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  1. FMcGee
    I agree, and that's my point. There's no one way to do this. I have no problem at all with people who go gluten-free for their loved ones. I think it's sweet, and if that's what it takes for a person to be well, that's what it takes. I just sense that some think that's the only way to do it - including the person who began this post, who said that anyone...
  2. FMcGee
    I agree - breaking up with someone over this... probably isn't breaking up with someone over THIS. In other words, if Person A dumps Person B because Person B can no longer eat gluten, then Person A had other issues, either with him/herself or with Person B. It's not that big a thing to handle in the grand scheme of life. I'm still standing firm, though...
  3. FMcGee
    Mine hasn't dropped me (can't, I'm insured through my graduate program) but they have stopped paying for a lot of stuff. This is why we need health care reform.
  4. FMcGee
    Hey, Cherie - have you had your blood sugar tested? It sounds like you might want to get that checked out. Depression and celiac can certainly go together, but it's worth having the physical side of things looked at, too, and from what you've described here, I'd get that looked at. Good luck!
  5. FMcGee
    Hi, everyone! Just in case anyone is headed to the Gainesville Publix on Archer, know that they've got sheaves of wheat decorating their squash displays. I spoke to the grocery manager about it, and he didn't change it, but saw my point. He said I could come in tomorrow to get some that hadn't been displayed with wheat sitting right on top of it. Sigh...
  6. FMcGee
    Is that in the bill? I don't believe it is, but I'm going to double-check. I've also never heard a single politician say that, and I've been following this closely. Furthermore, the bill isn't going to get rid of the private insurance companies, who will never in a million years make vaccines mandatory, because it's not in their best interest, and they're...
  7. FMcGee
    WOW. Yeah, my boyfriend doesn't drink a lot either. He's a glass-of-wine-with-dinner guy, and a beer on the weekends while he watches soccer or goes to a football game. At those prices, I doubt we could afford to have him switch to gluten-free beer, and it's not available at any of the bars around here, so he'd still drink the gluteny stuff when he's out...
  8. FMcGee
    Ha! Your last sentence made me laugh out loud. Gluten-free beer is hard to find where we live, and I don't drink at all, but my fiance has been trying to find it. It's good to know that some of it is just as tasty!
  9. FMcGee
    Oh, sigh. Your aunt sounds so lovely. I think the tone and content are fine. Without knowing your folks, of course, I can't know how it will go over, but I will keep my fingers crossed for you.
  10. FMcGee
    Well, you did say proofread, which is... what I did. I usually charge people for that.
  11. FMcGee
    Sure thing. I do this for a living. Hope that helps!
  12. FMcGee
    I've never had any tolerance at all for alcohol. It's not a drunkenness issue for me, either, it's a sick-feeling, headachyness. I can't do anything the day after I have so much as a glass of wine. No problem with potatoes or frozen grapes, thought. I've never looked into it, because if I just avoid alcohol, I'm fine. I can, however, have alcohol in a sauce...
  13. FMcGee
    I'm totally with you. I think it's lunatic if people take offense to you bringing your own food. I don't expect people to cook gluten free for me either (even if they try, if they haven't gone to great lengths to research what that really means, it can end in failure and them feeling bad anyway, you know?). I tell people I'm bringing my own food to things...
  14. FMcGee
    I worry her husband might find that alienating. I certainly did, and my fiance was offended by it. There's a line between "we all must be gluten-free or we're stupid and shallow" and the experiences some people have described here. I'm the only person I know with celiac disease (or who eats gluten-free for any reason) and I manage to happily co-exist with...
  15. FMcGee
    You seem like a great, supportive husband, and that's wonderful. I'm sure your wife is very grateful for the lengths you have gone to. That said, I think you're being pretty hard on people who don't give up gluten for their significant others. I live with my fiance, and did before I was diagnosed with celiac disease. We're definitely foodies, both of us...
  16. FMcGee
    Hooray!
  17. FMcGee
    What he said.
  18. FMcGee
    It's true that not every demographic group qualifies for the swine flu. I'm going to get the regular flu shot because I work on a college campus, and yowza, what a bed of germs. Also, it's impossible to get the flu FROM the flu shot, because it's a dead virus you're getting. If you get the flu shot and end up getting the flu, it's IN SPITE of having gotten...
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    Argh, I got distracted and hit "post" before I meant to. Anyway, the flu is a pretty nasty illness, and can wreak havoc on people whose immune systems aren't up to it. The vaccine is a dead version of the flu, not a weakened version of it. If your immune system is good enough that getting the flu will just make you sick, but not kill you, that's great, but...
  20. FMcGee
    Oh, I agree, RiceGuy, I'm not buying into the hype about DEATH AND DESTRUCTION at all. That was my entire point about not being able to get my conference paper done if I have a fever. I'm certainly not quaking in my boots at the thought of being cut down young should I contract the swine flu. I share your bafflement on that front. The one time I've ever agreed...
  21. FMcGee
    I asked my mom (a doctor). She said celiac *alone* doesn't make you more susceptible, but if you're sick/undernourished in other ways, either because of celiac or not, then you're more susceptible. I'm definitely getting the swine flu shot AND the regular flu shot (get both, y'all!!! The swine flu shot won't protect you from the "regular" flu!) because...
  22. FMcGee
    I don't know with 100% certainty what cows in America eat, but generally, aren't they corn-fed? Or grass-fed, if it's fancy expensive ethical milk? I'm sure cows will eat whatever, but your typical dairy cow isn't out there finding stuff to eat, they're being kept in a tiny cage and fed corn, or in a slightly-less-tiny pen and being fed grass. I've seen cow...
  23. FMcGee
    I'm not sure I see your point. I accept your premise that gluten-free food is higher in calories. Your argument, then, is that it is not logical to switch to a gluten-free diet unless you have a problem with gluten. Okay; so then, why are you saying his argument is misleading? And why is that a response to my point? I'm not trying to be argumentative, just...
  24. FMcGee
    Awww man! I thought this was a thread about 90s observational humor.
  25. FMcGee
    I believe you can have a false negative, but not a false positive, with the blood panel.
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