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  1. WW340
    You are a good man, Edgar. You will have a very happy wife.
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    I don't have the kitchenaid, but I do have a Wolfgang puck model that is very similar to the Kitchenaid Artesian. I would be very happy with the Artesian personally, but I do not cook for a large family. By the way, I searched amazon .com and noticed they have the white artesian on sale with free delivery for $199. You also get a $20.00 rebate coupon...
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    I have never been there myself, but there is a completely gluten free restaurant in Plano, TX, just north of Dallas. I plan to try it the next time I go that way. Delicious N Fit and Laura's Bistro 930 W. Parker #420 Plano, TX 75075 The website will give you directions and details. I hope you will be close enough to try it. Here is the...
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    I use Sylvan Border Farm for just about everything now. I bought it at my local healthfood store because they were out of my usual flour mixes, but then I ended up not using it for a while. My husband brought home chicken pieces to fry, which I had not done gluten free before. This flour mix was all I had left, so I used it with a little tapioca flour...
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    I love the one with the berries. It is my favorite cereal, and I can usually buy it on amazon .com in bulk with a discount. Right now it is $19.86 for six boxes with free shipping if you place a $25.00 total order with amazon. I order so much with amazon that I finally just joined the supersaver shipping and get free 2 day on almost everything I order...
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    Hi 1965kid, I live in Eureka Springs. I am afraid Arkansas is not a very gluten free friendly place. I do most of my shopping over the internet, or when I go to Tulsa. There is a gluten free brewery coming to Springdale. They say they plan to serve pizza there, too. The pickin's are slim in my neck of the woods, I hope there is more available...
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    Oh my, I ate lunch Thursday at Michael's Riverside Grill. It was fabulous. The majority of the menu is gluten free. I had lobster bisque and breaded fish and chips. They even serve a little cornbread muffin that is gluten free with the meal. The menu denotes which items are gluten free and the servers are all very knowledgeable. The dinner menu...
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    It is very possible that it is gluten intolerance. I noticed an improvement in the GI symptoms first on the gluten free diet. It was a couple of months, maybe even three or four before the aches and pains went away. It took the longest for the fatigue to improve, that just improved in the past month or so. Are you sure you are 100% gluten free. I...
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    There are several places in Tulsa that at least understand gluten free. I have recently heard that Michael Fusco's Riverside Grill is a good place to go, because Michael, the chef/owner, has celiac disease. He has gluten free items on his menu. I have not eaten there myself, but another woman in my office has celiac, and she ate there and thought it was...
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    I know it is very overwhelming at the moment, but it does get a lot easier over time. You will learn very quickly. Yes, you do have to be as careful as you described. It is very difficult to eat out or eat at someone else's home even when they are trying to accomodate your diet. I have had friends try to cook a gluten free meal for me and I got very...
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    His symptoms sound very similar to mine. I would awaken with violent abdominal pain and nausea. I would vomit and then have an intense all over body itch. This did not happen every day. I noticed that the really violent morning reactions occurred when I ate whole wheat. I seemed to be able to tolerate processed wheat much better. If I had whole wheat...
  12. WW340
    I am highly allergic to most metals. I didn't know how bad it was until I was older and found that the dental amalgam used in my root canal had eaten away my jaw bone and I had to have a bone graft. They think now that the original almalgam fillings caused the damage leading to the root canals. I had to have 3 root canals redone and all the amalgam removed...
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    My GI symptoms improved right away. The hive like itching did not go away for several weeks, and only after I changed all my soaps, shampoo and cosmetics to gluten free. It took many months for the fatigue to improve significantly. That has really only improved in the last month. I have been gluten free since January. Your recovery will also depend...
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    I have had no problems with Lays original potato chips, but I have reacted twice to the Fritos.
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    WW340 replied to L.A.'s topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Prior to diagnosis, we ate out all the time. Now we rarely ever eat out, because I almost always get sick if we do and I stay sick for about 2 weeks. It was a big adjustment for us, but hubby is the one that finally said that it wasn't worth it. Besides, now that I have to eat at home I have become a really good cook
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    This discussion may be bringing us all to a better understanding of why the medical community has a very specific and distinct definition of "celiac disease". Just having the celiac gene does not qualify a person as having the disease. Millions of people have the genes, but never develop the disease. Just having the symptoms and the gene does not...
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    My doctor is Dr. Nightengale. He doesn't spend so much time talking about the diet itself, he sent me to a nutritionist for that, but he does answer any specific questions I may have about the diet. He does all the blood tests for possible vitamin deficiencies, B12, folate,anemia, thyroid, liver enzymes, etc. He immediately sent me for a dexa scan...
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    I don't live in Tulsa anymore, but I still work there part time. I also do a lot of my gluten free shopping at the wild oats store on 41st. I love that store. My GI doc is in Tulsa. He is very knowledgable about celiac disease. He says that Tulsa is a hotbed for celiac disease. There are 2 of us in one small office, so I guess he is right.
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    Gallstones are located in the gallbladder and would have to be very tiny to pass through the duct. Maybe you are passing fecaliths? A fecalith is basically poop that gets retained for a long time (usually in a bend or crevice of the gut)and becomes hard and sometimes calcified. Sometimes they can lead to bowel obstructions and have been associated...
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    Don't get too worried. While it is a huge lifestyle change, there are so many benefits that you will find it is totally worth it. It is really more of an inconvenience than a tragedy. I have been gluten free since the end of January. It is very difficult in the beginning because there is such a learning curve. However, after the first few months my...
  21. WW340
    My GI saw me at 3 mos. and 6 mos. He did blood work both times including CBC, Chemistries, liver enzymes, TSH, B12, folate and Vit. D. He plans to do this every 6 mos. for a while. Even though I am gluten free, he says I am still at high risk for developing other problems. For example, my B12 level is trending down even though I am taking vitamins and...
  22. WW340
    The pain and symptoms you are describing are almost exactly the symptoms I was having at the crescendo of this disease for me. In Dec. I developed the worst left sided stomach pain I had ever had. It awakened me from sleep. I would wake up my husband and tell him to get ready to take me too the ER. I would then vomit violently and the pain would improve...
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    There is a condition called Tic douloureux or trigeminal neuralgia that may be what you are describing. I kept having terrible bouts of this prior to diagnosis and going gluten free. I have not had it since. I read an article somewhere that there was some relationship to celiac disease, but I can't find it now. It can affect the face only, or the face...
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    I have not had much luck in having others making me gluten free meals, so when hubby's niece got married I took my own food to the reception. I made sure what I took did not need to be heated, and it was just enough food to get me through the evening. The next day, my MIL told my husband she was surprised I was able to eat the food at the reception. ...
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    As you can see from the lab report, the total cholesterol is comprised of several components. HDL is considered good cholesterol. LDL is considered bad cholesterol at increased levels. Your son's LDL cholesterol is a very acceptable number at 106. He also has a normal level of HDL, the good cholesterol. The Cholesterol/HDL ratio is 3.9. This ratio...
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