Jump to content
  • Welcome to Celiac.com!

    You have found your celiac tribe! Join us and ask questions in our forum, share your story, and connect with others.




  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A1):



    Celiac.com Sponsor (A1-M):


  • Get Celiac.com Updates:
    Support Our Content
    eNewsletter
    Donate

Looks Like Pa Might Finally Get Snow!


blueeyedmanda

Recommended Posts

blueeyedmanda Community Regular

Just checked the weather channel and it looks like PA might finally get snow, and a good amount. I want to go skiing so bad!!

Looks like Weds will be a snow day.


Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):
Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):



Celiac.com Sponsor (A8-M):



Guhlia Rising Star

WOO-HOO!!!

Judyin Philly Enthusiast

HEY WHERE ARE YOU..???

WE'RE OUTSIDE PHILLY AND I THINK WE ARE GONA..GET..IT..

JUDY

Guhlia Rising Star

We're both from the Lancaster/Harrisburg area. I would love to get some snow. Tori has a brand new snowsuit for this year and she's dying to try it out. Right now things are just muddy around here. Yuck!

jerseyangel Proficient

They're saying that we're going to get it here in Jersey, too. I just saw a weather report that said it should start Tuesday afternoon, and go through to Wednesday.

Has anyone heard how much is expected?

Guhlia Rising Star

I heard 6" total here... I'll believe that when I see it!

TinkerbellSwt Collaborator

I am on the Jersey Shore and some said 3-6 inches, others say up to a foot... as of last nite, most all of the models had different stories.. at least for this area... I am always on the border line for the snow..


Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):
Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):



Celiac.com Sponsor (A8-M):



blueeyedmanda Community Regular

On 97.3 the river this morning it said 6-12 inches. Too bad, John has an "essential" job at the hospital or we would stay home, but why should I lose some PTO if he is going in.

I will get to enjoy it on Tuesday night though, movie night!!!!

jerseyangel Proficient

Wow! I didn't realize they were expecting that much. (Where the heck have I been :ph34r::lol: )

By tonight all the milk, bread and shovels will be gone from the store shelves :P

blueeyedmanda Community Regular

JerseyAngel-

I know you will appreciate this, I was in Wegmans over the weekend, in Downingtown since we had taken a trip to Philly to pick something I purchased on Craigslist, the store was a mad house, and you know how their stores are always a zoo. Well you could barely get near the dairy areas and the deli. The bread looked picked through. That didn't bother me, I have no use for it. It seems as if people are stocking up.

jerseyangel Proficient
JerseyAngel-

I know you will appreciate this, I was in Wegmans over the weekend, in Downingtown since we had taken a trip to Philly to pick something I purchased on Craigslist, the store was a mad house, and you know how their stores are always a zoo. Well you could barely get near the dairy areas and the deli. The bread looked picked through. That didn't bother me, I have no use for it. It seems as if people are stocking up.

:D I was at the Mt. Laurel store yesterday! We noticed the same thing--the deli was a zoo! I haven't seen it that busy since they first opened.

blueeyedmanda Community Regular

Well, I am getting to enjoy the snow today since I am home from work sick on the couch...but it does look pretty. I am curled under the blanket and I am looking out at the houses on the hill covered in snow.

I am not looking forward to the ice coming though. Still looks pretty.

jerseyangel Proficient
Well, I am getting to enjoy the snow today since I am home from work sick on the couch...but it does look pretty. I am curled under the blanket and I am looking out at the houses on the hill covered in snow.

I am not looking forward to the ice coming though. Still looks pretty.

:( Sorry you're sick today.

We only have had a slight dusting so far. I wonder what it'll look like by morning.

Hope you feel better! :)

Guhlia Rising Star

Amanda, sweetie, you better hurry up and feel better tomorrow... It's beautiful outside!!! We have about 3", maybe 4", here and Tori finally got to play in the snow. I took her sledding today. Of course, we had a big fiasco trying to find her boots and winter gloves. We ended up putting a pair of dress boots on her and a pair of knit gloves and only stayed out for 5 minutes. She had fun though. She discovered that you can eat the snow. :)

Feel better!!!

blueeyedmanda Community Regular

I am starting to feel better, it's "my time" and I think between John having another round of the stomach bug, IVF, and every womans favorite time, it just hit me today.

I am so glad Tory got outside today! She will have fun tomorrow, I am hoping the ice doesn't knock out the power , so I already took a shower and cleaned up the kitchen.

We got a lot of snow already. You should make Tory a "snow cone" with orange juice. Enjoy your snow day. I am trying to explain to John that the predicted ice means we should not trek to the Med Center in the morning for work, I have a desk job so it is not a problem if I don't make it, John works on the dock so he is worried that if he doesn't go in and other people make it...well you get the point.

