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  1. mushroom
    Well, springtime is a notorious allergy season for anything that blooms and produce pollens in spring. I would doubt that it would be wheat because harvest season is surely not upon you yet when wheat could be flying in the air. Do they grow wheat in the Shasta region? What else grows nearby you that could be producing allergens at this time of year??
  2. mushroom
    I am wondering if you have ever had other allergies in your life, not just to foods but to pollens, cats, whatever??? Not saying that it is caused by anything like this but some people are more predisposed to a massive histamine response than others. It could be that you have built up an intolerance to something else, something that has never bothered you...
  3. mushroom
    Dr. Rodney Ford, New Zealand's Mr. Celiac. believes that celiacs are a very small minority of those with gluten intolerance. I myself believe that you become celiac after you have been gluten intolerant and gluten eating for long enough (although there are the rarer celiacs who will never test positive no matter how long they eat gluten).
  4. mushroom
    It is possible that the actual quantity of stool will diminish as his gut heals and he starts absorbing nutrients better. If most of what he is eating is passing through and no being taken in by the body, that could account for a larger mass of stool. Just a thought.
  5. mushroom
    Aw, BunBun, the time will come and that doggie will be all the more precious. I see a King Charles Spaniel in your future I remember all those years of apartment (no pets) living and desperately wanting kittehs, had had them all my life (they got me a kitteh when my little brother was borned because he was so sick and took all me mum's time. and I was just...
  6. mushroom
    Oh, I do feel for you. Having to go back on gluten after being gluten free is awful!!! I wonder if the doctors realize just what they are asking?? And how come they only want to test you AFTER you are gluten free, not before when you are complaining?? Okay, rhetorical question, sorry. But it makes me so mad. If the diagnosis is important to you, I guess...
  7. mushroom
    Yeah, they act like princesses too Actually, more like sweet prima donnas
  8. mushroom
    Yum Yum looks a lot like my kitteh, only if s/he is a "dilute" tortoiseshell, MissEm is diluter
  9. mushroom
    Well, I think Connie took it a little too far, because of course that would exclude meat since I don't think too many of us go around butchering our own animals (although we may catch and fillet our fish ). But she had the idea correct; it is anything that man hasn't messed with and added stuff to that nature didn't put there in the first place. If you buy...
  10. mushroom
    They were not related to blood sugar, Connie. They came (come) about because of such intense bloating placing pressure on the vagus nerve (they call it vasovagal syncrope). If I am unable to release the bloat I pass out. I used to think it was corn that caused it, now I find that it is caused by all lectins which are specific components of some proteins....
  11. mushroom
    You can count yourself lucky that your doctor actually ran the control test; many of them don't Just a slight correction to your wording - your other tests should be a true indicator of whether or not you have diagnosable celiac disease. It is still possible to test negative on the tests and be intolerant of gluten, unfortunately; even to be celiac...
  12. mushroom
    How many doctors did you go through Couldn't count How many tests did you have? NONE!! Just recommendations to see a psychiatrist. How frustrated were you? Very Did you think they'd never ever figure it out? Yes Was it a really bad roller coaster trip? Not really, pretty constant, except for the fainting in embarrassing...
  13. mushroom
    This looks like the total serum IGA test, which is run as a control for the other tests to see if you are an antibody maker (some people have very low antibody levels). Yours are in the normal range, so it means that the results of the other tests when they come back should be valid. If the total serum IGA is low, then it invalidates the other results.
  14. mushroom
    I use the Softgels every day. They are fine. The chewable tablets are not gluten free. Have a great trip
  15. mushroom
    The stool test can tell you a lot, so it might be worth a bit of suffering to have it done. Just lay off the foods that normally set you off, like the chicken skin - you really don't need that anyway, use herbs and spices to give it good flavor. Eat sparingly so you don't over load your system and give it easy to digest foods, no cruciferous vegetables, no...
  16. mushroom
    I have had good luck with this cake. It is incredibly rich - a little goes a long way. Great with whipped cream or ice cream, with or without the raspberries. Open Original Shared Link
  17. mushroom
    All of the above. Eat them any way you can get them, and as often as you can. Black, green, stuffed, unstuffed, machts nicht, just go for them. My favorites are kalamata, in a feta based salad.
  18. mushroom
    Apology graciously accepted Shoulda been a school teacher - can nae resist the temptation... And NO, Em, NO!! MIL should not be encouraged in any way, shape or form. Unless.... the banners read Go Home!! and Enter At Your Own Risk
  19. mushroom
    Loestrin 24Fe claims to have no gluten. It does contain an unspecified starch, probably corn.
  20. mushroom
    Since all your testing is complete, I would give the gluten free diet a strict three-month trial. Most doctors are under the impression that if you do not test positive for celiac disease, gluten will not harm you. They are wrong and misinformed. Non-celiac gluten intolerance can be just as damaging to the body as celiac disease. You have nothing to lose...
  21. mushroom
    Omg, I have just had an almost orgasmic experience with food Yesterday in the store I saw a new brand of yogurt (yoghurt), Clearwater's Cream Top Yoghurt, "using only organic milk from the family farm." It WAS expensive, but when I read the label I said, I've got to try this. It said "Totally natural, gluten free and non-homogenised" It also said that...
  22. mushroom
    Nah, it means she wants you to reassure her that her a** is not fat I think it would be right proper to call an Aussie dog "Kiwi". They would HATE it, and we do like to stir 'em up
  23. mushroom
    Nah, it means she wants you to reassure her that her a** is not fat
  24. mushroom
    As I understand it, the antibodies are not found in the lesion itself, but in the skin adjacent to it. You would only be able to see the antibodies in a lab - what they were looking for was something else. I have heard of another doctor doing this and only doing the biopsy adjacent if he "saw" something from the lesion.
  25. mushroom
    I am allergic to paper tape - no idea what kind of adhesive they put on it. I once had a breast biopsy where the doc didn't suture me at all, just glued me back together with paper tape all over my breast (back before they started using surgical glue). It itched like the dickens and I eventually developed hives all over my body from that damned tape. Never...
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