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  1. plantime
    Two weeks is a long time. Hang tough, it will be over soon. Even if the tests come back negative, you can try a gluten-free diet to see if you feel better. The tests don't always tell the truth, as many on the board can affirm. Just hold on to the hope of a healthy life!
  2. plantime
    I love to eat at a small place called 400 Grill. It is a Mom and Pop restaurant, owned and operated by one retired couple. Each meal is made individually, and all of the cans have ingredient labels that they let me read. They are careful if I specify what I cannot have, to not let it come near my plate. My son works a Sonic, so he helped me educate the...
  3. plantime
    That virus affected the part of your body that was damaged by the gluten. It is a major setback for you. Try to get extra rest, and eat light. It takes time to heal. No help, I know, but it's all I know to tell you.
  4. plantime
    After an accident, it can take up to 8 weeks to fully recover. Having been gluten-free for 8 months, your body has decided that it really likes being gluten-free! It causes the reactions to be worse, and take longer to get over. Hang in there, it will pass.
  5. plantime
    My frustration is more aimed at manufacturers that think wheat has to be in everything. I mean, come on! Campbells does not need to use wheat as a thickener! My anger is at people with celiac disease that expect everyone else to take responsibility for them. I just want to yell at them to read the labels themselves! You don't need a doctor's note to...
  6. plantime
    Besides gluten, what else can you not have in a sunscreen or lotion? In reading the labels, I have not found gluten listed in the sunscreen I bought, or the cocoa butter lotion I use. You just have to read the labels!
  7. plantime
    I was very fortunate to have caught it before any severe damage occured. It only took a month gluten-free to feel better and be able to eat without getting sick to my stomach. I have lots of extra energy, but my joints are very stiff and achy. The muscles feel like they are full of fluid. The doctor put me on 25 mg of Vioxx a day because blood test revealed...
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    ARCHIVED Cbs News Report

    plantime replied to a topic in Publications & Publicity

    Thanks for the link, Thomas. I went right to it and submitted my request.
  9. plantime
    If you do not have diarrhea, chances are a biopsy will do no good. Have your doctor run the celiac blood panel. You might just have allegies, but the blood panel will tell if you are predisposed to celiac. You might also have a hiatel hernia or ulcers, so please make sure you see your doctor.
  10. plantime
    I have gluten sensitivity. I have been reading about it, and believe that is a the beginning stage of celiac disease. I refuse to wait until it becomes fluu-blown celiacs. I am on a gluten-free diet for the rest of my life. I think that I have avoided most of the agony and illness that others have suffered, simply by the early diagnosis of the sensitivity...
  11. plantime
    Tally, If you have been biopsy-diagnosed with celiac disease, then YOU MUST STAY OFF GLUTEN FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. It is NOT something you can eat, period! The diarrhea is because of the damage done to your intestines. Eating gluten causes the damage. It takes time to cause the level of damage required for diarrhea, which is why you only get it occasionally...
  12. plantime
    If I am understanding that piece correctly, the intolerance to the milk proteins happened quickly, but the gluten needed time to do its damage. Maybe that is why not all of us have the diarrhea and so many cannot get positive biopsies: something has happened in their lives (in my case it was poverty!) to stop them from eating gluten for a while and thus...
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    ARCHIVED Disbelieving Doctor

    plantime replied to a topic in Doctors

    "I Be Stumped"!! Oh, I love that one! They be stumped. alright!
  14. plantime

    ARCHIVED Hi From Me

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

    I had a woman call it "a little sensitivity" and tell me that eating whole wheat 4 or 5 times a day would cure it. A man kept trying to tell me that I could just take shots for it! I hope those people do not have to learn about it the hard way!
  15. plantime
    I asked the doctor's office about the test, and they told me a dozen or so items have been requested. Apparently, the doc is concerned becuse I have had several severe reactions lately to different things, and each reaction is worse than the last. I guess the wheat just falls in with the group she is looking at. I will be talking to the allergist when...
  16. plantime
    I bought it at Wal Mart for my son, who informed me later that he has no intention of using "that sissy-baby stuff." I told him I was worried about him getting sunburned, and he said "I have to wear my shirt while I am working!" He doesn't take it off except to swim, but he figures he'll be too busy working at his job, on his car, and helping with the house...
  17. plantime
    Fruit Of The Earth Block Up! Plus dry Sport spf30 with Aloe Vera water and sweat resistant water, C12-15 alkyl benzoate, PEG-8, cetearyl alchol (and) ducetyl phosphate (and) ceteth-10 phosphate, aloe vera gel, tocopheryl acetate (vitamin E), extracts of: chamomile, lemon peel, cranesbill, calendula, sage, burdock, balm mint, black walnut; DEA cetyl phosphate...
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    ARCHIVED Fast Food

    plantime replied to lstroud's topic in Gluten-Free Restaurants

    Western Sizzlin once served me mashed potatoes with chives and sour cream mixed in them. I told the waitress no, I ordered my mashed potatoes plain. She came back with the manager, who said that to get them plain, I had to order a baked potato. Funny, the WS in our town closed for lack of business a couple of months later!
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    ARCHIVED Disbelieving Doctor

    plantime replied to a topic in Doctors

    Read Debmidge's post and change the last line to "This is just two women's opinions." I pay my doctor plenty, and I expect to get what I pay for!
  20. plantime
    Please rethink your thinking! gluten-free food >is< the real thing!
  21. plantime
    Even if a biopsy is negative, you could still have celiac disease. Your bloodwork told your doctor that you have celiac disease. The gluten-free diet says you will get better if you avoid all gluten. CHEATING ON THIS DIET IS NOT ALLOWED, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!! After you have been gluten-free for a while, even a tiny amount will make you extremely...
  22. plantime
    My personal opinion is that insurance is a rip-off. However, with all of the problems that celiacs have, it is necessary for the testing. I wish you the best of luck finding a company to cover you. If you have been diagnosed, and are gluten-free, shouldn't they have to cover you? I know they claim preexisting condition, but I thought they could only use...
  23. plantime
    Since cows have four chambers in their stomachs, I'm betting that their digestive process would eliminate gluten from milk. However, I do know that if a milk cow eats onion plants, the milk will taste like onions. I also know that sometimes cows are put out to graze in harvested wheat fields. I don't know how common that practice is, though.
  24. plantime
    I think gelatin is safe. When I looked at the yogurt labels, my concern was the modified food starch.
  25. plantime
    I use a wide-brimmed hat and a long sleeve shirt. Guaranteed gluten free, and they do not have to be reapplied every hour!
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