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    Happy birthday and may God bless you today!

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    Does anyone have good tips on how to ease a cough from bronchitis that is keeping you up at night? I have not been able to eat or sleep for two days, my head is throbbing, and I feel like my lungs are aflame. Dr says it is the weather here, but I have gotten much worse since I went to his office. I might go to urgent care tomorrow morning, but right now I...
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    Hey y'all, sorry I haven't been around. Got crazy busy for the holidays, and as a result got a little lax on my gluten avoiding skills. I had a serious glutening that lead to an infection. My doctor put me on Erythromycin, and said that since I get a lot of the side effects from antibiotics, I could take probiotics if I want. The problem is, I can't find...
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    It is not at all uncommon for beta carotene to exit the body via the skin if you eat enough of it. Beta carotene is found in any yellow or orange veggies. One thing about it: Exercise makes you sweat. Sweat is the method of exit for the beta carotene, along with many other extra vitamins and many toxins. It would get worse with the exercise. That is...
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    Tell your husband he has choices aplenty! He can: a) Eat what is there Go hungry c) Add an extra kitchen to the house with a separate A/C system and equipment, and cook his own dinner. Most men will choose (a), and get over it.
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    I too, emailed them, simply because there is no "warning", there is a passing comment. A warning is made when it stands out from the information, and should be given prior to the other information. You don't dig through the packaging on a medication to figure out whether it makes you drowsy, do you? The information is clearly posted so as to be effective...
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    I got the same thing before I got diagnosed, and when I was hospitalized, their blood work indicated an extremely low potassium level. DO NOT - please, do not under any circumstances self treat this- low potassium and high potassium are both extremely dangerous. If you think you may have it, get your doctor to check for it. Don't simply go buy supplements...
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    It is a combination of the cysts and endometriosis, and severe damage from treatments and infection. They say I could try, but that I would likely have a miscarriage very early on, or severe hemorrhaging later in the pregnancy. I'm not sure I would ever want to get my hopes up.
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    If and when you find a way, let me know. Kale = yuck. Chocolate = yum. Monthly cravings that would be healthy and not make me break out would be great Raina- If your mom likes thick, hearty hot cereals, why not try Bob's Red Mill gluten-free Hot Cereal? It is the one I have heard the most compliments on. I don't know personally, though... for I am...
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    He got into a little bit of a accident, but no one else was involved. So he got up, and stopped to let the roads dry a bit. The fall messed up his phone, though. Thanks for the support, guys.
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    Hoping to find some support here... my fiance is 3 hours late getting home and I can't get a hold of him. We ride a scooter like a Vespa and the roads are slick, and he always calls when something is up, but the cops say there is no report of an accident involving a motorcycle tonight. I am going out of my mind with worry right now, though.
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    I have actually noticed that the 'malty' taste from the oat flour depends on where it was grown. I bet a quick 3 tablespoons of a brownie mix instead of the vanilla, chocolate, and sugar would make a malty chocolate shake, though. Maybe the liquid should be chocolate, too in that case. Anywho.
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    C'est la vie, I give up! I'm sorry about misreading it, glad FiddleFaddle cleared it up, and hoping your mom doesn't go nuts over Quaker Oats' new "Simple Harvest" (Um... how about naming it appropriately? Let's try "Don't Eat this Harvest ", or "Simply NO!"? My poor fiance brought some home today and thought I'd like it. For some reason he thought...
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    I tried gluten-free Pantry's brownies mix, all I got was molten chocolate stuff. It was yummy, but it was not a brownie. I laughed at the irony of buying brownie mix instead of pudding and getting a hot pudding from the mix. Advice, anyone?
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    There is hope! There is always hope. You can be a police officer, and in the event you get too ill to work the field for a while, they can give you something else to do for a week or so while you recoop. I wanted to be a baker for the armed forces, but can't join due to dietary restrictions. I was told if it was important to me to help, I could join...
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    I do not feel that I am lashing out. I am sure that there is no way to really rectify the situation, since I have done my best to explain my position and it seems to have not worked. I'm not angry with my parents, just resigned. My mom got tested, and doesn't even have the genes. (Her mom was the one who died, but was adoptive and actually her great-aunt...
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    I would personally rather have people tell me to pick myself up and get over it when I am whining than to have everyone tell me they feel sorry for me. Some people will pity you, some will offer criticism, others will watch passively. For you, the sympathy and support is right. For me, it makes me feel like I am being given enough sugar to go into a diabetic...
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    I in no way meant to be abusive or mean to anyone. I gave my opinion based on wjat I took from what was written. Yes, I read the post. If everyone would like, I will delete all posts from this topic, however, I would like for you top take notice that what I wrote was not particularly mean. I shared what my experience with gluten is, and tried to give...
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    I can see the finger pointing in my direction. I have no intention of apologizing, and 'tough love' is what you will get from me. I have had to deal with this disease alone, while being only 18 and trying to keep my own insurance and having to hold down a job to keep what I can eat on the table and the roof over my head. And to pay my own $50,000 medical...
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    Somehow I am not willing to go order a hamburger on bun to for science, the pope, or future generation's sake of knowing whether cooked gluten is better than uncooked gluten. Personally, I think you are in denial and trying to save yourself from a lifetime of "doing without" by coming up with excuses. If I eat only a spoonful of that bisque, it is not...
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    As of late, I have been working more hours, and dealing with a more stressful environment. I have also been eating on the run, which occasionally brings a visit from the CC Fairy, always a fun experience. I was wondering if anyone else has noted a much more aggressive reaction to gluten accidents when under high stress? I am currently reeling from...
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    I went to school to be a baker. And had to quit. I was miserable, it was like having horrible allergies all the time. Having to deal with constant glutening was no fun, either. I am now pursuing starting a gluten-free bakery in the New Orleans metro area.
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    Sjorgen's describes me to a t. What kind of doctor tests for that, though?
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    It is 99 out today, and I am wearing my fluffy red sweater like a dork. Thyroid levels were checked, and came back just fine. Edited to include: A notable factor in my cold naturedness is that it started when I cut gluten from my diet, has gotten worse over time, along with very dry mouth and throat and itchy red eyes. But when I do overheat, it takes...
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    Must be fatigue week on the boards. I have not had an appetite since I cut gluten, but I have never felt like it was a huge effort to drag myself across the room to the computer. To make matters even worse, when I do lie down, there is no sleep. And when I finally fall asleep, staying that was does not happen on the best of nights. Add to that the fact that...
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