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  1. mushroom
    Well, at least a dry snow is not so heavy to lift, even if you have to lift it more often
  2. mushroom
    Fibromyalgia is a pretty common diagnosis in those who are gluten intolerant. It was a very early one for me. Some celiacs continue to carry the diagnosis along with their celiac diagnosis; I am not one of them. My arthritis in my neck, shoulders, hands and feet really is a rheumatoid arthritis, actually psoriatic arthritis since the psoriasis appeared...
  3. mushroom
    You have a positive blood test for celiac. Your endoscopy shows that you are two steps down the villous atrophy path -- you just havn't made that final step which will start doing in the villi. Do you want to keep eating gluten until you take that final step, or do you want to avoid that path? Your doctor is a wise man who is treating the patient,...
  4. mushroom
    It is really hard to know how valid the testing is when you have been eating a mix of gluten diet and gluten free. I really don't think you can rely on its accuracy under those conditions. It is obvious that you feel better without the gluten, and that is the way you should eat. Does the reason for this really make that much difference???
  5. mushroom
    Ermh... aren't most cancers initially silent too?
  6. mushroom
    Here is a link to the Specific Carbohydrate Diet thread here on the forum:
  7. mushroom
    That's not wusssing, that's what I call smart!
  8. mushroom
    That's a great list. It's what we all should have but very few get.
  9. mushroom
    Yes, if you don't make normal quantities of IgA then they have to use the IgG versions of the tests, so yes it does mean something but I'm not exactly sure what If gemini comes on here and reads this she can straighten you out on what it all means - she's our testing whizkid
  10. mushroom
    Yes, I suspect it was the AGA. It appears he did not run the total serum IgA to indicate if you produce normal quantities of IgA. That could be why your IgG is positive but IgA negative. Are you eating gluten free now? i.e., is it to late to go back and do the DGP testing, IgG and IgA? You could still have the total serum IgA run. Do you kow if the tissue...
  11. mushroom
    You Make Me Feel So Young - Frank Sinatra
  12. mushroom
    I think that you need to be assertive and insist that they do the testing. Just tell them you will go gluten free anyway and then no one will ever know, because you can't stand being so sick. Too many of us let the "thems" of this world make the decision for us, and look where it got us - years of illness because we didn't know any better. I am glad your...
  13. mushroom
    ravenwoodglass belongs in that 3%. You can find out what it did to her
  14. mushroom
    Stay safe and warm, Loey
  15. mushroom
    It would depend on whether it was the AGA IgA or the DGP IgA that was positive, and how positive it was, i.e., the lab's reference ranges.
  16. mushroom
    Hi keeponsingin and welcome to the board. You say you have symptoms of gluten intolerance now. I guess your trial at gluten free wasn't very edifying for you without the cooperation of your family. You have to think about how you would feel later on if your symptoms improved some, but didn't improve all the way, and you didn't have a diagnosis. Would...
  17. mushroom
    "r/o" means he is trying to rule it out as a diagnosis. Anyone can get hemorrhoids, unfortunately, especially those straining over passing stool. There is not much way of knowing about celiac at this point. It is unlikely that he found any evidence of it on your endo with your extended period of gluten free. As I recall, you did not get much relief...
  18. mushroom
    Thanks for sharing. Many lyme disease sufferers are surprised and, as you say, so many of the symptoms point in the celiac direction. So glad you discovered your problem and hurray for the naturopath!
  19. mushroom
    The post-gluten course is often a little unpredictable, since we are all so different. You may experience miraculous improvement right away. Certainly, if you are allergic to dairy and eliminate it you should notice a pretty immediate improvement. With celiac, it is less predictable. It depends on the amount of GI damage, it depends on your level of addiction...
  20. mushroom
    With the potential gluten ataxia (balance problems, falling down) it may be that the celiac is manifesting more neurologically, too, if the ENT gives her the all-clear. Has she been having gluten all along or just for a pre-testing period since you say your are a gluten-light house. Did you ask the nurse about the total serum IgA? It would be a good idea...
  21. mushroom
    Is this a psillie on a search for a cabana boy?? http://www.stuff.co....iday-man-awaits
  22. mushroom
    Lots of people are low in vitamin D for several reasons: they use sunscreen all the time; they spend too much time in front of the computer and don't go out in the sun; they live in the northern latitudes where the suns rays are too slanted to create vitamin D; they don't get enough vitamin D from their foods because they eat the wrong foods; they don't...
  23. mushroom
    Your gluten challenge may not have been long enough to activate enough antibodies, either, depending on how many weeks you actually ate it But your reaction when reintroduced obviously showed you that you are intolerant if not actually celiac. Fear not! Many of us on here are not officially diagnosed. I was not even tested, in fact. The good thing...
  24. mushroom
    Your test results were all firmly in the negative side of things. or . That is because you don't have celiac and because you may be non-celiac gluten intolerant.
  25. mushroom
    Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean
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