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  1. plantime
    I'm not seeing where this will cure celiac. I do see where it will cure many food allergies, the ones that manifest in symptoms other than anaphlylaxia. For example, it could allow me to eat eggs without getting the horrific migraines. But I do not see where stopping the gut permeability problem will allow my body to digest gluten. The gluten will remain...
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    ARCHIVED Scare Tactics

    plantime replied to a topic in Doctors

    Eh, so you don't have a problem with us. Go ahead and vent, we understand. Doctors, employers, teachers, and even friends and family cause us the grief you are talking about. Try starting a support group yourself. What country are you in? We come from all over the globe, so maybe someone is in your country and can give you better help and advice than...
  3. plantime
    What do the parents of kids without a doctor's diagnosis do? They can't get a 504. How do they handle school and day care?
  4. plantime
    A state-licensed day care is required to take kids with dietary restrictions, and to employ all means necessary to ensure that the child is cared for properly. The day care gets extra help and funding to do this, all that is required (in Kansas, any way) is a written diagnosis from the child's doctor. For a preschool and grade school child, the 504 is a...
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    ARCHIVED Scare Tactics

    plantime replied to a topic in Doctors

    So your doctor doesn't have a clue. Many of them don't. What, exactly, is your problem with us?
  6. plantime
    A child with diabetes is NOT the same as a child with celiac! A celiac child can simply carry meals from home, and eat them in the cafeteria at assigned meal times, just like any other child that carries lunch from home. Celiac does NOT disrupt school for a child. If the child is ill from accidental consumption, then the child should be at home, with a...
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    Exactly what is the school supposed to do to accomodate the child being celiac? The child is in middle school, and is quite capable of taking some responsibility for herself. Yes, the school should have to provide her a lunch and breakfast that is glutenfree, but what else is there that the school should have to do about it? This is a FOOD issue, not a...
  8. plantime
    This sounds like a whole lot of the parents trying to pass responsibility of their daughter's dietary care to the school. Schools are not equipped to take sole responsibility like that. The parents need to make sure the girl gets to bed earlier the night before, and provide her lunch for school. A refrigerator is not needed to store a lunch, she can carry...
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    ARCHIVED Weight Watchers

    plantime replied to a topic in Related Issues & Disorders

    I did flex for a while. I quit worrying about losing weight when I started having health problems, so I haven't actually "dieted" for a while. Weight Watchers is the best plan for me, as it is the only one that accomodates all of my allergies, as well as celiac.
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    It must be my fault. Since I was diagnosed, I have been recommending this site to everyone in my family. And I come from a large family!
  11. plantime
    In my baked foods, like cakes and cookies, I use one tablespoon of ground flax mixed into 3 tablespoons of hot water for each egg. It works well for chocolate chip cookies and devil's food cake. It is not so good for breads and biscuits, but I did get a delicious cobbler crust with it! Chicken, turkey, eggs, strawberries, and stone fruits are the only...
  12. plantime
    My reaction to eggs has always been to get a migraine a couple of hours after eating them. Allergy doc says it is an intestinal reaction, not an allergy. So, having been glutenfree for over a year, is it possible that with healing of the intestines I could eat eggs again? I know that after healing, a person can sometimes have milk again. I think it has...
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    Wow! Talk about a timely topic! I spent the last few days with my head just reeling. It turns out I had glutened myself, and it was part of the reaction I was having. I also get lightheaded and dizzy when the weather changes, it is my body's own reaction to the barometric pressure changing. It is scary, I was afraid to leave the house alone!
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    Whether or not you get a formal diagnosis is strictly up to you. I will tell all of you this, I went and filed for disability a couple of weeks ago. Whien talking to the lady at the SSA office, she did put down Celiac on my application. She said celiac by itself would not qualify me, but since I also have a couple of other problems, the docs will look...
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    ARCHIVED Pain

    plantime replied to bluize's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    I don't know about what anyone else does, but I take whatever painkiller works when I have a slip-up. If motrin eases your misery, have at it! You might also try antihistamines. It works sometimes for me.
  16. plantime
    'Tis the season for intestinal viruses. I would just wait it out for another week. Docs are quick to push the anxiety pills lately!
  17. plantime
    "I have a history of depression and anxiety (shocker) and am on several medications for this but nothing seems to be helping. I am seeing my gastroenterologist and psychiatrist next week (one of my medications is not gluten free) but I'm wondering if anyone else felt depressed, irritable and angry after going gluten-free." For me, gluten contamination...
  18. plantime
    A major part of my problem is that glutenfree flours have more calories than wheat flour. Since I figured out how to make yummy devil's food cake and chocolate chip cookies, I can eat the whole batch. I feel deprived, since I cannot eat whatever I want, so I overeat what I can have. It's a vicious circle!
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    I was fortunate: the doc that did my endoscopy was looking specifically for damage. He said he saw patches that were red and inflamed, so he took the biopsy samples from those patches. Otherwise, the diagnosis would have been missed, because not all of my small intestine was damaged at the time. A doctor that is not so careful might have missed it, and...
  20. plantime
    1. sex:f 2. age:40 3. ethnic group:caucasian 4. age at which you were diagnosed:40 5. How did you feel when you were diagnosed?miserable. I hurt constantly. 6. Did you have health problems in childhood?no more than any other child 7. How well do you maintain a gluten-free diet? XX I absolutely never eat gluten __ I very rarely eat gluten that I know...
  21. plantime
    It took a few weeks for all of the junk to clear my system, and I am still healing, but I felt SO MUCH BETTER!!! within a month of starting the diet! My sister felt better two weeks after starting the diet, but she doesn't want to give up bread and pasta, so she goes back on gluten, and has to start all over again. As for me, one crumb of bread is not worth...
  22. plantime
    I'm heading into early menopause, so I am having trouble telling the PMS swings from the perimenopausal swings. I want it all to be over!!
  23. plantime
    {{{Hugs}}}!! Rest and recover. Give yourself time. Take care of yourself! I'm glad you were able to reach out to that nurse, maybe now she doesn't feel so alone with celiac.
  24. plantime
    I talked with Red via email, taking my issue with this off the board. I have learned that he is simply looking at a broader spectrum for answers. I am sorry for the hostility and defensiveness. Here are my answers. #1)My celiac symptoms date back as far as I can remember, just no one knew what it was. I don't remember all of the meds and dosages that...
  25. plantime
    Mary Kay Cosmetics waterproof mascara is glutenfree.
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