It does look pretty outside though :):):)

Guhlia Rising Star

We're getting sleet now. Such a shame to ruin all that beautiful snow. I'm glad I got Tori outside today. If there's any snow left tomorrow I'll make her a snow cone with juice. That sounds good.

I'm glad you're starting to feel a little better. No one should have to be sick for beautiful snow days.

blueeyedmanda Community Regular

Yep ice here now.

One of my coworkers lives in Manheim and she just called and asked if I thought I would make it in tomorrow and she said it is getting worse so she is unsure if she will be in, she had two cars wreck in front of her on 283 on her way home at 2:30, she said she has never been so scared.

jerseyangel Proficient

We ended up getting a couple of inches this afternoon--and now freezing rain.

blueeyedmanda Community Regular

We got snow all day started at 6:30 when we were getting up for work, even though it was on/off snow we have several inches nw ice and wind.

Guhlia Rising Star

It looks creepy outside with the snow glistening a little too much. Kind of like a horror movie. It's still raining a little bit here.

We only live a few minutes from Manheim. I can't imagine how she's going to make it to work tomorrow. We have a really thick coating of ice already and it still has all night to accumulate.

If you and John go to work tomorrow, please be careful! Especially since you go in so early.

Patti, how's the ice out your way? How far away are you from us?

Judyin Philly Enthusiast

HI my other PA weather birds....

just through open my guest bedroom window and there is a really really fine mist and it's freezing as it hits the skin...is that sleet???? I thought sleet was frozen rain drops.

so glad I don't have to go to work.

I worked in a hospital too and the pressure to open the medical library for the dr and other medical staff was kinda important...but some days we'd just have security unlock the doors and let it be open....on my would take days to put it back together. :lol::)

I had a 'stressful day inside the house...so at 2:30 I got in the NEW CAR and set out to just drive...ended up at boarders and got a celiac disease/dvd of Nora Jones for hubby and a garden magazine for me.

The roads weren't that bad but kept and eye on it...and by the time I got home it was freezing..but it was a good 'mental health' move for me.

amanda, hope your feeling better and the rest of you all stay safe.

yeikes. let's pray we keep elect...last summer for 5 days was enough for me.

hugs all

judy

blueeyedmanda Community Regular

I know, what you mean about electricity, we have gas heat/cooking here, but the therm is electric so no heat if we lose elect. Supposedly you can manually light the gas stove (electric ignite) but I am very paranoid about doing that.

Ang-I am trying to convince John to stay in tomorrow, but he works in Shipping/Rec. I don't think they will have a lot of freight coming in, all flights around here have been cancelled. Since I am having surgery in a 2-3 weeks he is worried he won't be able to take off for that if he calls in tomorrow. He works in a tricky department.

Judy-It is sleeting here and you can hear it sounds alittle like hail, you can hear it pinging and hitting the house and then the wind starts. It just sounds so violent, I bet it stings when it hits your arms/face.

Judyin Philly Enthusiast

yeh, that's what i thought sleet sounded like. i'll do another window/up ck----nothing---

not even the mist.

maybe it's coming my way..your farther East than i am.

guess there are some power outages.

judy

Guhlia Rising Star

Judy, when it's wet in the air, but freezes upon hitting or before it hits the ground it is called freezing rain. Sleet is kind of hard I thought, similar to hail, but wetter feeling. I dunno... :) It was definitely switching between sleet and freezing rain here. Yuck! The snow has a nice shiny crust to it now.

Amanda, surgery? Perhaps roads will be better tomorrow and you guys will be able to make it into work. I guess you kind of have to go in if he does, huh? That would suck. I used to work at the same place as my husband and it was so weird when one of us didn't make it to work. It was always like everyone was suspicious. Very odd. It was a small office though.

I hope all our other PA friends are okay with all this ice. Snow doesn't bother me, but ice freaks me out.

zansu Rookie

Pittsburgh is a mess! it wasn't too bad driving in yesterday, but driving home at 2 was starting to get challenging. Add to that the half inch of ice from last night and I am glad everything was canceled today!

For those of you not familiar, I don't think Pittsburgh knows what arteries are... all the streets I use to commute my 11 miles (40 minutes) to work have houses, some with driveways onto the street, but most with on-street parking. no "snow emergency routes" around here. So the plows have to do their best around cars. oh, and hills. It's illegal to have a flat street here.... Many have quite steep grades. And whether or not the street is plowed seems to vary greatly by neighborhood, because they have separate municipalities every 3 blocks. Makes life interesting!

