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  1. GFinDC
    OK, see, the anti-rustlers have come out on their white horses. Got 'em all-riled up ye have. (Nothing against the anti-rustlers I luv yuhs!) Celiac disease really is a serious disease. It is also the only autoimmune disease we know how to mostly stop, and the prevention is avoiding gluten. Since you already decided not to cheat anymore, hopefully...
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    Since you all are talking about wax, and it's getting to be the cold and dry air time of year,.. You can make a hand/skin lotion very easily. Just get some beeswax and melt it with a little olive oil. Stir it and let it cool. The oil will keep it soft or even liquidy if you add enough. That's all there is to it. Unless you want to add wonderful additional...
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    Well, glad ye ain't no dang rustler there sweetie! I had cravings for gluten after starting the gluten-free diet also. It seemed complicated and hard to understand, and kind of frustrating not knowing what was safe to eat. But eventually all that became second nature and it was much eaiser to navigate the diet. And the cravings faded away. Now gluten...
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    FYI, here's site with info on what the codes on the bottom of plastic containers means. Open Original Shared Link
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    OK, Bartfull is a humbugger. I suppose that's ok. Thanks for poppinjg in tho Bartful! Lisa, got your secret info and writing it in lemon juice on the refrig door.
  6. GFinDC
    Hi Katty, There are celiac support groups in many areas. They generally have meetings for new people and members once in a while. Some hospitals also sponsor support groups. Support groups are a great way to meet other people with celiac and also learn about good doctors and places to eat etc. http://www.celiac.co...ons-&-Contacts/ Don't worry...
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    Welcome to the forum MM, And thanks for sharing your story! Alternative medicine is interesting to me. Alt medical practitioners do seem to have a more open mind when it comes to food related issues.
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    Cool, Shroomie is for the electric shock therapy, er electronic delivery option. GFLover signed up too but for the postal support system. I'll mark the names with a super secret code so we don't have to reveal our druthers. GFLover P or E GFinDC P or E Mushroom E KarenG P or E ? Jerseyangel P or E ? hint on the secret codes P could refer...
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    Hi Jason, You may not have seen this new research that was done this year. It confirms the existence of a non-celiac wheat reaction in some people. They seem to have identified 2 separate conditions in fact. One with celiac like symptoms and another with allergy like symptoms. Right now there is no informaton on the long term effects of these conditions...
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    Well, you aren't the first person to dip your toes in the cheating pool. I was discouraged from trying it by my reactions to using a cc'd toaster early on. After a few weeks on the diet I made some gluten-free toast in my old toaster and had a bad reaction from just little crumbs of old regular gluteny toast. That was a surprise to me at the time. I...
  11. GFinDC
    Hi Katty, Chocolate Not sure on the chocolate thing. Most chocolate has soy in it and dairy. But dark chocolates are sometimes soy / dairy free, so he may have been thinking of that. Caffeine I don't think lots of coffee/caffeine is beneficial myself, expecially if he doesn't like it much. Iahd to quit coffee and caffeine for a number of...
  12. GFinDC
    You might want to get a bone density test done. Bone density is often low in untreated celiac disease.
  13. GFinDC
    Hi, You do have symptoms that match celiac disease. Once you get your test results, either positive or negative, you can try the gluten-free diet. If your symptoms improve over 3 months or so then you know there is some kind of issue with gluten and your bodie's reaction. Symptom improvement is the goal anyway, as diagnosis is nice but not critical....
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    Lactose intolerance is common with celiac disease. Celiac diesease can and does cause lactose intoerlance in many people. Dairy will not affect celiac testing, so you could go ahead and eliminate all dairy from your diet for awhile and see if there is an improvement.
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    Ha ha, yeah that would get a tad boring for sure. You could start with onions, mushrooms, sweet potatoes, chicken, and spinach. If you don't feel better in 5 days, look at swapping out one of those 5 foods for something different. It is possible you could react to any foods, so one of those 5 could be a problem. Some people suggest lamb as a starting...
  16. GFinDC
    They could do a wheat allergy test also, but you would need to request it, as it is not part of t\he usual celiac testing. If you are going to do the gluten-free diet anyway, then there is no differnce in treatment. Some people have follow up testing for antibody levels once in ahwile to verify the antibodies have droped. But you can't tell if the antibodies...
  17. GFinDC
    The excellent suggestion was made that we use the option of email cards vs snail mail cards. We will assume that cards will be emailed via the celiac.com PM system instead. If you would like to use snail mail, I can send your address to members per your direction also. Or you can PM it yourself instead. Either way works fine.
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    And in the immortal closing wurdz of Leesur (GottaSki) in the Funny pages thread that was laid to rest: "No hangover here" Such an inspiration! Quite a goal for us all to strive for Lessur! Yes, we now have a new standard of eggzallence to stumble towardz, or crawl towardz in some cases, for this holiday season. OK, for those so encumbered...
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    Post card / Christmas card exchange A thread to discuss same. Fairly simple really, we exchange addresses and send each other a post card or Christmas card. Either is fine. They can be anything you desire to send, something from the Hallmark aisle or printed on your computer or handmade or delivered by angels with curly wings. If you do want to...
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    HI DS, The gluten-free diet may seem difficult at first as you go through an adjustment period. But after you have done it for wa while it gets much easier. Keeping with simple home cooked meals is helpful at first, you don't eed to worry about things as much since you know what you put in the foods. It's much easier than tryying to sort out a ton of...
  21. GFinDC
    Happy T-Day Psillies! Loey, enjoy your turkey and family. I sometimes write longer replies in Windows notepad and then paste them into the c.com reply window. Might work for you? Congrats to Keeng Ptaum, our new monarch with the incredibly curly horn! Postcard echange So far Kareng and JeroisyfishAngler r in the for the post card exchange...
  22. GFinDC
    Congrats Colleen on the big living room move. And Happy Thanksgiving too!
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    So you all had a puhrade and left us out eh? (sulking face here and forever more). How about a post card exchange? Half ya'll ever done one of dem? The art site I frequent does them every Christmas. Everyone gets a name and exchanges some kind of post card, generally something artzy/handmaid. Which can be anything, nothing fancy schmancy or bootiful...
  24. GFinDC
    What did your doctor suggest as a duration for your gluten challenge? Sounds like she thinks it will be a positive test right now. If you are eating gluten pretty much every day that should be enough to have a positvie. In theory. In reality none of us can tell you for sure what will happen. But you are having symptoms that may be from gluten / celiac...
  25. GFinDC
    You could wait until after Thanksgiving to go 100% gluten-free. A few more days probably won't hurt much. But gluten might actually make you feel worse at this point too. Have you tried Tinkyada brand rice pasta? Tinkyada is fairly inexpensive and many people like it. People are going to be eating gluten all around you for the rest of your life. The...
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