Celiac Disease &amp; Gluten-Free Diet Blogs

Settlement

WooHoo! They settled! Three down, five to go. We'll probably have to go ahead and go to court with at least one of the defendant's, but that's to be expected.

September 1, 2005

Negotiations, Mediations

I spent the better part of the day in a legal mediation. Boring. Man, I'm glad I don't have to do that for a living We're involved in a patent litigation in which my husband is the inventor and the company who owns the patent has sued about 8-9 big companies for infringement. Because I'm a major stockholder, they wanted me to attend the mediation today to see if we could settle before trial, which is in October. It's not that I have anything of value to say or contribute to the mediation, t

August 30, 2005

drewsant's Blog

Feel Like I've Been Hit By A Truck

I feel like I've been hit by a truck today. I was up all night last night with kidney spasms. I think I got maybe 2 hours of sleep. I get these spasms usually every few months, and usually coincides with a kidney infection. I've been having them sporadically the last week or so, but nothing I couldn't deal with, until last night. I wanted to die. It felt like someone was trying to squeeze my kidney and yank it out of me. And the spasms hit out of the blue, no warning, and sometimes they aren't

drewsant

August 30, 2005

num1habsfan's Blog

Very Pleased.

I have to say that I am very happy with the college I just started at today. I explained to my one teacher my situation. So even though you are supposed to wait until after class (or before) to use a washroom, I can go as much as I need to without saying anything (remember, I am a big diahrrea sufferer). The best part: They are allowed me to keep my gluten-free lunches and suppers in the fridge in the staff room. I can honestly say that surprises me. She asked if I have any other allergies, a

num1habsfan

August 30, 2005

Ann1231's Blog

August 26, 2005

today is going pretty well. I had my yearly mammogram this morning :(I hate those....I had to take a nap this afternoon but made a good dinner of ham, mashed potatoes and creamed corn. I was in a starchy comfort mood :)I am feeling a lot better eating gluten free. The doctor gave me a week to see if it would help my RA. I had to go stricter with my starches and meats along with the gluten-free. It has helped. Even though I'm stiff, I'm better.I have been craving some wheat foods but haven't

Ann1231

August 27, 2005

armetta's Blog

Gluttened Twice & More Blood Tests

Three weeks ago I ate two cookies with gluten, thinking since they were Midol, they were gluten free. No wonder they were so good. LOL. Later discovered the mistake before I ate anymore. Four days later I accidently got cross contaminated. Needless to say I have not felt good since then. Start to feel better and then I am sick again. Yesterday I went to the lab and had nine vials of blood drawn to check out all of the vitamins. Came home and slept for almost three hours. I just want the

mouse

August 25, 2005

Ann1231's Blog

August 25, 2005

I've been sooooo busy! Son is working in one town 70 miles away and playing football in a different town 65 miles away and we're in school already. I've not had much time for internet or anything else lately.Gluten free is going really well. I've been surprised at how easy it is once I got into it. I've shed some of my prednisone weight which is nice. The RA is doing better I believe. The first two weeks after going off prednisone were horrible. RA factor more than doubled and boy, could

Ann1231

August 25, 2005

Chebe Chebe Bobebe Fo Fana Fana Fo Febe

Hey, I finally rec'd my Chebe bread order. Last night I used the original mix to make hot dog buns. They weren't like any bun I've every had, but they were good. Since the instructions said to flatten them out to about 1/2 inch, I thought they might rise. But no, they were still 1/2 inch thick when they finished cooking. They were crusty on the outside and kind of chewy on the inside. I sliced them in half lengthwise so we could put our hot dogs and bratwurst inside them. I ended up just

August 25, 2005

Approx 2.5 Weeks Of Gf

the food component of my consumption has been gluten-free, but wondering about some of my enzymes - Q-zyme by garden of life? Also some members of this group seem to think that even well washed baking trays previously used with wheat is not good enough. Just read a post here yesterday that mentioned wooden miking spoons, hmm put them in the dishwasher would have thought thats good enough - i'll change them on the weekend.my paralysed stomach continues to operate and gives me a reminder with a li

August 25, 2005

Some Background Info And Posts To The Yahoo Group

not planning on making this a continuous blog but using this as a description of my condition.gastroparesis is an awful paralysis of the internal smooth muscles of the stomach. A normal persons stomach will automatically contract at regular intervals helping to churn and digest food. When the nerve impulses to perform this involuntary activity slow down or even cease then severe digestive distress will result. Sometimes the cause is known eg. stomach surgery accidentally severs the vagus nerve.

