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  1. PattyBoots
    A wonderful treat that you AND your pup can share is: Take a cookie sheet, put a piece of parchment on it, and pipe (I just use a plastic bag with the corner cut off) blobs about the size of your pinkie nail of canned pumpkin on it. Not the pumpkin pie mix, but just plain ol' canned pumpkin. Then freeze until the blobs are completely solid, put them in...
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    I guess in some ways I can add the other side of the spectrum - I've always been a scratch cook, and as I told my endo one time, my idea of convenience food is frozen vegetables. I think I've eaten Hamburger Helper MAYBE five times in my life. So I guess this disease is particularly depressing to me because I've not eaten much of what should be a trigger...
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    I would, when you get your new appointment date, just explain to your new employers what happened, and if necessary, take documentation to explain the cancellation of the appointment. You are probably in a really good place being a nurse practitioner, that they are aware of rescheduling/conflicts and will work with you. Just as most employers will work...
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    Wow. I take Levoxyl 137 mcg - and I still have my thyroid! I spent several years asking to get my thyroid checked because I was rashy, exhausted and gaining weight regardless. NOBODY would run any kind of test - they (several doctors, OB/GYN, GP) just told me I had "elbow disease" - which is a euphemism for overeating. If anything, I've always...
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    If I may add, as someone who quit a 2 pack a day smoking habit in 2002 - they WANT you to think it's as hard as possible to quit. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to have their multi-BILLION dollar empires of selling you that stuff that starts with a "C" and ends with an "x" or Nicorette or whatever the snake oil is of the month. The propaganda that it...
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    A cursory Google search found this link from January 2009: Open Original Shared Link
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    Oh, I have Pantry Pest traps in all my pantries - though, hmmmm, I guess I should get DH to replace them; it's been awhile. The thought of them even turns my stomach. Perhaps that's why, along with everything else, I'm so paranoid about critters in my food. I had a couple bad experiences where I poured pasta in the water and it literally looked like some...
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    Thanks all, though I'm disappointed that it takes plenty of, if not extra, water as we have to bring in all our drinking/cooking water and so I cook with as small amounts of water as possible. I also will have to give it a "taste test" personally prior to serving to the DH - while he'll generally eat anything I put in front of him, he's a "good old West...
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    From a quick Google search, you have Trader Joe's locally. I would open a vein to have a Trader Joe's or a Whole Foods within 20 miles of my home.
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    I always stored my wheat pasta in the freezer because we ate it so infrequently and NOTHING turns my stomach more than to put pasta in water and have the weevils boil to the surface. Does the rice pasta attract the bugs the same way? I still haven't gotten up the gumption to try the rice pasta, even though I've bought it, mainly because we really don...
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    See - the thought of V8 Splash or any of the "veggie" drinks makes me want to barf. No way, Jose. Ick.
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    I think perhaps you're doing yourself a "mind joke" in saying you "hate vegetables" - veggies is a big, big palate, and perhaps instead of generalizing you should focus on what you dislike. For example - I don't like raw carrots - seems like I chew and chew and chew and then chew some more - but steamed with a little honey and basil - YUM. I don't care...
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    All we have is Martin's and Food Kitty around here, neither of which has them yet. I really didn't expect Food Lion to - if I had to shop there I'd either go broke or hungry because they stock virtually NOTHING we eat and if they do you need to take out a loan to buy it. I DID expect Martin's to, since they have 4 aisles of what amounts to a "health food...
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    Please NOOOOOOO on the cast iron. I sure hope not, since that's just about all I cook in. I have a griddle, a grill pan, an 8", a 10", a 12" and a 16" skillet and a dutch oven. Although, come to think of it, about the only one that's been used for gluten-containing items is the griddle - grilled cheeses and quesadillas. The rest have just been meats and...
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    Do you have anyone in the lower 48 who can order things from Amazon for you with the free shipping sent to them and then pack the items into the Flat Rate Priority Mail boxes and ship it up to you that way? I know a lot of places either won't ship to AK or HI or won't free ship. I know you can fit a LOT of stuff in the Large Flat Rate boxes if you're good...
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    Oh, please. You're what? 10 miles from Hagerstown, MD, which even has an UNOs. And waaaaay less than 2 hours from DC. I used to work LITERALLY a stone's throw from the PA line and traveled there from WV daily, so I know EXACTLY where you're talking about. You (and even WE) are probably in the best place to be without being in the City.
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    I quit reading Reader's Digest about 6-7 years ago when I realized it really should be titled "Republicans' Digest" and it was no longer relevant to my interests. I decided my blood pressure going up over 50% or more of the articles wasn't worth the few chuckles from the antiquated jokes.
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    You really don't need to "invest" in gluten-free stuff. Just cook smarter (and better, IMHO). Once I started thinking about being gluten-free (not yet, because I want the blood test, and actually eating more so no chance of a false negative), I realized how much we ate that was just ... gluten-free. I've always cooked and rarely if ever used packaged...
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    Good, but I prefer brevity - my response is always "Go to hell." I find it to be an extreme lack of respect to me when people try to tell me how I feel or poo-poo my feelings. Regardless of whether you think it's all in my head or that I shouldn't feel the way I'm telling you I feel, the fact of the matter is that I feel what I feel, and if there was...
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    My whole point is that I'd like to know, as you say, if I could "develop it at some point," as I am loathe to run to a doctor and ask to be further tested for it if I don't have a genetic disposition for it. Particularly since I don't have a lot of faith in doctors due to their constant misdiagnoses of family members, from telling my mother she had "post...
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    Hi, y'all, I'm new here (d'oh) I'm a self-employed, self-pay insurance person (with $5K per person deductible, YIKES) and was thinking a little winnowing, so to speak, would be in order before I went for the rest of the tests. Here's why I think I might have celiac: 1. My paternal grandfather was "came through Ellis Island" Irish at the turn of...
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