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    Happy birthday and may God bless you tiday!

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    I recently started taking a COQ10 supplement and although I love the extra energy and focus it is providing, I also noticed I'm having very mild celiac symptoms. Today I put it together, wondering if the COQ10 might be at fault. The ingredients listed for the softgels include gelatin and glycerin, in addition to soy lecithin. I couldn't find on my lists...
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    I have been buying the TJ's granola in quantity when I'm traveling near one. I just found the Bakery on Main's gluten-free granola at my local Super Giant last week. It LOOKS identical to TJ's, but I haven't opened the bag to try it yet. I'll report in when I do. Sue
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    Just about any "whole" food -- fresh fruit, vegetables, meat (unprocessed), fish, rice and potato (a veggie, I know) should be safe and will help get you through the initial phase of going gluten free. After a while you can probably add dairy. I've spent a lot of days and nights rolling on the floor with stomach cramps and know just what you're going...
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    Hi Spunky, Your symptoms certainly sound like they could be celiac. The Mayo Clinic website says that positive response to a gluten-free diet should in-and-of-itself be diagnostic for Celiac. I went gluten free after reading about Celiac online, and my symptoms subsided within about 24 to 48 hours. So I would think that a 3 week trial is plenty of time...
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    Although I've been gluten free for several years, my new GI doctor wanted to do the "new" genetic test from Prometheus labs and I got the results yesterday. I have the DQ8 heterozygous haplotype. According to the paperwork, about 95% of celiacs have the DQ2 and only 5% have the DQ8. Is there a difference in these two in terms of severity of symptoms, age...
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    I've been drinking these waters for awhile instead of soda. Recently started having very loose, fatty, stools with cramping and bloating (not bad, just persistent). I've ruled just about everything else out as a cause, but I've sure returned to my old symptoms. I cut out the water a couple of days ago and my symptoms have resolved. Hmmm . . . Ingredients...
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    I've never heard of Alexis Stewart, either, but I sure don't like her. Where the hell does she get off . . .?! Sue
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    I had a look at the gluten test kit offered on the glutenfreetravel site. Obviously a bit cumbersome for taking to a restaurant or such. But it does mean that someone is thinking about this problem and maybe something usable isn't too far off. Scotty, I think most of us find that we have symptoms after being glutened which can last for 2 or 3 days....
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    I'm sending positive vibes your way, Bellyfat. Keep us posted. Sue
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    Yes! I don't know all the science here, but I do know that anemia is a result and, I think, kind of late stage development of Celiac. My father, who died a couple of years ago, had a serious bout of "severe" anemia about 10 years ago and was hospitalized for several weeks. The doctors determined that he was having pervasive internal bleeding, but they...
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    M Dear Motorboater, It sure does sound like what I go through periodically, and I've been as gluten-free as I can get for 4 years! Yesterday, within 5 minutes of finishing breakfast, I began cramping and bloating and, eventually vomiting. I spent the rest of the day, in a weakened state, trying to sit or lie still so the symptoms wouldn't return....
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    Bellyfat, Good news on the kidney-thing. Glad to hear you are ok, after all. Re the sleep mask: I does take a little getting used to, but I can't sleep without mine now. I invested in one made by Tempur-pedic so it's a lightweight foam than molds to the contours of your face (Brookstone and similar places carry them). It completely blocks out light...
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    Stephanie, Here is a link to the Celiac Sprue Association, which is headquartered in Omaha: Open Original Shared Link It appears that they are affiliated with the University of Nebraska Medical Center. They have a Dr. Frederick Pausiton (can't remember that I spelled it right) on their Medical Advisory Board, from the University. I would think his...
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    Bellyfat, For what it's worth, I've found a sure-found formula for good sleep. First of all, I take an Excedrin P.M. at bedtime, then I put ear plugs in my ears and a sleep mask over my eyes. Other than a trip or two to the potty, I sleep like a baby. I agree that if you sleep well you're so much better able to deal with what life throws your...
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    Scotty, Were these pre-cooked Tyson chicken breasts, or raw? Again, I think the pre-cooked, pre-packaged meats in the meat aisle are problemmatic -- at least that's been my experience. If they were raw, and you cooked them, I'd be real surprised if they were the source of your problem. But it sure does sound like something got you!! Sue
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    Dear Bellyfat, I can't offer any new information, but I just want to give you a big, virtual hug 'cause it sounds like you just need some plain, old fashioned tea and sympathy. We're here for you. Sue
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    The pan and other cooking utensils should be impervious to food contaminants. As long as you wash the pan thoroughly, it should be fine. I find that the pre-marinated (including pre-cooked), packaged, meats are deadly. You are much better off to buy fresh, uncooked, un-marinated meats and marinate them yourself (using gluten-free ingredients). Sue
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    I've been hanging around this board today, trying to find out what others' experiences have been with Nexium and Mentos. It seems a lot of people are Mentos addicts, as was I, until I realized that my last two (or more) bouts of vomiting are directly attributable to my eating Mentos. I had a "light blub" moment when, after spending the other night hunkered...
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    Rose, I found this thread while searching for something else, and you may have solved the problem for your daughter by now, but I just wanted to add my experience. I, too, get violently nauseous when I am glutened. A few times I've ended up in the emergency room and was given an injection which stopped the vomiting. They then gave me some suppositories...
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    I have been gluten-free for over 4 years but still bloat constantly. I start by looking 6 months pregnant in the morning and by the end of the day I look 9 months pregnant -- WITH TWINS! I have a hiatal hernia, also, but don't think that has anything to do with my bloating. (At least the hh was diagnosed long before I started having Celiac-related symptoms...
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    ARCHIVED University Celiac Clinics

    The Lovebug replied to JamiD's topic in Doctors

    I saw Dr. Allesio (sp?) at the University of Maryland Celiac Clinic and had a favorable experience although I really just wanted to know whether I should be tested. I've been on the gluten-free diet for about 5 years and, aside from an occasional "glutening" by someone else, I've had a good response. Before that I was extremely sick for about 6 years and...
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    I hadn't thought soy was a problem for me until I started taking a new brand of probiotic recently. Within a couple of hours, I was having bloating and cramping problems similar to those I had with gluten. I emailed the manufacturer and was told their capsules were free of wheat, dairy and gluten, but they do contain soy. So now I'm strongly suspicious...
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    Dear nowheatnomilk, 1. I've long suspected that I had some liver malfunction -- for one thing, I have a lot of bloating and swelling in my midriff area and for another, I have occasionally had a red, itchy rash which appears only in the area where my liver would be (upper right quadrant of my trunk). 2. How do you do a liver cleanse? Sue
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    What ARE the consequences of gut permeability?
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