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  1. Joyous
    Excellent advice. What the posters in this topic are saying is very logical and rational. I would be especially interested in knowing if it's gluten intolerance or Celiac disease (honestly right now I don't even know what gluten intolerance causes that Celiac disease does not, and vice versa). However, I'm doing it this way in spite of its illogic...
  2. Joyous
    Can the Entrolab test distinguish between Celiac and gluten intolerance? Could an endoscopy see the difference? Which blood tests can and which can't? Thanks, Joy
  3. Joyous
    Oops sorry, by "test" I meant eating gluten and seeing how I feel. I don't even have a GI doctor appointment scheduled yet, and won't until the insurance approval comes through and someone calls me to set up the appointment. After that I don't know how long it'll take to get in. I could be looking at a couple of months.
  4. Joyous
    Hmmm... Maybe it would be best to do the test on the 8th and then just be careful about how quickly I'm drinking on the 11th. (It seems unlikely that I'd still be feeling sick enough to not go to or enjoy the party on the night of the 11th if I eat something with gluten in the morning and afternoon on the 8th?)
  5. Joyous
    Thanks, I'll keep an eye out for that brand. The rice noodles are those Thai Kitchen ones... the package says gluten free. I tried the rice bread I bought and I like it! It's toasted with butter and garlic cloves on it though, so maybe I wouldn't like it as much if I were making a sandwhich (or something of the like) with it. Oooooooooooooooh good...
  6. Joyous
    I'm totally on board with the gluten elimination test... It's the log that's starting to feel like more effort than it's worth. At least today. But today is only my second gluten free day (I started the log a couple days before the elimination test), so I imagine there's an adjustment period (gotta get used to not getting those exorphins, right? lol), and...
  7. Joyous
    In the book The Diet Cure the author recommends keeping a "food-mood log", particularly during elimination tests. I did it for a few days, and I'm not sure if it's helpful or not. What do you think?
  8. Joyous
    It just so happens that I haven't had any of those things in the past couple of days. I dunno, it's not really important. I was just curious.
  9. Joyous
    I'm wondering if my supplements could cause it. L-Glutamine and DLPA... not sure I've ever experienced this with them before though.
  10. Joyous
    I really want to eat garlic cloves (roasted) spread on toast, but I don't want to make the garlic if I won't like it in that bread. (I suppose the logical thing to do would be to try a slice of it with something else first. )
  11. Joyous
    Has anyone experienced this? Is it common?
  12. Joyous
    Thanks, I saved it to my computer. I plan on trying gluten at breakfast and lunch on the 9th and seeing what happens. I'll go back to the gluten free diet for dinner, the following day, and breakfast and lunch on the 11th. After that I'll go back to eating gluten. I have a party to go to the night of the 11th, which is why I am reintroducing...
  13. Joyous
    That's a pretty serious symptom to just appear out of nowhere like that. Fluid retention is a symptom of Celiac Disease (as are some of the other things you mentioned), but I don't know enough about Celiac Disease to say if this is common or not, but it sounds like you've got some sort of digestive problem. The gastro doctor will probably evaluate you for...
  14. Joyous
    Well, I think the photographer felt bad sticking me on the end because I was so much shorter than everyone else. Didn't want it to look like he was pointing that out or something maybe? Is that okay? I mean, I'm 5'0" and I know I don't have a small frame by any means and a lot of people do, but my ideal weight seems to be around 130 lbs. I don...
  15. Joyous
    Wow, answers all over the board. I think the age of onset does matter (as well as the age of diagnosis since kids can experience catch up growth if they're put on a gluten free diet), but I think that some people who think they didn't get it until they were adults had it as a kid, it improved as they got older, and was then reactivated at some point in their...
  16. Joyous
    I'm a 5'0" female. I actually like being short and never thought it might be a symptom of something. It was harder as a kid though. Guess which one I was? http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a317/cha...rony/Joy011.webp
  17. Joyous
    That's exactly what I'm going to need to do, unfortunately. Right now I take 2 psychiatric medications, too. I'm hoping to stop taking them relatively soon, but I'm not sure how much longer I'll qualify for my current health insurance, which is through the state. I'm going to be making more money in the spring, so I won't qualify any more. I think they let...
  18. Joyous
    Is there a database somewhere of products that do and don't contain gluten?
  19. Joyous
    The thing is, I have really awesome insurance right now, and seeing a gastrointestinal specialist may help to find other possible problems, and if I get officially diagnosed it'll be easier to convince my son's dad (who I'm no longer with) that our son should be tested and/or put on a gluten free diet. But if the diagnosis won't help me get life insurance...
  20. Joyous
    I've planned on waiting until next week, but I was too excited to wait, oddly enough. I bought rice bread, cream of rice cereal, stuff to make chili, sweet potatoes, apples, instant rice noodle packages, eggs, gluten-free yogurt, frozen vegetables, tuna, and aloe juice. Obviously that won't last long, but it's a start. A book I read said that...
  21. Joyous
    If I'm "technically" diagnosed with this, will I have any difficulty getting health or life insurance in the future? On the other hand, will finding the real cause of and resolving depression allow me to take out life insurance policies in the future since I'll be able to explain that the depression was situational, a symptom of another condition which...
  22. Joyous
    For me it's 50 minutes to an hour after I start eating. I said "half an hour to an hour" because of the time it takes me to eat the food (I'm a slow eater lol).
  23. Joyous
    Try going without gluten for a week or two and then eat some and see what happens. I think any type of stress can reactivate it if you had it as a kid. If you're drinking even once a week that can really take a toll on the body, at least to the extent that a relatively minor thing could be more difficult to fully "recover" from. Are you short? Did you...
  24. Joyous
    For those who feel very sleepy after eating gluten, how long does it take after you eat before the sleepiness hits you? (For me it seems to be half an hour to an hour.)
  25. Joyous
    Does drinking aloe vera juice help your digestive tract heal?
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