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  1. pixiegirl

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    pixiegirl replied to Nancym's topic in Related Issues & Disorders

    I'm sure that's true and just for the record I was agreeing with you. And like you, if I could fix something with a dietary change I certainly would but sadly I don't think most people feel that way. I see it even on this list, its posted again and again... people who cheat occasionally, people who say their relationships suffer because they are so often...
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    pixiegirl replied to Nancym's topic in Related Issues & Disorders

    Wow this is a long topic I wish it were possible to sum it all up into some simple points... and its covered so much. I think Dr's. do just send a patient home with an Rx because in most cases patients won't/can't lose weight. I can't tell you how many people I know that have been told, either lose weight and take no blood pressure meds or take the meds...
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    I travel constantly both for work, with my boyfriend (his job) and fun. I have it down to a science and I rarely get glutened in a restaurant. I tend to try and eat dinner in upscale restaurants and I will eat steak, fish, baked potato and a sometimes a salad (I bring my own individual packets of dressing). If I'm not familar with a restaurant I call and...
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    Well I do wash all my produce very well, I just happen to think that organic is better then chemicals. They know for a fact that many pesticides can damage your DNA, I don't think that is true with manure related fertilizers. But yes with just about anything you can find something wrong with it too much sun you get cancer, too much water you drown....
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    I'm not sure I'm buying that apples are dyed.... I go to a u-Pick orchard that is all organic and the apple flesh is often stained red and I know these are not dyed. However, I buy organic everything more often then not, yes its more expensive and I just buy less but at least its more healthy, which is my goal. Susan
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    You're right Gluten Free doesn't always mean gluten free. And for those of us that are really sensitive we often have trouble with products that are made in a non dedicated facility. I've noticed that certain prepared products do bother my system so now when I want to try something new I usually end up calling the company and finding out about cross...
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    I've tried to search the forums to find out this info but when I type in yoplait I get pages and pages of hits and they contain the entire topic and for the life of me I can't even find the word Yoplait mentioned in some of them. I bought the Yoplait Whips, they are lower calorie but I swear every time I eat them I get a belly ache. Its not the dairy...
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    I do think you can make yourself crazy in the quest to avoid gluten. I too am very sensitive to gluten and I also travel often and have to eat out in restaurants. And I'm pretty sure once in a while I do get some gluten in restaurants even though they do try and be really careful. I've been gluten-free since 2004 and at the beginning of the year I...
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    I wanted to thank you for this, my daughter has a life threatening peanut allergy and although I do get the notices from Faan I saw your post first! Susan
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    I can't use Bob's RedMill, they told me that their products may contain nuts/peanuts and we are allergic to them. Arrowhead Mills says I don't have to worry about the nut issue with their products. Susan
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    I travel often and if you drink lattes with milk they are usually fine virtually anywhere, but with soy you can't be sure. In my experience most of the flavorings are gluten-free but I don't take a chance I get a plain latte and I'm fine. Susan
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    Huh? Gas, soreness? I'm always amazed at how we are all so differently effected by various procedures... its hard to tell someone what to expect when we all seem to be effected so differently by the same things. When I had my colonoscopy I had an endoscopy at the same time. I was knocked totally out. After a couple hour recovery I went out to dinner...
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    I'm glad your going to stop drinking.. it would be the view of most involved with alcoholics that if you drink every day and often up to a bottle of wine.. yet are still functioning (hold a job, not falling over, no memory loss) that you are a functioning alcoholic. In my book anyone who drinks every single day has an issue with alcohol at the very least...
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    I am a single mom too... I currently have a wonderful boyfriend but prior to him I dated all the time... I was on Match.com and really got out there. I have NEVER had anyone not date me because I have Celiac, not once. Certainly there have been a few knuckleheads that didn't get it, but they were happy to date me!! So I wouldn't worry about that, it...
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    LOL you let someone else be the guinea pig for the cookie recipe!! Susan
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    Well I'm so off of my Celiac Disease player... I only use digital music now... I broadcast to my car radio from my iPod... and I have a portable hard drive with over 20,000. songs on it! Crazy! I listen to virtually anything, I too love oldies.. I really get into music from the 50's - 80's. but recent stuff includes Daniel Powter, Jamie Cullen, Teddy...
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    It worked for me I got 497 that were gluten free! Susan
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    I think most of us that eat out know there is a risk when we do so (in response to the poster who said we were fooling ourselves) but some of us don't have a choice if we eat out or not. I travel often and I do business over meals so I really don't have much of a choice when it comes to "if" I eat out. However I'm lucky in that I get to choose the restaurant...
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    I've been with my boyfriend for 5 years... when we met I had the mystery illness.... I was doing ok when I met him but I continued to get worse and worse... we travel alot (he for business and I go along for the ride, I work from my computer and cell phone) and it got to the point where I really couldn't travel any more because I was so often sick. Finally...
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    Well I'll add another possibility... eosinophilic disease, depending on where the cells collect changes the symptoms. I have many in my colon and stomach (eosinophilic gastroenteritis) but if you get them in the esophagus then you have EE. I have some there and I have had all sorts of problems swallowing. There seems to be some slight tie in with Celiac...
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    Burlington Mall is a bit of a hike for me I'm in the mid-Cape area... especially at night and drinking blah blah. Do I have to decide now? Maybe sometime we could do south Shore Mall in Braintree ... I'm pretty sure there is a Legal there too. susan
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    Personally a tour would not work for me, it could be different from day to day depending on who's working. It may give you a general idea of how much they clean up and handle cross contamination but I think it only does for that staff, that day. I just don't like that at all, it seems like the day could come when we can't eat food from the grocery store...
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    Actually we are going to start using a silicone gel type of implant again here in the US for cosmetic purposes. However most implants are filled with saline solution which should it leak you won't have a problem. I am the plastic surgery queen.... I don't have breast implants, I happen to love my smallish breasts however I happen to know one of the world...
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    OH I can't wait to try it, it sounds so good, I love this forum I've gotten so many fabulous recipes here, thanks, will try it in the next few days. Susan
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    Excellent, thanks for the help, I can't wait to go back to NYC, what a great town and so much more friendly then my own, Boston.... Also thanks for the info about the play, I'm a big Julia fan so I know I'm going to enjoy it either way. We have good seats too right in front, we got them the day they went on sale. I'm thinking of going a day early...
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