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    I have been keeping a food diary to try and figure out why my stomach is still upset more frequently than I'd like despite being gluten free. I
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    When I was at a bulk food store the other day, I noticed that they had a section with potato flour, buckwheat flour, rice flour and the like. I contemplated buying some stuff for any future baking but then started to worry that gluten cross contamination might be an issue. I was worried about the possibility of scoops being accidentally switched resulting...
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    I just wanted to say that I have been having somewhat similar feelings since I know it helped me to know that I wasn't the only feeling that way. My doctor suggested I talk to a psychologist and at first I resisted but have been reconsidering and will be seeing one shortly. It might be something to consider. Talking to a professional might help sort...
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    Thanks so much for that information and link. Both my dad and brother have psoriasis (which I think might be an autoimmune disease) so I guess that makes it even more important that they get tested. But I hope so so much that they don't have it. Thanks again. I could use all the scientific info and facts that I can get when it comes to convincing my...
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    Thanks everyone for urging me to do this. I've been thinking that I should for awhile but kept putting it off. I spent the day with my dad today and told him about how I really thought he should get the blood tests even though he's seemingly asymptomatic. Despite some initial resistance he agreed to do it and he's a man of his work so if he's promised...
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    Perhaps your husband is not getting gluten cross-contamination but just feeling ill from the effects of malabsorption. At first I always thought I must have been accidentally eating gluten when really everything I was eating was just going right through me due to damaged villi and that certainly doesn
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    My only small piece of advice to add would be if you are having trouble keeping liquids down, try freezing them and then sucking on them like a popsicle. Frozen Pedialyte really helped me when I was glutened or otherwise ill. Warm baths also help a lot to ease the pain for me but I guess you probably don't want to get too overheated.
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    Thank you for the responses. It has been gnawing at me that I should try to convince my dad and brother to ask their doctors to do a Celiac panel. I don't know how easy it'll be since I don't know the last time either of them have even been to a doctor. Both of them would go to the ends of the earth for me so maybe if I slant it that they would be doing it...
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    I just wanted to add a small piece of advice that if you can't get things figured out before heading to university you might want to try student health services at your university if they have one. I didn't have celiac disease while in university but I always found the doctors at health services where I went to school to be great. And if your school is a...
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    Is it important to get family members tested for Celiac? My dad and brother don't seem to have any symptoms of Celiac disease but I have read here that some people are asymptomatic. I don't know anyone in my extended family who has Celiac so I don't know if the genetic predisposition comes from my dad or mom's side (or both). So should they just keep in...
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    I could be wrong but I think the type of arthritis associated with crohn's disease is usually something different than RA. I'm not sure what blood tests are used to diagnose it. So if you have crohn's you might want to look into that. Is your GI doing a small bowel series to test for crohn's? I think early treatment for crohn's is important so I hope you...
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    I think a high Sed Rate and RA factor are pretty much diagnostic for RA or at least some kind of arthritis. I don't think either test are 100% specific or sensitive though. I know X-rays and examination of the synovial fluid can be done but I don't know if much damage shows up in the beginning stages of the disease. That's all I really know about RA....
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    Thank you for the idea about the food diary. I wish my GI had thought to suggest that to me. When I don't feel well it's hard to figure out whether it is just because I'm still healing or if something else I'm eating is bothering me. Having a written inventory of food eaten and symptoms sounds like a smart idea. I hope I can figure out what isn't agreeing...
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    I've been wondering about this for awhile and thought I'd ask in case anyone had any ideas. A couple weeks ago I made a chicken salad for supper and within few hours of eating it I had an upset stomach and then had D a bit throughout the night and into the next morning. Everything in the salad I have eaten before without any problem so I'm quite sure it wasn...
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    I don
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    Thank you all for your kind words of support and understanding. I know Celiac is actually pretty common but not knowing anyone who has it made me feel a bit lonely at times. So it is wonderful to hear from people who have been/are in my shoes. Just as an aside, you are all very right about Ryan. He has been the biggest support and I don't know how I could...
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    Hi, I was diagnosed with Celiac disease a little over 6 months ago by blood tests and an endoscopy/biopsy. My fianc
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