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    cnazrael89
    mushroom got a reaction from cnazrael89 in Severe Itching And No Rash   
    Hi, Meghan, and welcome.

    Don't be discouraged quite yet, five days is a very short time. Give it another week or two and if it still persists I would start suspecting another food culprit. For me, it was potatoes. Soy also...
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    gossamersails
    mushroom got a reaction from gossamersails in How Long Do Celiac Patients Live?   
    Just the very fact of your diagnosis and quitting eating gluten has increased your longevity odds immensely I really don't think you need fear an imminent demise. We eat more healthily than the rest of the population and may well...
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    apprehensiveengineer
    mushroom got a reaction from apprehensiveengineer in How Long Do Celiac Patients Live?   
    No, I think it is just because most older people have never been diagnosed. I am sure both my parents had it and both lived to be 80 plus without diagnosis. My sister who is self-diagnosed just turned 75. I am a few years behind her...
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    IrishHeart
    mushroom got a reaction from IrishHeart in We Need To Start A Thread On Stupid Stuff Doctors Say!   
    You forgot one of the previous gems -- they don't have the 'time' (read 'interest') to read stuff that patients bring in for them (especially if it won't help their golf game.)
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    squirmingitch
    mushroom got a reaction from squirmingitch in We Need To Start A Thread On Stupid Stuff Doctors Say!   
    You forgot one of the previous gems -- they don't have the 'time' (read 'interest') to read stuff that patients bring in for them (especially if it won't help their golf game.)
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    squirmingitch
    mushroom got a reaction from squirmingitch in We Need To Start A Thread On Stupid Stuff Doctors Say!   
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    With cancer they are going to make more money off you, with celiac they are not. 
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    GottaSki
    mushroom got a reaction from GottaSki in The What's For Dinner Tonight Chat   
    And after a few thousand miles you will be able to ditch the wheels and the cooler/chillie bin/Eski (that's Yankee, Kiwi and Aussie multilinguality for you )
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    GottaSki
    mushroom got a reaction from GottaSki in The What's For Dinner Tonight Chat   
    Hubs cooked dinner last night. He made a mushroom gravy with shallots to smother the swedish meatballs and we were both at a loss as to the sweetness of the gravy.  I accused him of using powdered sugar by mistake to thicken it but he ...
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    GottaSki
    mushroom got a reaction from GottaSki in The What's For Dinner Tonight Chat   
    WoooHooo, Lisa-gal.  Way to GO!!!!  So happy for you.  Now don't go overdoin' them lentils, restrain yourself!!!!  The way to keep 'em is by giving them away    Jig-a-jig-jig!!!! 
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    GottaSki
    mushroom got a reaction from GottaSki in The What's For Dinner Tonight Chat   
    Hey, Lisa!! Looked like Dorner offed himself!
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    GottaSki
    mushroom got a reaction from GottaSki in The What's For Dinner Tonight Chat   
    What looks like fat and makes you fat, but isn't fatty fat?



    Answer: Edema. i.e., water, H20!!!
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    GottaSki
    mushroom got a reaction from GottaSki in The What's For Dinner Tonight Chat   
    Last night I did dessert for first time in a long time (we don't need it). But our plums are ripe and they are those big meaty red ones, yummy thingers they are. So I did a plum crumble with cinnamon and O.M.G. I can't decide if it...
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    Laura.
    mushroom got a reaction from Laura. in The What's For Dinner Tonight Chat   
    Oh, okay - George in a can I was thinking along the lines of George of the Jungle - watch out for that tree!!!!! What kind of canning equipment do you have???
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    Lisa
    mushroom got a reaction from Lisa in The Funny Pages - Tickle Me Elbow - The Sequel   
    Cor blimey, mate, ya think ya can shun us like that for all these months, and then just slip in here on your little cat's paws and say How're y'all doing, anyway?

    I've even had to take over the Pinch Punch duties, an' all...
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    GottaSki
    mushroom got a reaction from GottaSki in The What's For Dinner Tonight Chat   
    That is so not true!! We always manage to squeeze in a few hands. Someone has to win the chocolate fish
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    GottaSki
    mushroom got a reaction from GottaSki in The What's For Dinner Tonight Chat   
    Okay, guys, I'm going to have to take computer lessons from Ginny, because all I can do is post a URL for y'all, but here is the ultimate bacon melange:

    http://shine.yahoo.com/shine-food/art-made-bacon-165400311.html
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    Jestgar
    mushroom got a reaction from Jestgar in The Funny Pages - Tickle Me Elbow - The Sequel   
    P
    PINCH, PUNCH!!!!!





    FIRST DAY OF THE





    MONTH YEAR!!!!!





    (AND NO RETURNS, SO...
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    notme
    mushroom got a reaction from notme in The What's For Dinner Tonight Chat   
    Nothin' worse than a chilly cabana boy
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    cahill
    mushroom got a reaction from cahill in The What's For Dinner Tonight Chat   
    Nothin' worse than a chilly cabana boy
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    GottaSki
    mushroom got a reaction from GottaSki in The Funny Pages - Tickle Me Elbow - The Sequel   
    Hee Hee. Have to blow my own horn here a little bit (well, nobody does it for me)..... I was a very late-blooming student, a faded flower from days gone by, and one of those you talked about who fretted over grades. I blew away...
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    GottaSki
    mushroom got a reaction from GottaSki in The Funny Pages - Tickle Me Elbow - The Sequel   
    Daring doctors delve deeply, discovering diseased duodenae, distorted ducts and diverticulosis; don't doubt diagnosis!!!
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    Lisa
    mushroom got a reaction from Lisa in The Funny Pages - Tickle Me Elbow - The Sequel   
    Daring doctors delve deeply, discovering diseased duodenae, distorted ducts and diverticulosis; don't doubt diagnosis!!!
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    IrishHeart
    mushroom got a reaction from IrishHeart in Domino's "Gluten Free" Crust   
    That's fine if they call it something other than gluten free and it is not endorsed by any celiac organization.
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    wheeleezdryver
    mushroom got a reaction from wheeleezdryver in We Need To Start A Thread On Stupid Stuff Doctors Say!   
    "We need to start a thread on stupid stuff doctors say! It would be hysterically funny." Skylark posted this in another thread. So I thought I would get it started.

    I sleep with oxygen at night in Nevada because I start...
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    Jestgar
    mushroom got a reaction from Jestgar in Domino's "Gluten Free" Crust   
    I am definitely with you on this one, Scott. The whole thing disgusts me.
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