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  1. Gemini

    ARCHIVED Belgium!

    Gemini replied to Pegleg84's topic in Traveling with Celiac Disease

    I have always noticed that the table wine in Europe is pretty damn good! I am a wine lover and so is my husband but he does like his Green's beer.
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    The reason they set the limit at 20ppms is that through scientific study, they have proven that the vast majority of people with Celiac Disease do not have an autoimmune reaction to amounts below that......it is a safe limit for most. Also, just because that limit is set at 20ppms, does not mean that gluten-free products contain that amount of gluten. Testing...
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    ARCHIVED Belgium!

    Gemini replied to Pegleg84's topic in Traveling with Celiac Disease

    WHAT??????? No Green's beer in Belgium????????? Do they export all of it? My husband loves Green's beer and says it is the only decent gluten-free beer made. He's tried quite a few but none of them compare to Green's. Thank you for this detailed report. Sounds like you had a lovely time. Happy Belated Birthday!
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    Anyone who is still young should be able to recover bone density without taking those horrible meds they like to push on people. You still have your hormones, which play an instrumental role in bone formation. Getting plenty of calcium, magnesium and Vit.D and K2 is a good place to start and then do weight bearing exercises for good measure. For women, you...
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    Yes, 2 slices of bread per day and sandwiches should be enough to test correctly. I would hate to have you get really, really sick because you ate more gluten than needed for testing. But keep it up and make sure to eat that amount every day....as hard as that is, I know. Your other symptoms are all symptoms of Celiac and if the diabetes your mother has...
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    Type 1 diabetes and Celiac share the same genetics...they are both a DQ-2 gene. Different alleles on the gene strand but they are like cousins in the gene world, if I understand the explanation correctly. This is why Type 1 diabetes is one of the bigger AI diseases that occurs more frequently with Celiac. It does not mean a Celiac will end up with diabetes...
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    I have never heard of night sweats being a symptom of diabetes but they can happen with undiagnosed Celiac or the newly diagnosed who have not yet healed. Celiac really screws up all your bodily functions and hormones are usually the first target....like thyroid disease. You are far too young for it to be menopause. But many people have complained about...
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    Hi Kathleen.....the sentence above caught my attention. If you are still having these symptoms, you really need to have your blood sugar checked, STAT. These are signs of diabetes. I am not trying to scare you but my brother was a Type 1 diabetic and he was diagnosed when these very symptoms drove him to go to the doctors. Something to keep in mind if...
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    Emma.........I also have Reynaud's. It did improve on the gluten-free diet so symptoms are not as severe as they were when I not diagnosed with Celiac. Remember....all this BS is caused by too much inflammation in the body, which the root cause of is Celiac. Tame down inflammation with the right diet and symptoms lessen for everything else. That was my...
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    The vaccine does not prevent you from getting shingles, it just keeps it from hitting you as hard. I do not think insurance will even cover it unless you are 62 years or older.....unless that has changed. My doc did not recommend it when I had the problem. She had many patients who got the vaccine and then ended up with shingles down the road. There is...
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    Good one, Jmg! Ha, Ha! I love Tom Jones!
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    I am so sorry you are suffering with this, Raven. I agree with jmg.........I hope you were put on an anti-viral because they really work well to dampen the severity of shingles. I took Acyclovir myself when I had shingles 8 years ago and it worked great. Knocked it down so the pain was not bad at all. You have to start the drug within 72 hours of first...
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    Sweet!
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    Do Canadians have to have a threshold amount before they can start deducting gluten-free food? Here in the States you have to have a minimum of 10% of your yearly adjusted gross income before you can even start to deduct anything. It's not popular, as you can well imagine.
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    Hi Dee....good to see you back! I am sorry about the Type 1 diabetes diagnosis that your daughter had. You do know that those with Type 1 are at increased risk of having Celiac also. If your daughter is on a full gluten diet, then they should repeat a full Celiac panel. Not just the tTg but a full panel. Her tTg can be influenced by the diabetes alone...
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    Hummingbird-Hill....you took the words right out of my mouth! I was going to suggest testing for Sjogren's because many of those symptoms are the same for Sjogren's. I also have Sjogren's and it is a b%$@# compared to Celiac. Request SS-A and SS-B antibody testing. Here is a link that explains Sjogren's testing better than I can. http://emedicine...
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    Avoiding processed food is not necessary for everyone. Many people can tolerate small amounts like bread in the beginning. There is no proof that total avoidance of these products leads to faster healing. I was in my mid-40's when diagnosed and did not abstain from all processed foods. I needed to gain weight badly so ate gluten-free bread (toast) in the...
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    Kat........the Zoloft is not going to help you much at this point because you are not absorbing correctly. It's a crap shoot with meds in the beginning because you don't know how much of it is getting into your system. I have thyroid disease and I was all over the map with my thyroid in the beginning. Then, after some time has passed, you will have to be...
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    Monte Hall wants to know if you want Door #1, Door #2 or Door #3?
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    I would say that is good advice....unless the food is gluten free.
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    I have to agree with your statement, pixiegirl! It was never hard for me to do this but I love to cook and alter recipes and I get so damn sick when I get cc'd that all gluten food does not even appeal to me. Maybe it's where we live...I am in Mass. also!
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    You can eat out successfully but it depends on many things. Squirmy gave you some good advice but if you live in an area with high knowledge, it can be done quite successfully. I only go to high end places except for some that are either owned by Celiac's or have them in the family. They always seem to get it right. I have 2 places that are my favorites...
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    But it's more fun to buy a new one......
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    I am sorry you are getting sick more often than you should or would like, but I would imagine it would be extremely difficult living in a foreign country like Korea while trying to learn the diet and heal. You are also in the early stages of healing so you will have ups and downs for awhile. I give you credit for trying because I know I wouldn't be that...
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    I am going to answer this because I do not want you to be overly concerned about things that will NOT be a threat. You have to ingest crumbs down into your gut for a reaction to occur and yes, your gut begins at your mouth. But the likelihood of you ingesting crumbs from your purse from touching your face or mouth is pretty infinitesimal. Clean out your...
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