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    I never had acne as a teenager. My brother had horrible cystic acne (he was put on antibiotics all the time, had to get one lanced). Apparently our maternal aunt had bad acne as well. But then after college, I started to get a rash that looked like acne on my forehead. I was put on Differin gel, which helped some, but i didn't like the dryness. It...
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    Under what names does wheat hide in cosmetics--specifically shampoos? I have a persistent acne-like rash (but does not respond to acne meds) on my forehead. It' not quite like blisters, but I can scrub little hard particles from it, like sugar. From reading some old threads on this forum it sounds like a rash others have described after they're exposed...
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    He didn't even do a total IgA. The lab report says "Endomysial IGA". And that was negative. No idea whether I'm IgA deficient, or anything. My cholesterol was spiffy, though: total was 152.
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    I think that after WWII, packaged foods just took off in popularity, you had more working moms, and packaged and convenient foods (like mixes) were seen as a huge help to the homemaker and family in general. And back then, there was more trust of the food companies. (Ironically, since the Pure Food and Drug Act was only signed into law back in the 20s,...
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    My husband picked up my lab results from the doctor's office. He only did ONE celiac-related test: for EMA. It was negative. He didn't do any other IgA, IgG, or Ttg tests. The jerk. He did test a whole wad of other stuff, though, including glucose, cholesterol, and a few things which worry me (but naturally the doctor didn't mention those when he...
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    Yep---drainage, big time. Your immune system has been working overtime against the gluten, and the drainage is, as my dad so eloquently put it when I was a kid, "the dead soldiers" (white blood cells) left over from the fight. Think of it as a detox. You often feel worse, initially, before you feel better. Without the gluten to fight against, your body...
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    Oh, I know. Plus celiac is new to the public, as far as awareness, and their generation (born during the Depression) is not as aware of it. My friend just loves to feed people; it's kind of how she shows love. If I give them something i've made, she feels she needs to reciprocate. She *always* has treats for the kids when they go over there, too.
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    I read (I think it was in Shauna James Ahern's book, Gluten Free Girl) a theory about the popularity of the low-carb diets. People go on it, and feel so much better--more energy, more mental clarity--because they are ingesting no or very little gluten (at least in the induction or beginning phase). Even the early "weight loss" in the induction phase could...
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    I know i am resurrecting a very old thread, but I was doing a search for symptoms increasing during menstrual cycle--my period just started today and again with the cramping/loose stools, which is something I've been noticing over the past five years--when my period arrives, so do more bathroom issues. I remember a friend of mine in college telling me that...
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    So yesterday i took my kids with me to visit our neighbors (elderly, husband has MS and doesn't get out much, sweet, adorable people we love). The wife is always offering me something to eat--usually cookies or quick bread or something. They asked how I was doing and I just said I hadn't been feeling well lately, but had stopped eating wheat and noticed...
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    Thanks. After I posted I realized i should do just that and they were very nice; they directed my call to a certain person who seemed to know exactly what I meant when I asked if they were processed in a dedicated facility. She said that currently they were processed in the same equipment as other products, but the equipment is cleaned "extremely well" before...
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    It will take time for you to feel ALL better, and it also depends on the level of gluten you might still be accidentally getting through your counters, bowls, or whatever in your kitchen. Eat whole foods--naked meats (no breading or fancy sauces), potatoes, vegetables (cooked will be easier on your system). Don't eat very fatty foods. I ate buttered...
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    Oh yes, I've had the brain fog. For the past 9 years I've felt like I was getting stupider and stupider. Add to that the depression I've had all my life (even as a little child), and suicidal thoughts. For a while there it was feeling like i'd been drugged--after a meal of pizza or bread, I would just feel like somebody had given me sleeping pills...
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    I am a Byzantine Catholic. I spoke to my priest about the wheat/celiac issue and he pointed out that in the Catholic faith, we believe that Christ is present in both species (bread and wine). Therefore, if one wants to avoid the gluten in the bread, one may licitly receive Communion by wine (the Blood) alone. This is different that in non-Catholic churches...
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    On their website they say that the corn meal is 'naturally gluten free'--does this mean they don't mill it in a dedicated facility, and it could be CC? My husband got me a nice big bag of it, and I made some good flourless corn bread; just wondering if it's really gluten free. Thx.
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    Thanks for all the input, guys. For now I am staying on a gluten-free diet as best I can and feel better than I have in a while, that's for sure. Actually, when I told my husband that I thought wheat was making me sick, and I wanted to go get tested, he said, "Why don't we just go with what we know, why do we need a doctor?" I said that I wanted to know...
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    When I have the money for it, I will be ordering that series. Do you have to be on a gluten-filled diet to test with Enterolab, or can you stay gluten-free?
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    The doctor just called (and I hate how fast he talks--like he can't discuss anything). He just said, "Sprue was negative, everything else looks good." No anemia, no EMA results. I had to call back to ask them to hve a copy of the blood test results at the front for me or my husband to pick up. They won't even mail them. Grr. I *feel* better without...
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    The best advice I've found about keeping food costs low is to focus on foods that are naturally gluten-free. Especially for snacks. I'm the only one going gluten-free right now in my household. My husband does the grocery shopping, and I do not want to give him more stress by having him look for gluten free specialty foods. Plus, they're more expensive...
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    That is so sad that your friend's son did that to her. At 83, she should be able to enjoy health and vitality! And yes, sometimes just having access to the medical world is detrimental. My dad was a monthly volunteer at the ER, and for some reason my mom thought that endowed him with mysterious medical knowledge--to the extent that she took his advice when...
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    Thank you, Gemini. I cannot remember (thank you, brain fog) what my dr is testing aside from EMA and anemia. He mentioned something else, but I can't for the life of me remember. And I will ask them to send me a copy of the results. One more question, at the risk of being a pest...how long does it usually take to get these results? The nurse who drew...
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    Oh wow...I'm glad I found this thread. I am still waiting for my blood test results, but the way munchkinette described the ab muscles is making a big lightbulb go off over my head. Even as a child I had a pooched-out lower abdomen. My mom first blamed it on me being chubby. When I was a senior in high school i went on a crash diet (fruits and veggies...
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    Does anybody have a list of the negative/positive range for the EMA blood test? I know the range results for IgA (>30 is a moderate/strong celiac result) and IgG (same), but what would be a negative/positive range for the EMA and the TTG tests? I'd just like to know in case my dr calls back with just a number, and no reference, as they often do...
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    My husband's paternal grandmother was 100% Irish. My father in law has had lactose intolerance and depression all his life (hmm). Now, on my mother in law's side, it's mostly Mexican and Spanish. There's some Cherokee thrown in there, too. My heritage is more Heinz 57. My father is 1/2 German, 1/4 Hungarian, 1/4 Irish (his grandmother was 100% Irish...
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    Forgot to add my mother has fairly severe Rheumatoid Arthritis in her hands and feet (onset in her 40s). Her grandfather had RA throughout his whole body.
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