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    Sarah, Thanks. The type modifications and the hyperlink worked just as you described it. Maybe someday I'll be able learn from the computer wizards as I get more familiar with their way of doing things. But for now, it seems to be either "live" instruction or I'm dead in the water. --Aldo
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    Another question that I probably should be able to figure out on my own but have not been able to. How do you get the bold, italic, and underline type faces that I see being used in some posts? (This is simple to do on my computer but not here on the Board.) I tried clicking on the buttons listed above, first in normal mode and, when that didn't work, in...
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    Sarah, This is only part of my response to your post. (See Post-Diagnosis Forum: "Blood Type Diet" for the complete response.) Thanks for the info concerning the full serotyping panel. I will do only the Secretor testing for now. I wonder if I would rather be a non-secretor or a secretor. Even though, as you mentioned, many of my favorite foods would...
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    I've recently had some interest in following the guidelines suggested by the Blood Type Diet ([Eat Right For Your Type and Live Right For Your Type) and thought others on the Board might be similarly interested if we had a Topic dealing specifically with this Diet and how it might help us to return to health more quickly. My interest came from reading a...
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    Sarah, Thanks. Very helpful ruminations! I will send for the secretor kit. After reading what you had to say about your possibly getting the full serotyping panel to find out your A1/A2 and M/N types, I wonder if you would recommend this in addition to the secretor test. I was very impressed with the Live Right...book, and will include its approach in "my...
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    In replying to a recent post, I quoted some text, and then used that information to ask a question that took the material of the thread into another area of inquiry. I was tempted to start another topic, but did not, wanting to keep topic-growth to a minimum. But by doing so, I now feel that the subject will not receive the attention it might otherwise have...
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    Lee, There is a very interesting book, "The Promise of Sleep" by William Dement, MD, that you might want to look into. It deals with just about everything dealing with sleep and its vital importance to one's health--mostly overlooked, Dement thinks, by the health professions. There is a chapter on narcolepsy, which may or may not be involved in what you...
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    Sarah, How about yams? Do you have a reaction to them? I'm a Type A also and after reading D'Adamo's Eat Right for Your Type and finding a lot of my favorite foods on his Avoid List (yams, peppers, eggplant, tomatoes, oranges, plantains, cashews, etc., etc.) decided that it was not my kind of diet. But I'm wondering now if maybe I wasn't reacting to these...
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    Thanks, Jessica, for the IRS info. (I'm surprised by it, but hooray, in this case, for the IRS.) Another good reason, as you say, for getting tested, especially if your family has several members with the condition. Aldo
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    Jessica, Are you sure of this? It does not seem possible that you can deduct the cost of gluten-free foods when you can't deduct so-called normal foods when you are ill with any other condition. Don't we have to eat regardless of our medical conditions? We don't have to take medicine even when sick--though of course it helps, sometimes. Food probably...
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    Phil, Thanks for info on Immco. I am in the process of deciding what tests to take and which lab to use. After months of being content with being self-diagnosed (2 months), I awoke yesterday morning knowing that I was going for the tests. My unconscious (higher ?) mind obviously went through the pros and cons while I was asleep, and not bothering to consult...
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    Thanks, Scott. I've noticed that there has been quite a bit of moving around of topics and merging of forums lately. It makes for a better board but does cause some confusion when not finding your favorite topics where you once found them. Knowing that a Pinned topic will not be moved should eliminate that confusion, or most of it. --Aldo
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    Mariann, I found the information on the digestion of sugars very interesting, and perhaps explains a problem I've been having. Will post when I know more. In the meantime, can you give me some ideas on how I might find supporting literature on this point? Don't bother if you draw a blank. I will be doing my own web searches for answers. VAGuy, You mentioned...
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    I've asked my sister to describe the pain she has been experiencing, off and on, for many years, in the hope that some of you might know if it could be celiac related. She says the pain starts in the left groin and spreads to the right groin, and from there to the back. It feels like menstrual cramps, she says. The pain usually lasts the night and will...
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    The Forbidden Food list on this site lists Brewer's Yeast. I checked the label of the brand I use (Lewis Labs) and it says "Gluten Free." Kal brand Nutritional Yeast says "No Gluten Added," which makes me think that they are acknowledging the possible presence of gluten, either from the product itself or from cross-contamination. I'm wondering if the...
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    Thank you all: Susan, Sarah, Mariann You have convinced me, clearly and persuasively, that it does make sense to be tested. Some of the reasons given are obvious and I should have known about them, but several, like possible legal issues and, especially, the need to educate a mostly disbelieving and woefully celiac disease-ignorant medical profession took...
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    Kathleen, I'm confused. Please unconfuse me--I'm sure I'm missing something--the elusive obvious, I guess. I'm a self-diagnosed celiac disease since about 7 weeks ago, and I don't understand why so many on this board, like you, feel the need to have your obvious condition medically confirmed. Why put yourself through the pain of a "Gluten Challenge,"...
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    Jessica, Thanks for steering me in the right direction--to the top of the page. All I saw at the time when I wanted to email a topic just read was the email button that was there at the bottom of the topic listings. I happened to do it once correctly but forgot how when I tried to repeat; memory is not the same as it used to be! Another thing: Noticed...
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    hapi2bgf I have had these splits on my fingers for years, before the celiac disease (self dx'ed), and have not been able to find out what causes them. They come and go, but usually I have them during the wintertime, and usually on my thumbs and index fingers. I thought that interesting so did some reading about what meridians (from the Chinese and Indian...
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    Tammy, Been wondering about the aloe vera I recently started taking--as a result of reading a previous post of yours. I haven't noticed much of a difference but it could be because I cut it with water--half and half, and drink it between meals about once or twice a day. What have you been doing to get such great results? I would like to get rid of the flatulence...
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    Hello All, Since determining recently (self-diagnosis) that I have celiac disease, I've been trying to convince my sister Nancy that she might also have it, considering the number of celiac disease-like symptoms she's had over the years. Well, she did the testing but it seems to me that it was not thorough enough, at least in regards to celiac disease. But...
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    ARCHIVED Doctors In New Jersey

    aldociao posted a topic in Doctors

    Does anyone know of doctors you would recommend in the New Jersey/Philadelphia area? The closer to Haddenfield, NJ, the better.
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    Would like to email a few right-on postings to my sister who believes she is not celiac disease. She says she couln't be because she feels better when she eats bread and pasta--sounds to me suspiciously like the addiction/allergy connection. She has many of the symptoms discussed here. I was playing around the other day and discovered that I could email...
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    ARCHIVED I Give Up!

    aldociao replied to a topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    I'll try it, thanks. Do you take the 10 grams all at once, or space it out over the day? Best time(s) to take it? I've been taking one or two grams in a little water before bed. --Aldo
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    Steve (and all other coffee users) I hesitated to post this information when I came across it in a book a couple of weeks ago because I know how strong feelings can be about "our daily coffee." But what I read caused me to eliminate coffee from my diet. (I've been gluten-free, except for the occasional accident, for 6 wks.) But that's not important, but...
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