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    Hey, that's interesting, JNBunnie...and a second explanation, possibly, of why my cholesterol count changed, maybe the more important than the disappearance of the fried stuff and country gravy, which didn't figure big in my diet, but it was there. Right, and because a person is ravenous because no nutrients are coming in, likely more food cholesterol...
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    Absolutely. Absolutely, again. Dolly, I think that journal you're keeping is a great idea.
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    I think part of the learning curve for people around a person with celiac disease is that they can't see your illness...you're not walking along dragging one leg, and don't have bandages all over you...and they can't see your problem, either. Meaning that they have no clue what has wheat, grains or gluten in it. They haven't noticed crumbs. That that itty...
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    Hello, Dolly If it helps you get some quick context before that appointment in a couple days, yes, I had a reaction that quick. But not all my symptoms improved that quick. I got a pretty dramatic clearing of my mental acuity...I had been very foggy, couldn't concentrate. And it very definitely began to clear by the second day of no gluten, late in...
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    Hah. And here I've been writing out "celiac disease". OK, let me try this celiac disease ..........why yes, it does, doesn't it. I suppose the solution is to write out "compact disk" but we know that thing as the third and fourth letters of the alphabet, don't we?
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    ARCHIVED "flu" Shot

    Centa replied to loco-ladi's topic in Related Issues & Disorders

    Well, I go ahead and get one, myself, and over the years I've gotten flu much less but Ursa's right, it's not a silver bullet for all flus. This is about the time of year that I get into "cross contamination" behaviors with flu cooties...get that bottle of hand sanitizer on the desk, use paper towels to turn off faucets in public bathrooms, and drink...
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    Hi, Cathy All of your questions are serious ones. Some pediatricians, dentists, hospitals and teachers likely will not be convinced without a doctor's formal diagnosis, but it's my experience that professionals like these often do trust the person to report her medical condition, and take it from there. My dentist, for example, has never doublechecked...
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    I have Klutzy #1 and Klutzy #2. Klutzy 2 is non celiac...I'm just thinking about something else when I'm trying to do things, a question of attention. I could tell you stories.... As my celiac disease showed up midlife, I developed a bad case of that brain fog that you'll read others talk about sometimes too...which produced Klutzy #1. I do a...
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    You're welcome Nyxie. Wooo that was a massive reaction. There's a pretty comprehensive list of foods and ingredients out on the homepage of this site. I think it's in the lefthand column. I ran across that list and used it for quite awhile before I found this discussion board. It never done me wrong
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    Cute thread title, Nyxie and that avatar eating its cat-broccoli always makes me laugh. Well 2. gluten-lite. I don't think it exists, really, although I sure went through a phase of thinking that I had my bases covered not eating wheat and grains, not yet doing the ingredient checking and taking out of my diet things with "wheat starch" "food starch...
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    Maybe this will help re. the Butterballs Butterball Turkey (2006 info): "When there are dietary concerns, we advise purchasing Butterball Fresh Turkey and Butterball Fresh Breast of Turkey, which are all-natural and contain no added ingredients. The breast meat of all Butterball Frozen Turkeys is deep basted with a patented recipe of ingredients to...
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    I was through Tulsa recently and was taken to a restaurant in Utica Square shopping center called The Polo Grill, and it turns out that the chef has developed a gluten free menu...ask for it; it comes in a separate menu...it was a slow time, in between lunch and dinner...the chef came out to meet me and said they even have a separate prep area in the kitchen...
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    Good idea, babinsky! There was a thread recently in the cooking forum that talked over chickens with that broth injected in them, to make them cook up moist. The consensus was that you had better look over any chicken with anything added to it very carefully but that just a chicken was fine. It seems the term for turkeys is "prebasted turkeys" ...
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    Hello, 1965kid Welcome to the site. Hope you stop by often. Let me second what you've heard...it takes sorting out and learning how to do things, but it ends up that there are many food choices, and not bad ones by a long shot. There is some cupboard clean-out and the expense of buying different ingredients, but your food bill will settle down, especially...
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    ARCHIVED My Rant

    Centa replied to Acersma's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    I like all of what you said, cmom. The topic of this thread, attitude toward illness, is an important one. I'm glad it's being discussed here. I think it's hard, maybe impossible to guess what a site member's attitude is, from his or her posts. For example, do you know the motto, "fake it until you make it"? That means acting as-if you're...
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    This site is always so helpful in many ways. Shawn, I've also read in plenty of places that DH is positive proof of Celiac. Having those blisters when I eat wheat is what finally convinced me. This string of reactions to that endoscopy by posters in this thread is helping me. After a couple years of foot dragging and unconcern from my primary care...
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    Welcome to the site, Phoenix There's a tremendous amount of information on the site, in various threads. People do talk about their symptoms and what sets them off, and what makes them better. Plus they do talk in detail about the medical tests they've had, and how those tests related to their symptoms (the sufferer, of course is the expert on the symptoms...
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    Spot on, DingoGirl! What about YouTube? Moi, I'm peeved at the washing machine. Especially today
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    I'm so glad you're tracking on this part of your family history. And that you believe your own symptoms, despite the doctor's simplistic approach to blood tests. All best, mhansen Here's an ongoing thread that may be of help: Open Original Shared Link
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    This is a hotbutton item for me, too. I've been called "disabled", too, and had my stories of recuperation waved away...creepy: they refused to acknowledge my return to wellbeing. What, they preferred me sickly?? Don't like that attitude.... That hairdresser was pretty insensitive, bakingbarb...
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    I have particular baked goods with gluten associated with holidays, and I'd love to bake them for other people, still. But how to decontaminate after baking them? Product example: Non-gluten flours for making homemade bread (wheat, semolina and rye). How to contaminate with the product: Breadmaking requires kneading by hand (I don't have a...
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    ARCHIVED My Rant

    Centa replied to Acersma's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Very good point. Plus it's always easier to be upbeat if a person feels well. I was just reading an article in the New York Times on the effect of short sleep on depression, which has pretty well been documented. Well in my worst years (so far...) I had major sleep problems as one of my symptoms, lots of daily body pain, and grinding fatigue. I could...
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    Good idea, Shotzy. Why not in Coping? Go ahead and start it...I'll contribute something And how about asking people not only "how to contaminate" but "how to solve that problem"
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    ARCHIVED My Rant

    Centa replied to Acersma's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    I'm glad you brought up grief, jenn. Some grieving needs people with you who really can get it when you say what's on your heart.
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    Not unless it's pink... No, Shotzy I don't think mixed drinks are girly...and what about those manly libations, scotch and whisky? I went out for a drink after work with a couple male colleagues a few nights ago and one ordered a Bombay Gin martini straight up. ... I don't want to turn you into a lush here, but there's a whole world of scotches out...
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