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  1. Idiote Savante Goddess
    My late mother used to make dish scrubbers of nylon net (aka tulle) from the fabric store. They were not unlike the poufy things used for applying bodywash in the shower. She tossed them in the washer (if they lasted that long) but air dryed them. They were cheap and easy to make. Not that anybody has string around the house these days, but she knit...
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    I have a wheat allergy (am awaiting lab results re celiac and/or gluten intolerance). If I eat wheat, my lips and chin swell or feel numb and the next day I feel listless and tired and/or hungover, have sinus issues and earache. If I haven't eaten any wheat in quite a while, I react more as tho' I've rolled in a patch of ragweed: instant mucus production...
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    Most "curl enhancing" shampoos, conditioners and styling product contain wheat protein -- apparently it's the active ingredient that makes the hair curlier.
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    My daughter has both dysgraphia and dyscalcula (sp?). She solved it by learning to type AND by being told by a firefighter she admired that "to do like a firefighter" and write everything in block letters. She couldn't ride a bike til she was 10 or tie her shoes until she was 12 or 13. She has almost no spatial reasoning ability, but has incredible conceptual...
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    I think it was yer basic Celiac blood panel. I went to see him re increased migraines (and trouble with syntax when tired or stressed). When I told him I have a wheat allergy, he asked me if celiac disease had been ruled out and I said no. I have no symptoms other than "soft" neuro signs, a kid who's an Aspie, migraines, and feeling hungover after eating...
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    T'ain't cheap, but the King Arthur Flour people sell a soymilk making machine which can also be used for nut milks. I'm not sure if you can make ricemilk with it. Perhaps if one can "roll their own" the additives that cause problems could be avoided. It's called the Soybella Soymilk Maker.
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    I agree about the icecream/sorbet machines. I don't have a problem with milk so I make both in mine --- tastes better than Breyer's/Edy's French Vanilla and has only three ingredients: milk, cream and sugar. If I want a different flavour, I add a fruit to which I don't have an allergy or to which I don't have an OAS response. As for baking, I make scones...
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    I'm not officially a Celiac yet (waiting for lab results), but I have Obstructive Sleep Apnea which means that very likely I'm going to spend the rest of my sleeping life hooked up to 6 feet of plastic hose and a CPAP machine. I went through a grief process after my diagnosis, even tho' I knew that the treatment for the apnea was working and working well...
  9. Idiote Savante Goddess
    It's Fall -- I know because the radiators came on this evening. Last week it was something like 87 degrees F., tonight it's more like 47.
  10. Idiote Savante Goddess
    I have a deviated septum and my doc says my nose is pretty much just decorative -- he said I could get a sort of internal Breathe-Right strip which would keep it open -- less drastic than a nose job and that it would help. At the time, my insurance wouldn't cover it, so I didn't go for it, but boy, if I get insurance that will, I'll do it.
  11. Idiote Savante Goddess
    I have food, environmental and seasonal allergies, am waiting for test results for gluten intolerance, and get OAS frequently. My allergist said the easiest way to deal with it is not to eat fruits when they are in season and cheap. There's good information out there-- not that I can remember the name of the website, but some kindly Canadians prepared...
  12. Idiote Savante Goddess
    The Wild Oats grocery stores (Hinsdale, Evanston) are very gluten-free proactive and hold seminars and classes and mark all their gluten-free products well. I don't know if the coming merger with Whole Foods will affect their current stance. As for restaurants, it's pricey, but ABFAB -- The Gage on Michigan Ave just north of Monroe. An Irish gastropub...
  13. Idiote Savante Goddess
    I've known for over a year that I was allergic to wheat and rice, and except for falling off the wagon occasionally, have been pretty good about not eating either. However, I've noticed that when I do eat wheat -- I feel hungover afterwards, and rice brings on a migraine (as do wine, changes in the barometric pressure, and eyestrain). Now, I've been...
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