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      Frequently Asked Questions About Celiac Disease   04/07/2018

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  5. I Am Still Fat!

    mushroom replied to Dylanm's topic in Gluten-Free Diet & Weight Issues

    And how many undiagnosed celiacs who do this and keep gaining have been told this???
  6. Hello and welcome to the forum. With all these people including docs talking celiac disease, have they ever done the blood tests on your youngest daughter? As for the seizure being the 'trigger' for celiac, seizures can be part of the celiac picture as an expression of celiac - a neurological manifestation (this kind of presentation is not at all unusual). Blood testing is pretty simple although not always reliable in infants, but worth a shot. I must say I have never heard of puberty in an infant and don't know what to make of that.
  7. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - Beatles
  8. - chicken "pot pie" with Bisquick biscuits on top I watched Rachel Ray do this the other day and immediatelly wanted somev
  9. Adding to Lisa's questions, when he did the colonoscopy, did he also do the endoscopy (down your throat into the small intestine) and is that what he said looked like you had celiac but then the biopsy came back negative? Or did just the blood tests come back negaative? Welcome to the board, and you will get used to all our nosey questions
  10. Sometimes the slow cookers themselves are at fault. I returned the first one I bought because it burned things even on low. My new one doesn't burn things even on high, though I suppose with enough sugar and not a lot of liquid it could
  11. Yes, it does seem as if in your case things have been done a little bass ackwards. Positive blood, confirming biopsy is the normal procedure. Perhaps your doctor forgot you had not had the blood tests done, and the blood taken at the hospital was to test for nutrient deficiencies. Nonetheless, celiac is like pregnancy in that you can't be a "little bit" celiac; either you are or you aren't. You need to get a copy of the pathologist's report on the biopsy and see what he had to say. It could be that you had inflammation and suspicious lymphocytes, but not actually any involvement of the villi, which is the normally accepted positive sign of celiac, the other two being potential precursors. If he took several biopsy samples and it only showed on one of them, this is not unexpected because the disstribution is often patchy and is a reason that sometimes people who actually do have celiac will show up as biopsy negative. Do get a copy of the pathology report and let us know what it says. And by the way, welcome to the board!
  13. Yesterday - Beatles
  14. Do That To Me One More Time - Captain and Tennille
  15. It's true that there's a newer test, the DGP IgA and IgG, with a much greater specificity for celiac and much more sensitive than the tTG in picking up early damage. You could ask for this test to be run, but even were it not positive I would still be inclined to believe that you are indeed celiac since all it takes is one positive. What symptoms does celiac not explain for you? Welcome to the forum and I'm hoping you have found your answer.
  16. If you can find some good bread, a pasta that you like, and a baking mix so you can make biscuits, pancakes, etc., it is really much better to avoid the processed stuff as much as possible, especially at first, until your taste buds forget about gluten. Most of the bread doesn't taste good unless it's toasted so I do a lot of grilled cheese, BLT's, garlic bread, that requires the bread to be heated/toasted. I have other grain intolerances so I tend to use a lot of buckwheat and sorghum along with tapioca and rice flours. I do use Orgran self-rising flour. I use a crockpot a lot for when I am going to be gone during the day. The glutenfreegoddess blogspot has some great recipes if you are into baking. Plus there are lots of good recipes on this forum. I found it pretty easy, but then my husband decided to eat gluten free too, which makes life a lot easier
  17. Okay, gotcha.

  18. Not Sure What To Do.

    mushroom replied to Juanitahoy's topic in Celiac Disease - Coping With

    And I did too -- I sometimes get a little over exuberant

  19. Not Sure What To Do.

    mushroom replied to Juanitahoy's topic in Celiac Disease - Coping With

    Thanks for reminding me, IH, that not everyone might be in the mood for my brand of humor. I hope you are feeling better juanitahoy