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    P.F. Chang's Chinese might work. Ask for the gluten-free menu tho.
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    Thanks for checking on there bars and posting their reply HotinC, I'd have problems with them too since they have oats. I used to do oats every day but after a while on gluten-free they started to cause symptoms. So no more oats for me. Lara bars are a good choice to sub.
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    Ha ha, Shroomie, that's good, I can help! The sun should be above your head, not down by your feet. You are just looking in the wrong direction! Not surprising tho, it is easy to get cornfused when moving around like that.
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    Thanks L. J. it's nice to be compared to a fish! I think? Ha Ha. Well, good to hear you are doing better. If you really want to see how the people around here's minds work, you can check out the funny pages thread. Although it might be a little scary too! Most of the people in the funny pages don't know how to tipe or spiel wright or someting. They...
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    Hi L. J, Sounds like good thinking there, we can eat lots of other things besides gluten. The tricky thing is they put gluten in many processed foods you wouldn't nessecarily expect it to be in. So it is easier to avoid the processed foods to start. After a while your ability to eat some foods may improve, usually a good length of time to wait is about...
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    Hi Sandra, Try searching for restraunts in your town that serve gluten-free foods. There are usually some around. P.F Chang's, Outback Steakhouse, are a couple chains, there are many more now. Check non-chain restraunts also. There is a certification program called GFRAP that certifies restraunts as gluten-free food providers. Their website lists...
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    Hi Copgirl, Here's some tips that might help. Starting out on the gluten-free diet can be upsetting, but there really are lots of foods to eat that don't have gluten in them. After a while eating whole foods you may find your tastes for things has changed and you are as interested in processed foods anymore. While you are healing your digestion can...
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    Hi Sandra, They do that my using a microscope and counting the cells of the biopsy samples.
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    Hi Mary, You are right, 1 month gluten-free is not very long. All the time spent gluten light would not stop the auto-immune reaction. Being totally gluten-free should stop it in time though. Your small intestine is around 20 to 22 feet long, so that is a lot of damaged tissue to heal. Making it easy for your gut to digest food is a good idea. You...
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    I think it is worth a try to sign the petition. Numbers are what politics is all about, and so 25,000 signatures is at least a start at showing there is an active voter body interested in the issue. I think the labeling law proposal is an improvement over what we have in the USA now, which is nothing. Many companies voluntarily label foods gluten-free...
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    Heck, he beat me all to crap. I had Tetris, and Pac Man, Halo ( cause they speiled it out), and I thot Space Invaders and Pong, but I may have been imagining those ones. I was expecting to see Bio-shock, but didn't catch it if it was there. Geez, this is hard stuff! Game over for me tho, Skeeter is the weener!
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    Good for you Sandra, your body has given you a pretty darn clear answer on gluten. If it makes you sick don't eat it. Easy advice, but learning to eat gluten-free can take some time. Remember your body trumps the medical tests. The tests can say you are a green man in the moon, but if your body doesn't like gluten, that is all you really need to know...
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    1 of 133 people in the US have celiac, and over 90% don't know it. About 30% of the population has at least one of the genes for celiac disease, and could develop the active disease at any time in their life. You probably know several people with celiac disease who aren't aware they have it.. Diagnosis in the USA takes on average about 9 years. If you...
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    The usual recommendation is to have a person eat gluten for 6 weeks to 3 months before the endoscopy. Antibodies may or may not build up in the blood stream before the damage is visible in the gut. Most of the antibodies are in the gut, not floating around the blood stream aimlessly. They go where the problem is and that is the gut. Some people never...
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    Yep, it gets easier. Eating whole foods is a good way to start gluten-free. There are no labels to read and you know what you are eating. Try some corn tortillas instead of gluten-free bread. Most stores have their gluten-free items in the freezer section, altho Trader Joe's keeps some out on the bread shelf. Chex makes gluten-free cereals, and Betty...
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    Hey ya LJ, Yep, GFin is fine with me. I am also sometimes called Paul, or hosehead, but anything is fine really. Waiting until the weekend is a good idea. You don't need to be in a hurry to try things except for going gluten-free really, after your testing is done anyway. I used to not try anything new food wise until Friday night, so if I got...
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    Hi Sandra, Maybe this article will help with the explaining. Non celiac wheat sensitivity article Open Original Shared Link You can read the abstract for free, but the full article requires a payment. The abstract tells all you need to know for now I think. One thing about the gluten-free diet, if you don't take it seriously and stick with it...
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    GFinDC replied to DavinaRN's topic in Introduce Yourself / Share Stuff

    Sounds good Davina. Be sure and get a copy of your test results in writing. The test results should include the actual tested numbers and the range of acceptable numbers. Some people have C and some people have D with celiac. Then some others have both C+D at different times. Your doc doesn't know what he is talking about.
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    Hi Jen, Celiac can cause nuerolgical damage resulting in what is called gluten ataxia. Gluten ataxia is when the antibodies attack parts of the brain and can cause trouble walking etc. Some people develop leg muscle spasms etc from the nerve damage. Celiac also can cause what are called UBO's (unidentified bright spots) on an MRI of the brain. ...
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    Here the OSU marching band making their feeble attempt at marching straight and playing music at the same time. They even had to get a horse involved to help them make some headway. Open Original Shared Link I recognized 3 or 4 games but I think there are quite a few more I didn't recognize. Anybody else know what they are? 9 minute video, with...
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    Hi, Hubby may have to change his ways some. The biggest problem would be baking or cooking with wheat / gluten flour. The flour is a fine powder and can get airborne and settle on surfaces throughout the area. Or be breathed in.hours later. There are gluten-free rice noodles available, and San-J makes a gluten-free tamari sauce. So he can still eat...
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    Hi LJ, Squirmy has all the dope on DH ( dermatits herpetiformis), the skin rash version of celiac disease. So stick around for her reply. Has your doctor tested you for DH? Betaine HCL is a pill that you take to aid digestion. It turns to stomach acid when it dissolves in the stomach. Sometimes people have low stomach acid and that can lead...
  23. GFinDC
    it definitely could be the recovery from celiac damage making him feel better. That's a good thing! Diagnosis in children is not easy, as their immune systems are not fully developed. But it the doctor's job to do the diagnosis anyway, not yours. That you got him going on gluten-free at such a young age is great. The average time to diagnose celiac...
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    You are welcome L.J, I hope you feel better soon. I don't know if it is normal or not to be afraid to eat, I just know I felt that way sometimes myself. When it all comes back out anyway, and somewhat explosively, it can seem like a waste of time. It might help to eat small quantities at a time, and keep water handy to wash things down. It could take...
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    Hi Diana, I've read that some people get follow up endoscopies done at 6 months or once a year. I never had an endoscopy so I am not going to push that myself, but some people do it. Another thing you could do is follow up blood antibody testing at periodic intervals. A general physical might be worthwhile too, if you can get the results from the doctor...
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