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    JennyC you guys are lucky--I have to go all over Timbuktu to find gluten free things. We have Wild Oats, but not very close by, and there's a gluten free bakery, but it's a good 1/2 hour away. There's Vitamin Cottage, but in a different direction than the other two...I shouldn't complain, at least I have options! It's a good time to be gluten free--there...
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    I have to agree--some of those health food things can be scary! I did try some soy yogurt the other day and it wasn't all that bad... Also, have tried Deby's gluten free pizza crust--it's available online at www.debysglutenfree.com It was pretty good. Am trying one of Pamela's chocolate cake mixes today (add eggs, water and oil). Looks like chocolate...
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    Jerry, I agree. It sucks to be in our position. My mother called me today to tell me how sorry she is that I can't eat the things I used to. I told her not to feel sorry for me--how about the fact that this is something we can LIVE with? It's not cancer. It's not ms or md or other degenerative diseases. It's not alzheimer's. It's not a car accident...
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    Ok, Laurie, I have to jump on the bandwagon here--YUM-O--as Rachel Ray would say! I did have the opposite experience as everyone else--made it in my bread machine and it's very short! Flavor, texture, color, everything else was perfect, it just didn't rise quite as much as some say theirs did. On the other hand, neither did it fall... I used soy milk...
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    Hi S! Welcome! I hope that you feel welcome here--the vast majority of the people here are knowledgeable and supportive and happy to share their experiences and information. It's really a great group. I am new to this and I can honestly tell you that had it not been for this site, I don't know what I would have done! I received NO information from...
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    Sheryll, I, too, am in the same boat with the casein. I just got my results this week and my casein antibodies were 32 (normal range <10). The gluten I can deal with--the casein I'm having a much harder time swallowing. I think it's partly because I don't know how drastically it's affecting me right now (how many of my symptoms are from the gluten and...
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    Great--can't WAIT to try it!
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    Has anyone tried soy milk in this recipe? Can't do dairy, but I think I would prefer it with a liquid other than water... Thanks!
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    John--was just noticing your signature--you seem to be very well versed in this considering you were just diagnosed! You're a very good resource for the rest of us. Also, just curious what your colonoscopy showed. You say it was positive--for what? I have lymphocytic colitis that I believe is the large intestine version of celiac. I know celiac...
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    Here is a link to a website that is actually for miscroscopic colitis, but many of them manage their disease by eating gluten free. This should take you right to their recipe page. Open Original Shared Link
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    Yeah, they just came in late yesterday morning. Never been so anxious to get an email--you would have thought they were telling me I just won the lottery!
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    Jerry, here again we get into that fuzzy area of what is true celiac and what is not--and does it really matter? I guess I thought that since I don't have positive blood work and don't have a positive biopsy that it's not truly celiac. I have 2 copies of the genes and the stool test is very definitive to gluten sensitivity, but does that make me celiac...
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    I live just south of Denver--Castle Rock!
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    Jerry, I personally would miss you if you were not around. I don't write a lot, but I lurk often. I have gotten great joy out of the posts you have written. Just because you haven't been diagnosed "celiac" doesn't mean you don't have issues with gluten, thoughts about gluten, and opinions about gluten. You are clearly extremely sensitive to gluten...
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    I certainly am interested in the least complicated answer. I have lymphocytic colitis, 2 celiac genes, malabsorption, clear gluten intolerance, high levels of IgA and Ttg, and am casein intolerant, which confuses things even more! Certainly can't tell people all of that or they'll freak out! And BTW--I say "just" gluten sensitivity, because that's...
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    Those of you with "just" gluten sensitivity, what do you tell people about your illness? I apparently do not have celiac, but I do have various related issues. It seems so much easier to just tell people that I have celiac even though I don't. I'm not sure that that feels right to me. Just wondering how other people handle it--to friends, restaurants...
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    I just got my results from Enterolab, and all of my suspicions have been confirmed. I think I'm interpreting them correctly, if not, someone please jump in and put me on the right track. Antigliadin IgA 32 (normal <10) Antitissue Transglutaminase IgA 32 (normal <10) Fecal Fat Score 366 (normal <300) Anti-casein IgA 32 (normal <10) So...
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    Been checking 12 times a day! I laugh at myself--I have to physically be out of the house to not check every 5 minutes. BTW--I may never eat cool whip again! What a picture I have in my head right now. If only the rest of the world knew what we were sending through the mail. The UPS guy certainly wouldn't have accepted that package so readily...
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    It's been exactly 2 weeks since they received my "package". I know the website says to give them 3, but I'm just wondering approximately how long it took for most people's results to come back.
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    Hi all...went to the website that was posted earlier in this thread. They are a very well-informed group of people who were extremely welcoming to me. They hold a wealth of information and are happy to share (and they have the best emoticons and graphics!). They call themselves the potty people and generally it seems like they try to use humor as much...
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    Hi! I can't tell you how excited I am to see this thread. When I was dx'd with lymphocytic colitis back in January I asked about it, but no one answered me. I have had spent many hours researching the link between lc and celiac. I have not been diagnosed celiac, but am certain gluten is affecting me in a big way. My real problem is that I hate...
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    I certainly can empathize...she sounds just like my mother--right down to the "list of ex-friends as long as my arm". She (both my she and your she, apparently) just doesn't get that it might just be her and not the rest of the world ganging up on her. I swear she has gluten issues, from the intestinal to the mood swings and depression, but she won't get...
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    Hi Steve, Also very relieved you're back safe in Paris. We were all very worried that we hadn't heard from you in so many days. How are you feeling now? It sounds like it was just the trip from hell...I hope you are able to reflect back and find something positive that comes out of it--maybe that your mom finally *truly* realizes just how sensitive...
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    Nuts, nuts, and more nuts (till you think you're going nuts!) Craisins (with or without nuts is good) Gluten free goodies--brownies, gluten-free chocolate, or other treats. A great one is take marshmallows, spread on a little peanut butter and dip in chocolate chips--delish! Gluten-Free Pantry best sandwich bread (or maybe it's favorite...
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    And it's dairy-free, too! Ok, when made with dairy free butter. Thanks, Bob!! BTW, how do you do the quote thing--haven't been able to figure that one out yet....
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