Well, well, well, I posted this thread back on July 5th and it's now Sep 13th. I have been on Gluten Free on top of my Lactose Free and Irritable Bowl has all just about gone.
I have some side issues like my body doesn't really tell me when I need to go and I don't think I have strong enough muscles in the region of the guts and so it hangs around for days. Last night I had some cloudy scrumpy to drink (certified gluten free) and I thought that will do the trick and yes, it very healthily pushed everything through.
If any expert examined my stools I think they would say I'm cured. I'm 43 and it's taken all this time.
I want to try an introduce cheese because my diet is so boring! I'm so not interested in the food I eat that I have lost about 1 stone 2 lbs in that two months without trying.
My food is very repetitive, although one thing for sure, my intake of fruit, nuts, fish and meat is way up and bread, my previous staple, has gone, apart from two slices a day of what I call my "funny bread" which makes a sandwhich you have to eat with a knife and fork.
How long will I have to keep up the high doses of B12 and the other vitamins? I have no idea, but when I ran out the other week (and posted on here about it) it was too soon to stop and I suffered the consequences.