall bladder out - I wouldn't faff about doing food eliminations. It could take ages, as if you eliminate several foods from your diet at once, you won't necessarily know which is the one which is making the difference (if it is at all). I probably have a great deal more confidence in conventional medicine than Thumb (it's something on which we'll have to agree to differ) but I would be hot-footing it to the GP and pressing for a hospital referral.

This pumpkin parkin is delish. Would anyone like some hot chocolate to go with it?

smallbunch - I've been down the 'start with 3 food stuffs' route - although couldn't start with the ones the hospital (yes, I had this suggested in a common or garden, mainstream, nhs hospital) suggested as they were meat, milk and bananas - as a lactose intolerant vege with suspicious over bananas, not a good idea!!!

Mistle, that's not what I'm suggesting. I'm just worried that as Mary has been experiencing these unpleasant symptoms for some time, further delay for weeks while she tries out various food eliminations might not be the best thing.

I think Mary says there's a doc appointment for tests already...?

Oh, good. Must get my bifocals recalibrated.

Eek, Scout, hope you are OK!

Yes, saw GP last week, having blood tests tomorrow, due to see GP in another 3 weeks...

Interestingly enough, one of the things I am being tested for I THINK is coeliac disease, at least the Dr mentioned it. Also, while I was at the Drs, I'd complained I'd had pins and needles in the hands and feet, and he said he didn't know what would be causing that... just looked on the Coeliac UK website, its listed as a symptom... hmm....

Coeliac

Now obviously I'm not going to jump to conclusions, but
a) the Dr mentioned possible Coeliac
b) the pins/needles listed as a symptom, as well as all the obvious symptoms

Stupid non-going-away migraine. ARGH!

And poor BabyScout was so unhappy this evening (tired, sore bottom, tired). He's happily passed out now but there was a few dodgy minutes there between his tears and my head I wasn't sure we'd make it.

If you are going to be having tests for coeliac disease, then don't change your diet in any way Mary - it's really important that you are eatinging normally else they won't be accurate

Uuuuug - bad bad day...