(native Floridian, recently transplanted from DC to Pittsburgh)

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.


  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A19):



  • Member Statistics

    • Total Members
      131,939
    • Most Online (within 30 mins)
      7,748

    Michelle C.
    Newest Member
    Michelle C.
    Joined

  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A20):


  • Forum Statistics

    • Total Topics
      121.5k
    • Total Posts
      1m

  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A22):





  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A21):



  • Upcoming Events

  • Posts

    • Wheatwacked
      Marsh 3b is the Gold Standard of diagnosis for Celiac Disease.  Until recently, regardless of antibody tests, positive or negative, you had to have Marsh 3 damage to be awarded the diagnosis of Celiac. As I understand you,  you were having constant symptoms..  Your symptoms improved on GFD, with occassional flare ups. Did your doctor say you do and you are questioning the diagnosis? Regarding your increasing severity when you get glutened it is "normal.  Gluten acts on the Opiod receptors to numb your body.  Some report withdrawal symptoms on GFD.  I was an alcoholic for 30 years, about 1/2 pint of voda a day. Each time I identified a trigger and dealt with it, a new trigger would pop up.  Even a 30 day rehab stint, with a low fat diet (severe pancreatis) during which I rarely had cravings.  Stopped at a Wendys on the way home and the next day I was drinking again.  20 years later, sick as a dog, bedridden on Thanksgiving, after months of reasearch, I realized that gluten free was my Hail Mary.  Back in 1976 my son was diagnosed at weaning with Celiac Disease and his doctor suggested my wife and I should also be gluten free because it is genetic.  At 25 years old I felt no gastro problems and promised if I ever did I would try gluten free.  Well, I forgot that promise until I was 63.  Three days of gluten and alcohol free, I could no longer tolerate alcohol. Eleven years gluten and alcohol free, with no regrets. Improvement was quick, but always two steps forward and one back.  Over time I found nineteen symptoms that I had been living with for my entire life, that doctors had said, "We don't know why, but that is normal for some people". Celiac Disease causes multiple vitamin and mineral deficiency.  It is an autoimmune disease, meaning your immune system B and T cells create antibodies against ttg(2) the small intestin in Celiac Disease and sometimes ttg(3) in skin in Dermatitis Herpetiformus.  Why is poorly understood.  In fact, it wasn't even know that wheat, barley and rye gluten was the cause.  Celiac Disease was also called Infantilism, because it was deadly, and believed to only be a childhood disease. So as part of your symptoms you must deal with those deficiencies.  Especially vitamin D because it contols your immune system.  Virtually all newly diagnosed Celiacs have vitamin D deficiency.  There are about 30 vitamin and minerals that are absorbed in the small intestine.  With Marsh 3 damage you may be eating the amount everyone else does, but you are not absorbing them into your system, so you will display symptoms of their deficiency.   As time passes and you replenish your deficiencies you may notice other symptoms improve, some you did not even know were sypmptos. Our western diet has many deficiencies build into it.   That is the reason foods with gluten are fortified.  Gluten free processed food are not required to fortify.  Vitamin D, Iodine, choline.  The B vitamins, especially Thiamine (B1) run deficient quickly.  We only store enough thiamine for 2 weeks for symptoms can come on quickly.  Magnesium, zinc, etc. each having its own symptoms affecting multiple systems.  High homocystene, and indicator of vascular inflamation can be cause by deficient Choline, folate, B6 and or B12.  Brain fog, deficient choline, iodine, thiamine. Dietary intake of choline and phosphatidylcholine and risk of type 2 diabetes in men: The Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study    
    • Rogol72
      I cut out the rice because it was affecting my stomach at the time ... not necessarily dermatitis herpetiformis. It was Tilda Basmati Rice, sometimes wholegrain rice. I was willing to do whatever it took to heal. Too much fiber also disagrees with me as I have UC.
    • trents
      But you didn't answer my question. When you consume gluten, is there an identifiable reaction within a short period of time, say a few hours?
    • Scott Adams
      You can still have celiac disease with negative blood test results, although it's not very common:  Clinical and genetic profile of patients with seronegative coeliac disease: the natural history and response to gluten-free diet: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5606118/  Seronegative Celiac Disease - A Challenging Case: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9441776/  Enteropathies with villous atrophy but negative coeliac serology in adults: current issues: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34764141/   
    • Scott Adams
      I am only wondering why you would need to cut out rice? I've never heard of rice being any issue in those with DH.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

NOTICE: This site places This site places cookies on your device (Cookie settings). on your device. Continued use is acceptance of our Terms of Use, and Privacy Policy.