August 25, 2005

Post #3 To Gastroparesis Yahoo Group

From: "mikej253" <mikej253@yahoo.com> Date: Thu Aug 4, 2005 4:18 am Subject: UPD: getting tested for gluten/ celiac disease mikej253 Offline Send Emailnot going cold turkey on gluten, down to just 1/2 a donut's worth ofgluten per day. Started on sunday so too early to notice anything.Sending back the mail order gluten test to enterolab.com today - theysay that short periods off gluten hardly affects their test and theycan test after longer too, so thought i'd make a start on the weeke

August 25, 2005

No 2 To Gastoparesis Yahoo Group

From: "mikej253" <mikej253@yahoo.com> Date: Mon Aug 1, 2005 7:44 am Subject: Re: getting tested for gluten/ celiac disease mikej253 Offline Send Emailthank you for that info Sari, removing gluten is a drastic stepconsidering i'm alreadytaking drastic steps with my food, so i need a good reason to reallygo for it. if this test isnegative then i'll follow you advice and try blood test and requestbiopsy. i just recentlylurked on www.celiac.com message board and a number of them usedenter

August 25, 2005

My First Post Regarding Celiac Suspicion

From: "mikej253" <mikej253@yahoo.com> Date: Mon Aug 1, 2005 6:28 am Subject: PER: getting tested for gluten intolerance/celiac disease mikej253 Offline Send Emailapparently there is not a classic set of celiac disease symptoms, insteadindividuals exhibita subset of various possibilities, some vague. I exhibit a classic case of thisvaguepossibility. I'm not going to pin all my hopes on my prblems being wheat relatedbut ibeleive worth a go considering that:- my ideopathic gp has just gr

August 25, 2005

About Burping

From: "mikej253" <mikej253@yahoo.com> Date: Tue Jul 19, 2005 11:54 am Subject: Re: PER: Burping, MED: Zelnorm mikej253 Offline Send Emaili think everyone in this group is weird as our stomachs aren't normal, howeverto answeryour other question I too have had a lifelong inability to burp. In my youngerdays notreally an issue. The only time that i have ever done a decent burp is whenretching (notcoz of gp)instead if my stomach is working (younger non gp days or using a motility drug)wha

August 25, 2005

Brekky And Lunch

From: "mikej253" <mikej253@yahoo.com> Date: Fri Aug 5, 2005 12:47 pm Subject: Re: UPD: getting tested for gluten/ celiac disease mikej253 Offline Send Emailthats good to know Jeannette,I did a brief search and looked at some of your posts on that subject. I thinkgood info, i'llgo thru it in more detail on the weekend.so far managing on corn tortilla, baked beans, banana, nut butters, no modneeded for myevening meat or fish and vege juice meal. usually have sticky rice with maybe afew

happyasabeewithceliac's Blog

August 25, 2005

zipy's Blog

Dinner 8/24/05

Tonight it's steak! Yummy! Marinated in Lawry's Chipolte marinade. Called up Lawry's and they're sending me a list of their gluten-free products. I'm also on their mailing list so now they'll send me updates and changes regarding their gluten-free foods.So: Steak, corn on the cob, frozen mixed veggies, and applesauce for dessert.Gooooood dinner!!!

Guest

August 25, 2005

christicrete's Blog

All About Christi

Hi all.Just heard of blogs not so long ago so I figured I would start one. I am 31 years old and a mother of 3 kids, Autumn 14, Asia 11 and Graeden 7 (dont do the math ). I have been gluten free since Feb 05 and feel lots and lots better. I have tested negative on the blood panel but know better. I was pretty much gluten free when I had the testing. My daughter Asia may be like me. She has associated bloated feelings when she eats wheat and oatmeal. We have started the testing and am mixe

christicrete

August 24, 2005

drewsant's Blog

Home Again Today

Tried to go into work again today, and only made it 45 minutes this time. Got REALLY sick. Guess I need to stop eating for a day or two until my system calms down. It is nice to know though that it is Celiac, and I can for the most part control this. And it is better than it was 2 months ago. Not one week could pass without missing at least a few hours because of the diarrhea. I've made it almost 3 weeks now.

drewsant

August 24, 2005

My Health Story

Hey everyone! I have always had a problem with stomach aches. Although they were not bad, they were still there. In sixth grade they started getting worse. The summer between sixth and seventh grade, I started getting acid and some kind of burping. It was horrible. Every night after dinner, it would almost sound like a fireworks show. Also one day at the beginning of summer, I got dizzy. Not just a little bit though, it was HORRIBLE! It wouldn't stop! All day I would just lay on the couch with a

PicturePerfect

August 24, 2005

Drum Roll Please...

The patio is finished. The before shot: <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/Mosaics/Patio1.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"> The after shot: <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/Mosaics/Patio2.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"> I painted a stream along the back edge of the patio. Here's a part of that: <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/Mosaics/Patio3.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">

August 24, 2005

Dangerous Stomach Motility Drugs

>From: "mikej253" <mikej253@...>>Reply-To: gastroparesis@yahoogroups.com>To: gastroparesis@yahoogroups.com>Subject: Re: Gastroparesis: BeeDee-What the Professor said...>Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 03:14:39 -0000>>hope you don't mind me commenting but i can empathise with what some of>your brother>is going thru. From reading previous posts i always considered him in a>more physically>complex and much worse state than me so it wasn't fair to comment, but what>y