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MOrning all,

Kind of afraid to check in every day as I know I"ll get sucked in for 30 minutes to an hour... :ph34r::ph34r: But it's my daily laugh/update/information/inspiration center....R-ville is not only a paradise cult farm but a VORTEX.....yikes !

Rachel - probably a hideous question that you've answered somewhere but do you take Lactaid ever, or the tablets at Trader Joe's? And that smell on the hands that you and Patti have - - that is so weird! Obviously a sign of something amiss...who knows what...what is the connection of yams and celery?

robbin - - thank you for your input - - I am taking iron and vitamin B, that's it....I KNOW I'm not as malnourished any more...don't know what's up with the bruising??

And Celia - guess what - her grandbaby was arriving late last night, she will be doing grandma stuff today and is thrilled to death to see that little one again...sends her regards to all in case she doesn't check in -

The Hershey's :( This can't be true as I"ve been known to eat half a bag a night.... :ph34r: Will try them again next week and see what happens....I LOVE Hershey's milk chocolate...with almonds...

guess what all, today I am four weeks alcohol-free, and almost that long Robert-free....I can't tell you how fantastic I feel, some of you may know that I was quite the wino since working at that winery....but I'm astonished to report that I don't really miss it all that much either! YOu know, I was praying for help/relief/rescue/miracles/recovery for years without knowing what was going on, so after getting dx in Jan. and feeling enormously better, I STILL kept getting a nudge in my spirit that I needed to let go of two things I was clinging to (Robert and my almost-nightly drinking), and I very angrily and sobbingly let go a month ago...I just can't believe what incredible freedom that has given me, and how I have gained so much through the letting go of those toxins....just had to share that.

Cissie - I have posted on this forum but don't know if it was here - generations of my ancestors are from Social Circle and Decatur Georgia - - and you'll love this (might have posted in the MEN thread) my two great aunts were exactly Blanche Dubois from STreetcar....they were something else. I have about five or six old photographs of the family homes, with addresses on the back of them, in those two small towns in Georgia and do plan to visit someday and look up a couple of those!

gotta run - - bless you all and have a great day - - it's dripping hot here, 108 today - UGH....and I"m feeling so much better today, thanks all....

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and Donna, was it you that asked? My Tika is on the right, got her when she was 10 weeks old from SPCA, almost 12 years ago...she is a lymphoma survivor, actually went through chemotherapy - they said she'd live 2 years max but she is 12...very strong....maybe Queensland and husky, or Queensland/german shepherd...who knows..my therapy dog Annie is unimaginably beguiling...found her on the highway three years ago, bedraggled, abused, hand-shy....six months later I encountered a woman on the beach in Montery who started screaming WHERE DID YOU GET THAT DOG? OMG I know her!!! turns out she worked at SPCA, Annie had been adopted out four times, kept running away....she ran away weekly from our house, but always came back, jumped out of a moving car three times.... :o loves us to death and never leaves my side. She is a herding dog, probably Queensland and shepherd..

okay NOW I gotta go!!!

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Rachel--24
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guess what all, today I am four weeks alcohol-free, and almost that long Robert-free....I can't tell you how fantastic I feel, some of you may know that I was quite the wino since working at that winery....but I'm astonished to report that I don't really miss it all that much either! YOu know, I was praying for help/relief/rescue/miracles/recovery for years without knowing what was going on, so after getting dx in Jan. and feeling enormously better, I STILL kept getting a nudge in my spirit that I needed to let go of two things I was clinging to (Robert and my almost-nightly drinking), and I very angrily and sobbingly let go a month ago...I just can't believe what incredible freedom that has given me, and how I have gained so much through the letting go of those toxins....just had to share that.

Wow Susan....thats awesome! Congrats to you for staying strong and letting go of not only one thing that was bringing you down.....but 2 things!! Thats alot to be pround of. :)

Rachel - probably a hideous question that you've answered somewhere but do you take Lactaid ever, or the tablets at Trader Joe's? And that smell on the hands that you and Patti have - - that is so weird! Obviously a sign of something amiss...who knows what...what is the connection of yams and celery?

Nope....never tried Lactaid...as far as I know I'm not lactose intolerant. :lol: That actually seems strange to me....The fact that something in my body might be working right is just a new concept to me right now. I believe the connection between celery and yams is Auxigro. Cant be 100% certain but thats my guess based on my reactions.

