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Alison, I have requested that Noah and his family be added to our church's prayer chain. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all of you. Pam

It's funny you mentioned Thanksgiving. I just spent 1/2 hour on the phone with my mom convincing her that all was not lost with Thanksgiving this year. She is completely overwhelmed by the whole thing and is conviced that it's too much for her to handle when we visit. Needless to say, I don't let on to her about the trouble I have with the diet. Good...

Hathor, I sent you a message earlier because I noticed we have the same results, (I have egg sensitivity too, but haven't done anything about it yet.) Funny thing is I was trying to eat vegetarian most nights of the week - sort of a gradual thing to ease me and my familt into it - when I figurd out my daughter couldn't have soy. (she was diagnosed first...

gfgypsyqueen, You gave me alot to think about. I think in general I need to have a better attitude about the ability of other people to be supportive. I find myself assuming often that people won't understand / won't care, so I find myself avoiding social things that involve food. It's something I'm going to have to get over though, because if there...

Help. I need to find a way to make this more livable! There is a new gluten free bakery in my area, but because I am gluten, casein, soy, and yeast free, I don't think they'll be anything there for me. I don't ever go out to eat because even at the places with gluten free menu items, I don't think I can eat the food. For some reason it's just getting...

I wonder if it couldn't be yeast??? When I got my enterolab results, I was sensitive to gluten, casein, soy, yeast and eggs. I couldn't handle eliminating everything at once, so I stopped eating the first three six months ago. However, bloating, gas and a constant burning in my throat remained. Then just 2 weeks ago I finally removed yeast, and the bloating...

I've wondered that too, because my daughter reacts very quickly to casein, which I thought was more indicative of an allergy than an "intolerance". But, if I remember correctly, just because you have a sensitivity diagosed through stool testing, doesn't mean that you can't ALSO be allergic that food.

I agree with Mayflowers and Zarfkitty. I understand that the gluten-free diet is for life, (although I am hoping that with the growing numbers of people having this problem, that research will be expanded and some kind of treatment will exist in the future). But what is the harm (literally) of every so often challenging ourselves with the other food issues...

Holdiay16, I'm sorry to say that I don't know the answers to your questions, but my daughter and I also came back with other food sensitivites in addition to gluten when we tested through Enterolab. I haven't been able to figure out the nature of the other food sensitivities exactly, since information about allergies to these foods doesn't seem to apply...

looked at the signature again... boy I really should just go back to bed

Jesse, I'm sorry I wrote the wrong name! Spaced out again I guess...

jdog, I live in the north hills. We buy Redbridge from McTeigh's on Route 8 in the Glenshaw area. My husband made a deal with the owner there who now stocks a couple cases, and we agreed to buy from him instead of pay $4 more a case from Save On Beer on McKnight road. (I think we pay $24 a case, but I could be wrong. My dh usually picks it up.) Anyway...

Ok. Thanks for sharing all the info. I'm just trying to learn a little more about it. Sounds like it was really difficult to deal with, and I should just be thankful that my rash is mild, whatever it is. I'm sorry you had to go through all that, (and have an uncooperative/unknowledgeable dermatologist to boot!) Thanks for your thoughts.

I've read about the rash being symmetrical. Mine is not. I wonder what it is??? The other thing the gp told me was that "it could be from some type of food intolerance". I apparently have sensitivity to yeast and eggs also and haven't cut them out yet. Maybe that'd help. By the way, how long after you went gluten-free did it take for your rash to...

Thanks! My daughter DOES have a problem with soy, but I never thought about that with the chips because the nutritionist told us not to worry about soy oil or lecithin. I wonder if she IS reacting to those? Do you have reactions to soy lecithin too? What brands of chips do you buy?