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    Happy birthday and may God bless you today!

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    I was at Walgreens last night picking up a prescription and wandered through the appliance section. Right now almost all of their appliances (toaster, small toaster oven, waffle iron, blender, mixer, small rice cooker, and a lot more!) are on sale for $6.99 each after a $3 mail-in rebate. I'll be the first to admit that these are probably not the best...
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    I have a friend who has Crohn's disease (and I think celiac too, but she won't consider it) who is getting iron injections. Her doc said that they could either do IV or a series of 15 shots over the course of 3 days. I believe that she said that the IV would have been done every 4 weeks, but I'm not positive.
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    I asked my OB about the dizziness last week when I went in for my normal appointment. She kind of laughed it off and said that it's just part of being pregnant! At that point it wasn't as bad as it had been, so I figured it was fine. Today has been REALLY bad. Every time I stand up (even slowly) I get dizzy. I decided that I needed some answers so...
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    It's fall. People are baking... trying to perfect their recipes before the holidays. If possible, hide a stash of something yummy and gluten free that you can eat when you just can't stand it anymore. I recently found Glutino Vanilla Wafers - Chocolate covered. They taste wonderful! The box has 16 cookies, and each cookie has just 40 calories ...
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    Damn... I was hoping to keep this quiet from hubby... no chance of that if I start seeing other docs I have never actually seen a specialist for an eating disorder. I overcame my anorexia with the help of a very caring boyfriend (who is now my hubby) and a couple of good friends. I generally hate having to see doctors, so I only go when it's something...
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    Well, the snack apparently didn't help. And the bags next to my bed didn't wake me up. Last night before bed I made sure the sink and trash can were empty so it would be easy to tell if I was up in the night. Then I went to bed after hubby. When I got up this morning, there were candy wrappers in the trash and an ice-cream bowl in the sink (at least I...
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    I'm going to play devil's advocate and defend your doc a little here... I'm assuming your doctor is at least 30 years old. Which means her sister is probably at least 20? If she was diagnosed at age 3, that was 17 years ago. Not very much was known about celiac then (at least not in the US). There has been a LOT of research just in the last 10 years. ...
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    No drugs. The only non-food items that go into me are prenatal vitamins, sublingual B-12, and occassional Tylenol. I'm going to try eating a high-protein snack before bed tonight. I'll also try putting a few paper shopping bags on the floor next to my bed. If I step on them on my way out of bed, it might make enough noise to wake me up. That's what...
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    Well, I think I know why I've been gaining so much weight. Please see my new post in the sleep forum Open Original Shared Link. Thanks for any suggestions on how to deal with this. Btw, I weighed myself at home this morning and I've gained another 3lbs since last Thursday. I've got my ultrasound tomorrow and I don't wanna go because I know they're...
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    I had the strangest thing happen last night. I woke up at about 3am to find myself sitting at the kitchen table with the wrappers from more than a dozen Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (full size) in front of me. Apparently I was sleep walking (which I've done on and off since I was a toddler) and raided the Halloween candy. Luckily I had already separated...
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    I got Kozy Shack Tapioca pudding at Target this morning! YUMMMY
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    One of the teachers in my dd's school is collecting stuff to send to her son's unit in Iraq. She said that she has sent chocolate and other candy and not had a problem with it melting. I personally think this is the best use for it because it gives the guys (and gals) a great reminder of home. The kids are also making cards to send with the candy.
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    This is me! In just 2 months I've brown-bagged it to a bridal shower, a wedding, a baby shower, a fall festival, and countless meetings for work where "lunch is provided".
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    I have thought about getting a new doc. I ended up with this one because I was due for my yearly checkup a few months after I moved. I didn't know anyone well enough to ask who they went to, so I had my husband ask a few of the women he worked with. Two of the three recommended the same doctor so I called her office. She wasn't taking new patients, but...
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    Body Mass Index. It's supposed to be a better way of determining if you're underweight, normal, overweight, or obese than just pure weight. Here's wikipedia's Open Original Shared Link. Doctors and insurance companies seem to use them religiously. Unfortunately, since it just uses height and weight and spits out a number, someone who is very muscular...
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    The weigh-ins aren't actually appointments... I'm just supposed to stop in every Thursday or Friday, have a nurse weigh me, and enter the weight on my chart. I might leave a note for my doc this week when I go in for my ultrasound. I just don't want to get into a long detailed discussion about my past weight issues.
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    This is actually my second pregnancy. First pregnancy, I gained 10lbs in the first 6 months, and almost 40 in the last 3! Of course, I didn't know I was pregnant for the first 6 months and was dieting like crazy to try to keep from gaining weight! Now, I feel like I'm eating normally but gaining a lot of weight. Also, up until I got pregnant, I was...
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    I went in for my normal checkup on Thursday, and found out that I gained 12lbs in 4 weeks! I'm 16 weeks pregnant and have gained 19lbs! My doc was NOT happy... well, neither was I. I have not been weighing myself at home because I have had emotional problems with weight in the past, and I was told that during pregnancy, it's best to put the scale away...
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    For a long time I thought that I got migraines from tree nuts, so I didn't eat them. Then, I stopped talking to my parents (long story) and the migraines stopped, so I decided that the migraines were probably stress related. I have still avoided tree nuts, but haven't stressed if they are a minor ingredient in something. Haven't had any problems for 6...
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    This should probably read "The only MAINSTREAM cereal..." Specialty food stores (like Whole Foods) generally have a variety of gluten-free cereals. Also, more and more "normal" grocery stores are starting to stock gluten-free stuff.
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    I bought one new frying pan because all of our old ones were beat up and the teflon was scratched (and probably should have been replaced soon anyway). I did not buy anything expensive (I shop at Walmart) because I know that, at some point, someone will make something gluteny with my stuff and I'll have to replace it. That won't hurt so much if I didn't...
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    ^^ If she wants to move out (and your ex wants her to live with him) let her. BUT, make sure she knows that she can always come back if things don't work out. Don't badmouth dad... hopefully she'll figure out ON HER OWN that she made a mistake. If I were you, I'd call her dad (assuming you are on speaking terms) and make SURE that this is what he wants...
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    I am self-diagnosed. I got sick during my first pregnancy and was diagnosed with IBS (like so many others here) but I was never sick enough to end up in a hospital. When my dd was about 18months old, my husband decided to try the Atkins diet, and I joined him. My symptoms TOTALLY disappeared during the 3-weeks of Phase 1. Well, hubby decided that he could...
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    1 - SHOPPING - Don't run out and buy a bunch of "replacements", like gluten-free bread and pasta. It will NOT taste good right away. After a couple of weeks (or months) of being "naturally" gluten free, the replacements don't taste bad at all. Stock up on naturally gluten-free stuff, like meats and veggies. But, you will probably go through some withdrawel...
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