Mango,

We'll miss you while you're off in Australia. Hope you have the best time there...try to visit us in R-ville when you can. :)

Thanks for reminding me about the dangers of dairy....I know you're pretty passionate about it. I've read so many times that people who sometimes think they are intolerant to dairy are actually reacting to stuff *in* the dairy. Chemicals, hormones, MSG, corn....all of these things are in dairy products so I'm testing out products that are free of all the extra stuff to see if I really do react to to dairy. Cheese messes me up but its more of a histimine reaction that I get and its not always delayed depending on if I'm already reacting to histamine at the time or not. If I ate bananas, raspberries, fish and pork which are all high in histamine I would really feel it if I ate a piece of cheese. However, if I ate none of that stuff and just the cheese.....the reaction wouldnt happen until I ate enough of the cheese to trigger a reaction. Its a build up effect...like you said....but it might mot be a casein factor. Milk isnt high in histamine and I generally dont notice problems with organic milk. Once I put chocolate in my milk though...I react to the high amount of histamine in the chocolate. I just dont wanna rule out a whole food group based on my reactions to cheese or processed ice creams that have alot of other bad stuff in them like the corn syrups and "natural flavors" in ice cream.

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OK, here's an update. If I missed anyone please let me know. I didn't go back over everything just tried to remember who signed up for what. :P

Rachelville Rich farmland by the ocean, with mountains at our back to provide fresh spring water.

Population (not sure haven't counted)

President: Rachel

Vice President: Patti

Governor: Julie

Lt. Governors: Miamia & Chelsea

Mayor: Andrea

Secretary: Donna & Susan

Minister of Defense: Cissi in charge of auxigro detecting geese and dingo-ish dogs

Security: Donna

Village ambassador: Julie

Newscaster: Celia

Decor and Design Committee: Patti -Decor Advisor, Susan - Garden Color Coordinator, Robbin - Assistant Decor Advisor, Rachel - Building and Landscape Advisor (this is going to be a very pretty place!)

Computer Tech: Vincent

Picard: Coach (for community sports) Oh and Diver for all our sea food..sorry you got 2 jobs

Christine: Nurse (you work in a hospital right?)

Cow and goat milkers: Evie and Armetta (I think she said she has milked before)

Music teacher: Alison

Chef 1: Miamia - Chef 2: Chelse - Chef 3: Rinne

Teachers: Andrea & Patti

Shopping consultant: Donna & Rachel

Community Events Coordinator: Rinne

Village adventurer/researcher: Meredith, who travels to distant lands to bring back news and information

Tony: captain for any water craft, so he can take Picard out for diving.

Mitch: truck driver, so he can haul whatever we need.

Andrea: Treasurer

Ryan: Handy-man, general fixer upper

Nikki: Cosmotologist, hair dresser

Physical Therapist: Lynne

MOrning all,

guess what all, today I am four weeks alcohol-free, and almost that long Robert-free....I can't tell you how fantastic I feel, some of you may know that I was quite the wino since working at that winery....but I'm astonished to report that I don't really miss it all that much either! YOu know, I was praying for help/relief/rescue/miracles/recovery for years without knowing what was going on, so after getting dx in Jan. and feeling enormously better, I STILL kept getting a nudge in my spirit that I needed to let go of two things I was clinging to (Robert and my almost-nightly drinking), and I very angrily and sobbingly let go a month ago...I just can't believe what incredible freedom that has given me, and how I have gained so much through the letting go of those toxins....just had to share that.

Susan,

YEAHHHHHHHH! :D Congratulations :D ,keep it up :D . I'm so happy for you. Listening to nudges is very important, you will be a better person for it.

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Rachel--24
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About the cop, someone asked, forget who. That was me. And he didn't pull me over, I pulled his a** over :lol::lol:

LMAO!

