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  1. Takala
    They sound like a bunch of wheat-heads.
  2. Takala
    Kidney stones can be one of the symptoms of celiac disease. Your body tries harvesting the calcium out of your bones to make up for the calcium it's not absorbing in the gut. The blood is filtered through the kidneys to regulate the calcium levels in the bloodstream. Guess where the extra ends up. If this is your problem, (there are other types...
  3. Takala
    Cook in dedicated gluten free cast iron. Develop a fondness for putting blackstrap molasses in or on a lot of things. Easy iron sources.
  4. Takala
    I tell them the truth that I am allergic to one of the other ingredients. Well, maybe, maybe not, but I'm carrying an inhaler and antihistamines, and don't want to use it. Most people are scared of that inhaler ! A couple of times I've pulled it out to use it as a preventive measure when I was going to exert myself hard when we've had forest fire...
  5. Takala
    I think you can use some of my recipes, if you just substitute for the almond meal I have in some of them. You can take chia seed and soak it in cold water to make an egg "gel". ( I eat eggs, but I will play around with recipes because I don't do flax. ) You can also do this with soaking plain psyllium in warm water. Buckwheat and amaranth are...
  6. Takala
    Oh, ai yeee yeee yeeee. What a trip. Ask him if he's ever heard of the neurological form of celiac, which causes brain damage and ataxia, and see what he says. If he says there is no such thing........ tell him you heard a rumor on PubMed, but you haven't asked Snopes to verify it yet. Open Original Shared Link Open Original Shared...
  7. Takala
    Oh, this doc is a real rocket scientist, ain't he ? " ....and slight prominence of intrapithelial lymphocytosis." Gee, I wonder what could possibly be causing that. I would ask the doctor to run a FULL CELIAC PANEL, not just the one weeny test. If he refuses to do that, and still wants to put you on the medication, be sure you get...
  8. Takala
    I regained my ability to see at night in dim light after several years of gluten free. I also regained the color vision I was slowly losing in one eye. My eyes cross less, and track together a bit better. The extraordinary thing is I had described these symptoms for years to every doctor I saw, when I started having neurological problems, and not one...
  9. Takala
    Since you said you're still on antibiotics, make sure that those are gluten free, also. This may require some sleuthing around with calling the pharmacy, manufacturer, and/or distributor. If they are not gluten-free, call the doctor and get a different kind - sometimes the same thing is available in a different, gluten free version. Read the...
  10. Takala
    I want to throw in this idea before you all start thinking you've got something horrible and mysterious causing leg/foot swelling. I had been absolutely plagued with this off and on, and of course, going to the doctor and complaining about it, got me zero squat. I am in my ninth year of going gluten free, btw. Since it was coming and going, I said...
  11. Takala
    Are you sure it was the rice ? We always rinse off fish, chicken, and meat before cooking it. The local grocery sells their tilapia in the unfrozen display case both plain and breaded ready-to-cook, right next to each other, so I don't get that stuff anymore and instead use the frozen packaged kind.
  12. Takala
    What did you use for the gluten free flour replacements ? What kind of pan are you using, ceramic, metal, square, round ? Bake it until the center is springing back when touched, and a clean table knife inserted comes back out clean, and take it out of the oven before the smoke detectors go off.
  13. Takala
    They need to run an antibodies test for Hashimoto's. It is possible to have normal levels as the thyroid works in overdrive trying to overcome the attack. Open Original Shared Link
  14. Takala
    If you have insurance that will cover this, go for it. Just be absolutely sure you get a copy of the test results and keep it. It can provide proof that you have celiac damage if they find "bright spots" or brain lesions. These spots will look different than MS lesions on the MRI. This is how I self diagnosed after being jerked around for several...
  15. Takala
    If you have another outbreak of "Mystery Rash," which has a good likelihood of being DH, you can have the skin right next to the outbreak blisters biopsied. A positive biopsy from that is considered a celiac diagnosis if the doctor isn't an idiot.
  16. Takala
    I would boil just a small amount of rice pasta first, and see what it does. Bring the water to a boil, (add salt and some oil) and then place it in and time it. Like the other people mentioned, the directions on the package currently (april 2012) seem to call for too long a boil time, at least for the spaghetti type noodles, and it takes fewer minutes...
  17. Takala
    It is good to see that particular HMO dragged kicking and screaming slooowly into the 21st century of competition
  18. Takala
    Pizza and pasta can be made with gluten free ingredients, so you'll adapt. Celiac affects the part of the intestinal lining that can process dairy, so going gluten free might get you to where you can handle low lactose dairy such as hard cheeses and yogurt. As for the other pickiness, once you figure out you can control how you feel by selecting better...
  19. Takala
    Oh, okay, at least with you being Canadian they will eventually "getaroundtuit" and then acknowledge and treat if necessary, as opposed to down here in Barbarian- Land, where they let the for-profit insurance companies try to pass all the sick people around and around, until they are thrown off the rolls completely.
  20. Takala
    So if I posted a thread about how I have seen Barley sold as a algae removing water conditioner for koi ponds, so the goldfish could be at risk of turning celiac, that wouldn't go over so well ? PondCare Barley Clear and Pond Clarifier, from Petco Barley Clear is a highly concentrated suspension of natural barley and peat plus natural activators that...
  21. Takala
    The "Gold Standard" diagnostic standard for celiac disease, by a Gastro Doc, currently stands at a positive blood test for an antibody reaction to gluten proteins, AND a positive biopsy of the small intestine for damage to the lining villi. Unless you have the skin condition DH, which can also be a way to diagnose via biopsy. Some of the More Enlightened...
  22. Takala
    I think, given that's a positive blood test to match the symptoms, I would be kicking up a fuss about them thinking they could string you along for another 7 months waiting for the next appointment. You see, November is typically "open enrollment" month for health insurance changeovers for business companies. Gee, what an amazing coincidence they...
  23. Takala
    Learning to rebalance your ratios of carbohydrates, proteins, fiber and fats, when you've just taken out a major category, is sort of tricky. I know this seems counter-intuitive, but try eating more (good) fats such as avocados, nuts, gluten-free dark chocolate, eggs, olive oil, coconut milk. Fat provides slow- burning fuel. Also, eat as many vegetables...
  24. Takala
    Yes, but you have the legal right to your test results. Which you have already paid for, and they have contracted to provide. Getting your actual test results needs to be your first priority. Then you can figure out what you want to do with them. Once the HMO doctor(s) realize that their attempt to withhold information is not working, one of two things...
  25. Takala
    First - You go to the doctor's office, and you get the test results in writing, and you don't leave until they give them to you. The actual report. Not his/her 3 line interpretation of it. You may have to then schlepp it to your new doctor. You should have seen what they tried "disappearing" on one of my test scans.
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