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  1. Idiote Savante Goddess
    I just wondered if anyone else gets "cold sores" or cracked lips from eating corn or citrus fruit/drinking orange juice.
  2. Idiote Savante Goddess
    The adhesives often contain colophony - a pine resin. As I'm allergic to the tree, the bandaids cause a rash. Open Original Shared Link
  3. Idiote Savante Goddess
    I have a few million food allergies. I get that red, instantly sunburned face thing whenever I drink alcohol, eat wheat or rice, or anything super-yeasty. It actually hurts like sunburn.
  4. Idiote Savante Goddess
    My son gets D and "the Burn" from tomatoes - both cooked and raw. I don't know if he gets it from other nightshades (he's an adult - I haven't asked lately).
  5. Idiote Savante Goddess
    So, Ravenwoodglass, would you say that in appearance it's not unlike chickenpox? Only in a few locations rather than all over one's body?
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    No, don't bake it first. You'd do that if you were making something like a coconut creme pie in which you'd basically be filling it with a pudding or other no bake filling. However, I'd suggest checking the crust after a wee bit to see if it's browning too quickly around the rim/edges. If so, cover the rim with tin foil. And note that this is what...
  7. Idiote Savante Goddess
    I have rice and yeast allergies in addition to a wheat allergy. Today I found at Wild Oats a line of baking mixes which are gluten-free, corn, dairy, soy, and rice free. Some products are yeast free and nut free as well. They had pie crust mix, pumpkin and banana bread mixes, yeast bread, and some others I can't recall. They are expensive, but to me it...
  8. Idiote Savante Goddess
    Well, I've been off the Elavil for almost two weeks -- I feel energetic, but not manic -- the issue is the manic mood made me EXTREMELY irritable -- I got a verbal reprimand at work. However, I've also noticed that espresso, which never made me jittery before, now makes me jittery. So, I'll just have to ride it out and see what happens. Yes, the allergist...
  9. Idiote Savante Goddess
    I use Dr. Bronner's liquid soaps which are coconut, olive and hemp oil based. Some have a fragrance like peppermint or lavender. They can be used as shampoo as well. However, on my face I usually use Cetaphil. I did notice when I went wheat-free (I have a wheat allergy, am waiting for insurance approval for gene testing) that my winter eczema completely...
  10. Idiote Savante Goddess
    I second the carbon monoxide check. Most utility companies will come out for free to test your stove and furnace.
  11. Idiote Savante Goddess
    Saw the allergist yesterday. She agrees that I could have had a false negative response to the bloodwork bc of my wheat allergy, so I'll do my genetic testing as soon as I know how much BlueCross-Blue Shield will cover (or perhaps, more correctly, won't cover). The bad news is that the Elavil the neuro prescribed for my migraines has made me manic. ...
  12. Idiote Savante Goddess
    Go to the Wild Oats Market in Hinsdale. They're VERY celiac friendly and I know that a woman who runs a support group in the western suburbs teaches there often.
  13. Idiote Savante Goddess
    One of my Irish friends says that in Ireland (tho' I don't know if it's urban-myth or backed by medical opinion) that the high rate of celiac disease is attributed to the Great Hunger. Maybe people with the celiac disease genes were more apt to survive the famine? She didn't say what the reasoning was. If I get a chance, I'll ask her the next time I see...
  14. Idiote Savante Goddess
    You are STILL a great cook. You've just got to adapt to using some different ingredients.
  15. Idiote Savante Goddess
    U of C should have some good recommendations -- they ALSO recommend gluten-safe restaurants AND have free blood testing every October for celiac disease. They have quite the support group, however some of their benefits are only available to those diagnosed by endoscopy (for example, when you get a positive endo, they send you a HUGE gift basket of gluten...
  16. Idiote Savante Goddess
    Get thee to a neurologist or sleep disorders specialist (I have a sleep disorder - it's no fun). Also, tell your OB-GYN that THAT is the issue and that you are addressing it appropriately.
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    Celery or celery juice (you can buy it bottled at the greengrocer's, but read the label in case it's got some gluten in it -- unlikely, but these days, you never know).
  18. Idiote Savante Goddess
    Ursa -- or someone - can you elaborate on the miscarriage thing? I didn't realize it, too, was a symptom. I have had a miscarriage, a baby, two (possibly three) miscarriages, then two babies. Except for the first time when I had flu with a high fever in the first trimester, essentially I just went into labour. Twice it was in the first trimester, the...
  19. Idiote Savante Goddess
    Ooops -- double-post. Mea culpa.
  20. Idiote Savante Goddess
    Just to be a devil's advocate for a minute -- Californian cows are "happy" because by law, dairy cows cannot be given BGH -- bovine growth hormone. The minute I moved out of California, my brother-in-law told me to buy only BGH-free organic milk because of the potential carcinogenic effects years down the line from BGH. And yes, I agree, the whole Activia...
  21. Idiote Savante Goddess
    The endoscopy also opens doors to you for certain benefits -- some support groups won't let you join without a positive test, you can't deduct your gluten-free food from your taxes, etc.
  22. Idiote Savante Goddess
    Has anyone else been Rx'd Elavil for migraines? I can't take Topamax bc of family hx of kidney stones -- but the Elavil is making me extremely emotional. I got a ticking off at work yesterday for being short tempered AND reading the Heifer International brochure I got in the mail made me cry. My daughter thinks it's made me very unstable and that I should...
  23. Idiote Savante Goddess
    Give me a terrible two over a teen any day.
  24. Idiote Savante Goddess
    "He cannot tie his shoes or use a fork very well. If you watch him doing it, you can tell something about it is not right. His grip looks awkward. His reading is above grade level. Last time he was assessed, he was at the fifth grade level. His math skills are also above grade level. However, most of the numbers he writes are either reversed or illegible...
  25. Idiote Savante Goddess
    Well, the blood tests were negative (I don't have the numbers, got the results over the phone). However, I spoke to the folks at the U of Chicago about the possibility of a false negative because of my wheat allergy. They said even tho' I'd been eating other foods with gluten, I'd still get a negative result, and an endoscopy wouldn't be any better (because...
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