Julie, I'm thinking if you can eat fresh corn and tamales but not the corn syrups and the processed stuff its probably not a true allergy to corn. Its just an intolerance to the crap. Thats what I'm gonna find out too...I think I wont have problems with fresh corn. Corn syrup is full of MSG and sulfites....the two thogether will cause a more intense reaction. Corn syrup is very bad for me. :(

Someone called me the "queen" in an earlier post and I just dont see myself as being the queen in R-ville. I thought of you right away....you have better hair and are naturally good at waving and greeting and all of that stuff that queens do....so I nominate you. :D

Besides, I wouldnt be caught dead wearing one of those crown thingys... :P

penguin Community Regular
penguin
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I have a really pretty tiara whoever turns out to be queen can borrow :)

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Rachel--24
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:blink: penguin-I love your allergist-not afraid to look things up with you in the room. My dr. leaves to go to his office to frantically go through the books. <_< Zack's allergist has the same kind of sheet Vincent's has apparently. Probably a copy from the 1930's :) They do seem like a fruit, though in the raw state, makes sense to me. :D

I am like you Julie, plain corn on the cob or plain popcorn --can eat it, but the processed corn products make my stomach feel like -as someone on here so accurately put it--eating glass chards. :(

I am so emoticonal today :wub: How can you limit emotions? :blink::rolleyes:

I got lost in the water challenge discussion and am wondering why Poland Springs was determined to be the best spring water? :huh:

Ryan, you are starting to make me doubt your handyman abilities :lol: Do not say you can fix a TOILET with a hammer!? :blink: OK, maybe your skills are mostly in the carpentry/woodworking area. Obviously, we will NEED a plumber. :P

Susan, your Annie is a sweet sensitive little girl. I love how they do look a lot like a dingo--what are they actually? (I apologize if you mentioned that before--I am usually in brainfog when I am on here late at night) :huh:

ee cummings-I always think of the movie " Hannah and Her Sisters" -when I read ee cummings. Anyone an old Woody Allen movie fan? Cissie, your hubby would get along so well with mine, (gasp :o ) There's TWO of them?!! YIKES :lol:

OK, I am emoticonally spent on here and must get lunch together. Geez, I agree, life interferes with this forum sometimes :blink: "See" y'all later.

Robbin,

How the heck did you get all those emoticons into your post! :o

That is sooo not fair. I was robbed of my emotions last night! :angry:

Hmmm...either you have found a way to bypass this silly little rule...or I just had WAY too many emotions last night while I was sitting there typing my "relevations" and blissfully enjoying my pint of ice cream. ;)

I have a really pretty tiara whoever turns out to be queen can borrow :)

Thanks Penguin (I feel so weird calling you that),

Whoever agrees that Julie should be queen of R-Ville say "I". Or just say something else that means "yes". If at least half of the population of R-ville is in agreement then she shall be queen.

Hmmm....I have no idea how much half of our population is :unsure: ....but nevermind that....we'll figure it out later. :P

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Mango04 Enthusiast
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Mango,

We'll miss you while you're off in Australia. Hope you have the best time there...try to visit us in R-ville when you can. :)

Thanks for reminding me about the dangers of dairy....I know you're pretty passionate about it. I've read so many times that people who sometimes think they are intolerant to dairy are actually reacting to stuff *in* the dairy. Chemicals, hormones, MSG, corn....all of these things are in dairy products so I'm testing out products that are free of all the extra stuff to see if I really do react to to dairy. Cheese messes me up but its more of a histimine reaction that I get and its not always delayed depending on if I'm already reacting to histamine at the time or not. If I ate bananas, raspberries, fish and pork which are all high in histamine I would really feel it if I ate a piece of cheese. However, if I ate none of that stuff and just the cheese.....the reaction wouldnt happen until I ate enough of the cheese to trigger a reaction. Its a build up effect...like you said....but it might mot be a casein factor. Milk isnt high in histamine and I generally dont notice problems with organic milk. Once I put chocolate in my milk though...I react to the high amount of histamine in the chocolate. I just dont wanna rule out a whole food group based on my reactions to cheese or processed ice creams that have alot of other bad stuff in them like the corn syrups and "natural flavors" in ice cream.

Ha! I do go kinda nuts huh when people talk about eating dairy. I'm like the anti-dairy police. :lol: But I do think you're on to something here. At least all the cows in R-ville are raised on pure organic land and fed all natural grasses. hehe. You really should write a book about all this (ya know - about what's in all the food we eat). You know waayy too much about it :rolleyes:

VydorScope Proficient
VydorScope
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COUNTING SMILIES :D

:P:P:P:P:P

:P:P:P:P:P

:P:P:P:P:P

:P:P:P:P

(okay the limit is 20 per post, but I think i know a way to beat it )

test :P

yep! I did 21 in that post

:P :P:P:P:P

:P :P:P:P:P:P :P:P:P:P

:P :P:P:P:P

:P :P:P:P:P

ha! works everytime too :D:P

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Rachel--24
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Do tell Vincent!!!

