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    I'm with you; unless they legalize bank robbery, I'm unlikely to be able to see a doctor any year soon. I'd recommend going off gluten and all the things you're pretty sure you react to (soy, dairy, nightshades, etc.). Also, be sure that your makeup (especially lipstick) and shampoo and soaps are gluten-free (casein free, soy free, nightshade free, etc.)...
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    Really, the very best idea is to read the threads on this very forum (Gluten-Free Restaurants). You'll get a fairly good idea. In general, fast food is problematical. You can find items at Chick-Fil-A and Wendy's; otherwise, you're lucky if you can eat the french fries. Outback Steakhouse has a good gluten-free menu and most people do not have problems there...
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    The Wal-Mart website lists barley malt in the ingredients: Open Original Shared Link Admittedly, the site is still in beta testing, so it isn't necessarily up-to-date. Is "natural flavoring(s)" listed on your box? As barley isn't a top 8 allergen, they don't necessarily have to disclose it... but since they did as of the time the website was set up, one would...
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    We gave jasonD2 some suggestions about a month ago here: https://www.celiac.com/gluten-free/index.php?showtopic=59907 The only things I would add are that The Wreck of the Richard and Charlene certainly isn't a gluten-free restaurant, but I was able to find something to eat there, and that there's a Whole Foods in Mount Pleasant.
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    My bread substitute since going gluten-free has been soft corn tortillas. They have no sugar, but they also have no fiber. (Gluten free breakfast cereals tend to have this problem, too. Wheee!) One solution is to eat a lot of beans. Very high fiber, very low sugar. This might be a solution to your watery poo; when I started eating masses of vegetables (also...
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    I must say, I've never felt so motivated to make up the bed before. (The comforter is largely claw-proof.) Amelia says she doesn't own any pants and her incontinence problems are getting much better since she doesn't have to live with the kitten anymore.
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    The latest doctor might well be right about the fructose malabsorption. I seem to have that problem and it seems to have caused the diarrhea I still had a year and a half into gluten freedom. Maybe you should try cutting out sugars first. It's... challenging. You pretty much have to cut out all sweeteners altogether (many artificial sweeteners cause your...
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    I'll keep you posted; if you hear a loud pop from the direction of South Carolina, that'll probably be me (or rather, the bed). There's a mattress pad on top, so I'm fairly confident that she can knead to her heart's content and not cause any damage. Fairly.
  9. The Fluffy Assassin
    Let's start by giving a possible name to the temperature sensitivity issue: Raynaud's disease. See if this stuff sounds familiar: Open Original Shared Link The gastroenterologist is correct that there aren't tests for other intolerances. You'll have to keep a food diary and do a series of elimination diets to see whether other foods are problems for you...
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    By LESLEY ALDERMAN Published: August 14, 2009 You would think that after Kelly Oram broke more than 10 bones and experienced chronic stomach problems for most of his life, someone (a nurse? a doctor?) might have wondered if something fundamental was wrong with his health. But it wasn
  11. The Fluffy Assassin
    The short answer is yes. Some people take months or years to heal. The big thing to know is that to be diagnosed formally with celiac disease, you have to keep eating gluten. As you have already been told that you are sensitive to gluten, this would probably be a bad idea. It would be best to go gluten-free now, and perhaps spend your Monday appointment exploring...
  12. The Fluffy Assassin
    Slow Fe is gluten free according to this: Open Original Shared Link The same site features a Walgreen's over the counter gluten free list here: Open Original Shared Link It doesn't have Slow Fe on it (go figure). It does have their house brand Ferrous Sulfate, which I also have here and can confirm there are no apparent gluten ingredients. Don't think it...
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    General Mills is on the good guy list of companies that will disclose in the ingredient list if there are any gluten ingredients (in other words, nothing hidden under "Natural flavors"). So though you can never rule out cross-contamination, it should be OK. (I'm going on Google results saying that Pop Secret is General Mills; you obviously can just look at...
  14. The Fluffy Assassin
    You probably want to read this: Open Original Shared Link And find better doctors. Have you been checked for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)? It appears to be associated with celiac disease.
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    Depending on which fruit, veggies, nuts and seeds you're eating, that might be considerably less fiber than you were getting before. Maybe think about amping up the rice and beans. I had accidentally put myself on a low-fiber diet, great for people with diverticulitis, not so good for anybody else (including me). I have a feeling that a lot of celiacs do...
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    A blogger was raving about these people: Open Original Shared Link Sourdough? $8.50/pint? Dunno about either; all I know about panko is seeing it in stores. I wasn't very breadcrumb-oriented even before going gluten-free. Note to momxyz: Panko? Past participle of pinko. Gee! (Well, missy'smom already gave the right answer, so I'm free to be silly.)
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    I'm all but certain that I've seen gluten-free panko at local health food stores even here in the backwoods. An Internet search revealed someone saying that they have it at Whole Foods, but searching Whole Foods' website indicated differently. Worth a look, though.
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    Some thoughts: You could reintroduce gluten and lay off the peanut butter and see if you get bloated again. That might be an indication that you have a problem with both. (Or if you don't get bloated, it might indicate that it's just the peanut butter.) You could try the peanut butter on celery, just on the off chance that there's some weird interaction...
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    All I got is this site Open Original Shared Link saying "Liquids thickened with potato starch should never be boiled." Why? Dunno, they don't say.
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    My gurgling didn't stop until I quit fruit and fruit juice and started eating fairly gigantic quantities of vegetables, almost two years after going gluten free. I think that both moves contributed to quelling the gurgling, but I appear to suffer from fructose malabsorption, which you may not. Why not try both, but one at a time, and see if either help?...
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    It's possible. Why don't you try the gluten free diet and see if some of these resolve? I'm sorry to say that it doesn't seem to fix hypoglycemia. I've given up fruit and amped up my vegetable consumption considerably. The two together seem to have fixed my remaining digestive troubles, but while the hypoglycemia is getting better, it's not gone yet. I suspect...
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    Good gravy, Daniela, that's quite a trip! Here's some past threads on those places, and some other information: New York: https://www.celiac.com/gluten-free/index.php?showtopic=60176 Amherst: https://www.celiac.com/gluten-free/index.ph...&pid=342147 (See the reply, marked #2. This is from 2007, but hopefully some of this still applies.) Toronto:...
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    Too much magnesium isn't good either: Open Original Shared Link Open Original Shared Link
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    You are suffering from ataxia: Open Original Shared Link which is frequently a result of B12 deficiency: Open Original Shared Link (scroll down to the second item). B12 deficiency is often a result of celiac disease. It should straighten itself out on the gluten free diet, but sublingual B12 supplements should help a lot. After a certain age (some time in...
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