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  1. Green Fingered Gaelic
    Come on guys, we're all old enough to know how to handle the sock monsters. I'm in Ireland so its mostly leprecuans here. A usefull fact is that most leprecuans are celiac, so just leave em a bowl of cookies and they wont bother you again. Otherwise your only hope is the gnome trap with lucky charms as previously described. However the lucky charms...
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    Being diagnosed age 2 I've never had the will to attempt a diet such as vegetarianism or vegenism. However I will say this, I respect those choices on ethical grounds. Go animal welfare. I haven't had time to read all the wise replies you've allready recieved on this thread, though before I do I'd like to add this. How much do vegans add to the debate...
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    Lister, sounds like your girl is being real supportive with that salsa etc. Thats great. I hope you appreciate her. Carla I can associate with what you said exactly. Lister with your da, family etc. Here is how I see it when I'm depressed. My immune system is trying to kill me, so its no suprise that my family are too, the whole goddam world is...
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    My only problems with Indian food has been the spices. All too often spices like turmeric are cut with wheat to make more proffits. I try to allways go back to basics. I get turmeric root from the oriental market. I also only use fresh chillies. I love paprika but have yet to find a clean enough source of it.
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    OKAY. Celiac 101. Gluten is sticky and so is glue. But thats not what damages the villi. Our problem is that our immune system detects gluten, and then releases enzymes into the intestine. These are what cause damage the villi. For years I was misinformed that the sticky gluten held down the villi, its not true. Here is the hardpart. The villi in...
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    So cause we are celiacs its so easy to spend all our time going oh I can't eat wheat, oats, barley and rye. I can't eat anything. Its funny. Our allergy makes us feel like we cant eat anything. Sometimes it blinds us. There are so many things we can have for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Its a matter of knowing whats safe to eat and then its a matter of...
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    Wise words Raven
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    ps eKath I wish you could eat ma cheese. It really works wonders for my stomache bacteria after glutenation its like natural probiotics!
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    So here is a continuation of my previous post. So most of us here sitting in the coping with being a celiac homo sapien forum spend most of our time b%$@#in about how miserable life is when we've got the aul dqb chromosone. Well dig this. Imagine if being a celiac, or a coeliac as we call em in eupope, wasn't the crappiest thing in your life. Imagine...
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    Dear High Tech Mom, This is your 3rd pregnancy, and you've experienced similiar pains before. So who knows this could just be a painfull muscle, disk, thing. I've never heard of a gluten-free diet hurting anyone. I'm an athiest but I pray you have a safe birth, and a happy family. Peace
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    Lister have you ever heard of the white stripes. Its a band. They have this song, and it boils down to being overwhelmed by our woes. This woman is sitting in the park overwhelmed by her problems, and she sees a squirel storing up nuts for the winter. She thinks to herself if that squirrel can do it so can I. She breaks her problems down into acorns (Metaphorically...
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    Hey Lister, Finally managed to read the entire post. Phew! So here is the thing, allot of your problems right now are being exaserbated by stress. "Chill Winston". Some of this may be caused by giving up the green. Some is your illness. Some of this is related to your family, girl, life etc. Try not to think of it all at once ever, your head...
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    Rather than mail him you could just get on with it. If he is aggreeing to roll with the gluten-free diet, it would be diplomatic to ease it in gently rather than sending in the bombers. You could shock him into overreacting again. Its great that this has worked out for now. Tis time to get on with tomorrow and forget about yesterday. Good luck
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    Thanks Jules, Thats it, here we can talk and understand each other. You talk to friends and family and they look at you like your a sick puppy. Sympathy can be nice, but its not really that helpful. The understanding and support from you guys is great. Thanks again. Just gotta copy and paste this ad over, maybe it doesn't appear on your...
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    Its so difficult to remember everything. A warning tape isn't a bad idea. gluten-free waffles are a even better idea, but best of all would be no cross contamination whatsoever. We are all human and we all make mistakes. Hi to your daughter. Hope she is well.
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    I was going to say exactly what Carla said. Except I probably wouldn't have put it so well. Growing up with this as a kid I never felt like the freak or anything. Also that there are few reasons to argue that gluten should be included in a diet. So hubby don't really have a leg to stand on. Try to drag him back from his dramatic extreme examples. Also...
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    Hey Rebecca, The better I get at being a celiac the harder it gets. The more regular gluten you intake the less severe the reactions, however the long term consequences are serious. I've been diagnosed 24 years, im 26 now. I still get reactions, and as bad as ever. I'm a bit better at coping with them now, but its tough. I've allways adhered to a gluten...
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    You guys are all so nice. Your group support has lifted me so much higher than I otherwise would have been today. When I was writing that this morning I was kinda thinkin of how we all get those glamourous moments, the sort of moments you wouldn't tell your best friend, but moments we've all have some of. Makes me feel less weird. Kinda hoped it would...
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    Thanks Debbie65, I wanted you to laugh. I wanted to get rid of the negitive energy in a postive way. Thanks to you guys and this wonderful forum, I have. Debmidge, I was diagnosed aged 2, first by my granny. Eventually a doctor reluctently booked me a biobsy which confirmed the results. I went gluten-free age two but the biobsy was much later. I only...
  20. Green Fingered Gaelic
    Sometimes as a Celiac you awake and it feels like its the first day of your life. I love the words of Kurt Vonnegut in Timequake 'I've been sick for a long time, I'm better now, and there is allot of work to do'. This morning I woke up feeling tremendous pain. I sat on the edge of my bed as I tried to figure what was happening to me. In a split...
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    Thanks buddy!
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    Lisa, Ditto hence growing my own Quinoa, hopefully you can get some started in the cold frame your husbands making for you. The other thing with Quinoa, at least in Wisconsin, is that they harvest it with the same trailers as they do barley or some other such gluten containing grain.
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    Deb, I can't possibly read all the replies before I reply. Just gotta say GREAT IDEA. Where do I sign? Quin Then again it could just be a holiday. We could have an annual global coeliac festival
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    Hi Jarrett, Welcome to club Coeliac. I'm glad your having a soft landing. I've been diagnosed for 24 years. I'm 26. My Gran recognised my condition early and saved me allot of suffering. It is great to be diagnosed, now you can at least get on with getting better. However its a long road, experience is the teacher, and the better you...
  25. Green Fingered Gaelic
    curried millet salad sounds great. Tho I wonder whether curry powder is cut with wheat the way that turmeric is. Anyhows yea would be interested in that recipe. So far my experience with millet ain't been so good. Its just a matter of havin the right recipe. My first quinoa attempts were pretty watery and dull. BTW Mayflowers I'm Irish too...
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