I'm thinking 2 seperate postings or an edit???

VydorScope Proficient
VydorScope
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Do tell Vincent!!!

I'm thinking 2 seperate postings or an edit???

Yes this board combines posts if they are to close together by the same person with no other posts between. I HATE THIS FEATURE AND TURNED IT OFF ON MY BOARD. But.. since its on here, it counts the emotes per post, and since you posted twice you get 40 emotes instead of 20.. the side effect is that you can not edit thepost cause after its combined it counts it as one post, and the 20 smilie limit is enforced.

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
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Whoever agrees that Julie should be queen of R-Ville say "I".

(Raising my hand) "I"!

I think Julie is the perfect choice--she has that elegant, regal look :D

Anyway Rachel, you are president and would not have time to devote to both positions. :lol: I just found out that I'm your VP! I'm honored :D

dlp252 Apprentice
dlp252
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and Donna, was it you that asked? My Tika is on the right, got her when she was 10 weeks old from SPCA, almost 12 years ago...she is a lymphoma survivor, actually went through chemotherapy - they said she'd live 2 years max but she is 12...very strong....maybe Queensland and husky, or Queensland/german shepherd...who knows..my therapy dog Annie is unimaginably beguiling...found her on the highway three years ago, bedraggled, abused, hand-shy....six months later I encountered a woman on the beach in Montery who started screaming WHERE DID YOU GET THAT DOG? OMG I know her!!! turns out she worked at SPCA, Annie had been adopted out four times, kept running away....she ran away weekly from our house, but always came back, jumped out of a moving car three times.... :o loves us to death and never leaves my side. She is a herding dog, probably Queensland and shepherd..

okay NOW I gotta go!!!

OMG, I adopted Chip from a local vet...her owners had turned her in to be put down. They were elderly and couldn't cope with all her medical problems any more...she was an odd looking little dog, but so cute to me. She had a thyroid problem, damaged liver, epilepsy and an enlarged heart when I adopted her and she developed diabetes while I had her to had to give her daily shots. We never figured out what mix she was. She was small though but her face looked like Tika's.

Congratulations on your last month!!!! That is fantastic.

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
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Yes this board combines posts if they are to close together by the same person with no other posts between. I HATE THIS FEATURE AND TURNED IT OFF ON MY BOARD. But.. since its on here, it counts the emotes per post, and since you posted twice you get 40 emotes instead of 20.. the side effect is that you can not edit thepost cause after its combined it counts it as one post, and the 20 smilie limit is enforced.

Great work gettin around the rule :D

Rachel--24 Collaborator
Rachel--24
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You really should write a book about all this (ya know - about what's in all the food we eat). You know waayy too much about it :rolleyes:

LOL...Yeah well I was the least knowledgeable in that area all those years I stuffed my face with Micky D's and Hostess and 6 packs of soda everday. I dont think I had ever purchased a bottled water in my life before I got sick. My body wont allow me another soda, redbull or milkshake now. :(

I'm so being punished for all the years I abused my body... :(

VydorScope Proficient
VydorScope
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Great work gettin around the rule :D

HHEHE, I guess that will be my job in R-Ville, offical rule breaker :D

dlp252 Apprentice
dlp252
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Whoever agrees that Julie should be queen of R-Ville say "I". Or just say something else that means "yes". If at least half of the population of R-ville is in agreement then she shall be queen.

ME!!!! :D

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
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Vincent--We're gonna need a rule-breaker to balance all of the perfection we have planned! You'll keep us amused and on our toes.

Robbin--I just noticed your question about Poland Spring. Actually, we're gonna need a good traffic cop because I get lost here in the thread. :blink: Anyway, Poland Spring is a spring water and therefore not filtered. A lot (but not all) bottled waters are filtered. The filtering is what I evidently need to avoid, and this is the brand I use. I'm sure that any true spring water that is available would be fine for this kind of challenge. :)

dlp252 Apprentice
dlp252
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Oh, and the doctor's office just called and my biopsies were completely benign!!!! So, no more endoscopes for me and no surgery! :D

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
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Oh, and the doctor's office just called and my biopsies were completely benign!!!! So, no more endoscopes for me and no surgery! :D

Donna, that's so great! What wonderful news :D

DingoGirl Enthusiast
DingoGirl
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(Raising my hand) "I"!

