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  1. mushroom
    I am glad you were pleased with your visit and like the doc. His approach does sound reasonable. However, just because you do not have those two particular genes does not mean you do not have celiac. In the rest of the world there are other genes recognized as being celiac genes. Nora would be able to tell you what they were.
  2. mushroom
    Most of the latest estimates I have read have increased the number to 1 in 100. I don't have citations for this statement.
  3. mushroom
    His experience must be pretty limited --I had a friend it happened to twice!!
  4. mushroom
    I thought exactly the same thing. Except I know they had only me because they were still trying for a boy, and since I couldn't accomplish that pheat without expensive surgery, I'd darned well better make meselph usephul.
  5. mushroom
    I used to smoke when I was bored, too (at least I didn't have to go outside), but then I substituted food as a cure for boredom--tired of working, get up and get something to eat. That didn't work out too well either!!! Bored with what you're doing? Go to the water cooler and have a glass of water, maybe also a chat. And you need the fluids. And that...
  6. mushroom
    Hi Em: love and {{{{hugs}}} to you. Thank you for taking the time to share with us a little of the celebration of your dad's life. I had never seen your dad before, but from just the short clips shown I could see that he was a very special person who will be greatly missed. Incidentally, you looked great!!! Take care, luv, and enjoy the time with...
  7. mushroom
    I am sorry you have been having such a hard (and expensive) time. However, do look for the silver linings in all of this. If you are celiac and continued with gluten you would probably have incurred many more medical problems and bills. Also, if you had continued smoking, same thing. You are going to be so much healthier now than you would have been if...
  8. mushroom
    As Judy said, we are here to support you through the bad times as well as cheer lead in the good. Don't stop posting just because you have not been perfect. Come here and we will prop you up and get you back on track. Good for you for doing it on your own, but really, we are here to help.
  9. mushroom
    Initially it's very hard to get your head around the idea that some things that you "know" don't have gluten, actually DO have gluten; things like bacon, ham, marmalade, stock, spices, it just boggles the mind really to know that you have to look at ALL labels because they sneak it in everywhere.
  10. mushroom
    True, dat, which is why I wish I could eat it. I am today for the first time making gluten free choc. chip cookies (Alton Brown's recipe) since I have finally got some Enjoy Life chocolate chips. Packages of these are definitely going home with me!!! I have recently found some things which use corn lecithin as an emulsifier and, while corn is still not...
  11. mushroom
    So true. I used to have a baked bean recipe that I used to call "Fartless Beans" but don't know what happened to it. It was a Boston Baked Bean recipe, and we even took them on a houseboat with another couple!! However, there is a product on the market called Beano which aids in digesting beans. I don't know its gluten free status.
  12. mushroom
    That was exactly the case for me too, except for the lack of breath...
  13. mushroom
    I have also found whey protein powders made from rice milk and hemp milk. Not sure of the protein content, but for those intolerant of dairy...
  14. mushroom
    Sorry ,no, I became intolerant of caffeine way before I realized my gluten problem.
  15. mushroom
    Because I quit so long ago (a 2-pack-a-day smoker), I had never thought about any link with smoking. But on reflection it was only after I quit smoking that my severe GI symptoms began, initially always when I ate Mexican food to which I had not previously been exposed. I blamed the corn in the tortillas. Of course I eventually found out that it was both...
  16. mushroom
    Tiffany, couldn't have said it better myself. Jason, congrats for finally getting through to her!
  17. mushroom
    If I came I wouldn't need to BRING a hot dish
  18. mushroom
    OMG, psillies, I went to the mall today, something I almost nevah do, and all I could do was think of Em; I looked at all the clothes offered for sale and said, jeez, I must be getting old, all this stuff looks like it would have worked well at Em's trailer trash party ('cept there were no penis earrings) :lol:
  19. mushroom
    Yes, welcome, and glad you jumped in. No sharks in this pool :lol:
  20. mushroom
    No need to be scared; just be happy you were diagnosed now rather than later. There's always a silver lining in there somewhere No better time to start eating what is healthy for you and the new baby than right now --get him off to a good start! Fortunately, the food you should be eating is very nutritious and full of what baby needs; meat, fish...
  21. mushroom
    Thanks. Sure hope your DEXA scan comes out improved also.
  22. mushroom
    This is a break-out-the-champagne day!! I just received the DEXA scan results, and the doctor who did not want to even refer me for a DEXA scan because "you have a compression fracture, of course you have osteoporosis", and who prescribed calcitonin salmon nasal spray for me, now admits that I have normal bone density, no osteoporosis or osteopenia!! :D...
  23. mushroom
    Em, I did not know until today that Les Lye was your dad. I am so sorry for his loss; he sounded like a wonderful man and you will miss him so. Sending love and hugs to you {{{{hugs}}}}
  24. mushroom
    I have to agree with Lizard. It is such a joke, really, if it weren't so deleterious to our health and hadn't caused so much suffering. This diagnosis should be obliterated from every doctor's vocabulary!
  25. mushroom
    I am currently weighing my options for when I get back the results of my DEXA scan which I know are bad. I just wondered what all those of you who have osteoporosis take, if anything, besides the obvious of Vitamin D, calcium, magnesium, zinc? What do you all think about the new so-called bone-building meds, and do they really do that?? Are there any downsides...
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