I think Julie is the perfect choice--she has that elegant, regal look :D

Anyway Rachel, you are president and would not have time to devote to both positions. :lol: I just found out that I'm your VP! I'm honored :D

'twas I that mistakenly exalted - or demoted? - Rachel to Queen, in my sleepy post last night.....but this is just so right, Queen Julie, with Penguin's tiara for special occasions....

OMG Donna that is good news!!! so no surgery, you can come out for the Celiac conference in CA..... :rolleyes:

penguin Community Regular
penguin
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Oh, and the doctor's office just called and my biopsies were completely benign!!!! So, no more endoscopes for me and no surgery! :D

YAY!!! What were they testing for, again? :huh:

Oh, "Aye!!" "Oui" "Si" "ναι" For Julie as queen :)

dlp252 Apprentice
dlp252
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YAY!!! What were they testing for, again? :huh:

I had a mass at the point where the pancreatic and bile ducts empty into the duodenum. I had a biopsy in April which was reviewed by three different pathologists, one of which said it was benign, one said it was pre-cancer and one said it was probably just inflammation, lol. So this was a follow up to see if taking acid reducing meds would make it clearer. :lol:

AndreaB Contributor
AndreaB
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Oh, and the doctor's office just called and my biopsies were completely benign!!!! So, no more endoscopes for me and no surgery! :D

YEAHHHHHH! :D What a sigh of relief. :P

We are into the yeah's today. What a great day! :D

Julie will be our official town queen, that goes with greeter. :P

Rachelville Rich farmland by the ocean, with mountains at our back to provide fresh spring water.

Population (not sure haven't counted)

President: Rachel

Vice President: Patti

Governor: Julie

Lt. Governors: Miamia & Chelsea

Mayor: Andrea

Secretary: Donna & Susan

Minister of Defense: Cissi in charge of auxigro detecting geese and dingo-ish dogs

Security: Donna

Village ambassador and queen: Julie

Newscaster: Celia

Decor and Design Committee: Patti -Decor Advisor, Susan - Garden Color Coordinator, Robbin - Assistant Decor Advisor, Rachel - Building and Landscape Advisor (this is going to be a very pretty place!)

Computer Tech: Vincent

Picard: Coach (for community sports) Oh and Diver for all our sea food..sorry you got 2 jobs

Christine: Nurse (you work in a hospital right?)

Cow and goat milkers: Evie and Armetta (I think she said she has milked before)

Music teacher: Alison

Chef 1: Miamia - Chef 2: Chelse - Chef 3: Rinne

Teachers: Andrea & Patti

Shopping consultant: Donna & Rachel

Community Events Coordinator: Rinne

Village adventurer/researcher: Meredith, who travels to distant lands to bring back news and information

Tony: captain for any water craft, so he can take Picard out for diving.

Mitch: truck driver, so he can haul whatever we need.

Andrea: Treasurer

Ryan: Handy-man, general fixer upper

Nikki: Cosmotologist, hair dresser

Physical Therapist: Lynne

evie Rookie
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I had a mass at the point where the pancreatic and bile ducts empty into the duodenum. I had a biopsy in April which was reviewed by three different pathologists, one of which said it was benign, one said it was pre-cancer and one said it was probably just inflammation, lol. So this was a follow up to see if taking acid reducing meds would make it clearer. :lol:

Donna, so glad your test came out GOOD! :) i did not know of anyone having a stomach polyp, is there any concern about that? I suppose we with celiac can expect most anything since it is a bit wierd the way we cope with it!! :huh:

I am all for Julie being crowned queen of Rville, yes she looks regal!! :)

Best of luck Rachel on ICE CREAM, I eat small amounts OK. Glad you are feeling better too. I had a few days not so great & was probably chocolate!! MM's. <_< evie

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      Thank you @JulieRe so much for sharing this extra information. I'm so glad to hear you're feeling better and I hope it keeps moving in that direction. I feel I'm having so many lightbulb moments on this forum just interacting with others who have this condition. I also was diagnosed with gastric reflux maybe about 10 years ago. I was prescribed ranitidine for it several years back, which was working to reduce my gastric reflux symptoms but then the FDA took ranitidine off the shelves so I stopped taking it. I had a lot of ups and downs healthwise in and around that time (I suddenly gained 20 pounds, blood pressure went up, depression got worse, and I was diagnosed with OSA). At the time I attributed my change in symptoms to me taking on a new stressful job and didn't think much else about it. They did give me a replacement gastric reflux drug since ranitidine was off the shelves, but when I went on the CPAP for my OSA, the CPAP seemed to correct the gastric reflux problem so I haven't been on any gastric reflux drug treatment for years although I still do have to use a CPAP for my OSA. Anyway that's a long story but just to say… I always feel like I've had a sensitive stomach and had migraines my whole life (which I'm now attributing to having celiac and not knowing it) but I feel my health took a turn for much worse around 2019-2020 (and this decline started before I caught covid for the first time). So I am now wondering based on what you said, if that ranitidine i took could have contributed to the yeast overgrowth, and that the problem has just been worsening ever since. I have distinctly felt that I am dealing with something more than just stress and battling a more fundamental disease process here. I've basically been in and out of different doctor specialties for the past 5 years trying to figure out what's wrong with me. Finally being diagnosed with celiac one year ago, I thought I finally had THE answer but now as I'm still sick, I think it's one of a few answers and that maybe yeast overgrowth is another answer. For me as well, my vitamin deficiencies have persisted even after I went gluten-free (and my TTG antibody levels came down to measurably below the detectable limit on my last blood test). So this issue of not absorbing vitamins well is also something our cases have in common. I'm now working with a nutritionist and taking lots of vitamins and supplements to try and remedy that issue. I hope that you continue to see improvements in working with your naturopath on this. Keep us posted!
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      Patiently Waiting to See Results

      By catsrlife · Posted

      Back at the end of July I got this rash on both of my forearms. It started on my right and continued to the left. It was on the top and side. The rash has bumps that would pop with clear liquid if scratched. They would almost crystalize and scab up. They reminded me of chicken pox. They would scab for weeks and not heal much at all except for the blood clotting. If the scab was scratched off, it would bleed and bleed until it scabbed up again. The skin has lost its pigment where the scabs are. I figured it was probably either the plant I had trimmed around the 15th or some reaction to the magnesium complex I was taking or an allergic reaction to the asthma meds I was on. I stopped the asthma meds and the magnesium. The rash seemed to get better but when I took the asthma meds it flared up again so I went to the urgent care as my doctor was unavailable. The UC doctor said it probably wasn't the meds and asked about my diet. I said I was strict keto. I usually am, but there is a story around this. I feel amazing on keto. When I eat sugar, wheat, and starchy veggies I feel horrible. Blood sugar goes up, IBS type symptoms, brain fog, etc. But I have a horrible addiction to carbs so I blow it sometimes and after Mom died in 2023, I fell off the wagon. No rashes, just weight gain. I finally went back on keto and then around that time had a piece of pizza (or so, it's hard to stop the carb rush.) So I was strict keto, off and on. She ignored that and prescribed some allergy meds. It didn't go away.  What was happening by then was that the rash was now on my upper elbows, both of them, on the back of my arms. It starts with a very itchy bump, spreads around it and sometimes just burns like crazy and other times just itches. Then it started on the sides of my knees on the oustide, a little bit down the sides of the calves. It's not as bad there as it is on my arms even though it comes and goes (and so does wheat in my diet.) I then got three tiny blisters on each hand, 3 on the insdie of my index finger on the right hand and 3 on the inside of middle finger of my left hand. There is still a little scab there even though it was two weeks ago. No more have appeared on the fingers. But right now the back of the arms above my elbows are starting to itch. At some point I started to think mites from the possum that was sneaking into our house but it's been 3 months and they would be dead already. It wouldn't be from humans because I don't go near any humans although I did take an Uber to the doctor and the bus back. Plus, it's symmetrical. It starts on one side and is almost identical on the other.  I did my DNA with Ancestry and MyHeritage. I don't have the HLA-DQ2 or HLA-DQ8. I do have HLA-DQ2.2. I took the blood test but it was negative. Then again, I don't eat wheat every day. I rarely eat it except for lately when I've been preparing for the blood test if I have to take it again. I don't like to. It makes my joints hurt, gives me brain fog, stomach problems, I sleep in the middle of the day, etc. I have a doctor appointment tomorrow. I hope that she will be more serious about this than the UC doctor was.  So I have no idea. With my luck they'll magically disappear before the doctor appointment. That's what happens with everything.
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