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thank you for your reply... part of me knew better, having had one reaction after a weekend away. but the amount encountered this time was so much less than the last "off the wagon" exposure I really was surprised. I have to fill out an online evaluation of the conference, and I am going to mention the need for choice for luncheons. The business that...
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I felt I had been doing so good.... I'm almost 7 weeks gluten free, with one weekend of falling off the wagon a month ago... but just last weekend I was happy to report no new spots and old ones starting to heal, although slowly. And then, at the end of this week! An Attack! Today, burning and itching returned, and although I forcibly restrained my...
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ARCHIVED Please Help With Diagnosis Of 9 Year Old Daughter
momxyz replied to Meluvdeals's topic in Parents, Friends and Loved Ones of Celiacs
hi, when my daughter was eleven, she had similar blood tests as your daughter, in that the only test that was elevated was the IgG anti-gliadin. Although this is a sensitive indicator for Celiac disease, it is not considered by the medical community to be a very specific indicator, and so, it may be that a diganosis of Celiac's will not be ascribed unless... -
jestgar and tarnalberry, you have just made me a very happy woman!
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You know, I miss Thai and Chinese food more than I miss bread! Are there any Vietnamese (or Chinese, Japanese, or Thai) dishes that are gluten free and could be safely ordered out? My favorite is Panang Chicken. I know I didn't spell that right but its a spicy curry made with coconut milk. Would that have gluten?
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ok, found a new link for it! Please let me know if it works this time: Open Original Shared Link
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the link had worked before... hope they haven't taken the article down! I will try to find it again because it was very useful to me.
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here's my take on the difference: the dietician is going by what the medical community currently accepts as the standard definition of celiac disease: it's hallmark is villous atrophy. no atropy, negative biopsy - you don't have celiac's disease. Celiac disease is one form of gluten intolerance, but according to many, it only represents the tip...
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ARCHIVED Gluten And Depression
momxyz replied to momxyz's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease
thanks Raven, I really appreciate the support. We had a good talk tonite. She does feel that the gluten free diet has helped her, and she is motivated to stay on that diet. She does not view the medication as as reason to go off the diet, as she has experienced significant benefit. Its just that everything is still not Ok (mentally) Improvement - yes... -
ARCHIVED Gluten And Depression
momxyz replied to momxyz's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease
hi all, bumming out a bit this afternoon.. more about my daughter. I had been so hoping that the combination of going off birth control and going gluten free would free her from her depression and anxiety. Well since mid July there has been some improvement; she herself sees improvement in her feelings of depression but not her anxiety. Today was... -
Thanks, Is the topical dapsone very expensive? The spots that are taking the longest to heal are the older ones as well!
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ARCHIVED Quick! Need Gluten Free Apple Pie Recipe
momxyz replied to momxyz's topic in Gluten-Free Recipes & Cooking Tips
thanks everyone!! lots of useful ideas. Here's what is being attempted: she picked up a gluten free pie crust mix (don't know what brand) and she's planning on preparing that according to the directions. for the filling, she's going to adapt my old recipe. For the flour she is going to substitute a mix of cornstarch and rice flour, 2 parts cornstarch... -
I was diagnosed with acid reflux a few years ago. I was having these "pings" in my chest that scared me. I had an EKG, full stress test - everything in that direction was fine. I have never had the "hot" feelings you describe but I had been having occasions where food just didn't seem to want to go down my esophagus. Not painful but very uncomfortable...
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That was an interesting link. But I have a question. The author states that without drugs, and just being on a gluten free diet, that it will usually take about 2 years for the rash to clear up! How does this jive with what people here experience? My DH is self diagnosed - a persistent and very itchy rash that started in Oct 08 on my ankles. This...
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ARCHIVED The Happily Divided Kingdom
momxyz replied to momxyz's topic in Gluten-Free Recipes & Cooking Tips
you know, he rarely uses flour... only when he deep fries something, which is not often, and we can work on gluten free alternatives for that pretty easily. It's really only during the holiday season when the flour comes a flyin'. And in that case I have been the baker... So this holiday season I am either going to have to adapt my recipes... or... -
ARCHIVED Quick! Need Gluten Free Apple Pie Recipe
momxyz posted a topic in Gluten-Free Recipes & Cooking Tips
Ok I will search this forum for this forum but would appreciate help and input. My daughter and her BF are going to an apple orchard Saturday. In New England, this is a lovely way to spend a day, and I encouraged this as a wholesome dating activity. (with the requirement she bring home apples, cider, and squash!) Well she is going to do this but there... -
ok DD and I are gluten free, for various and sundry reasons. Tho neither of us has a formal diagnosis, both of us are seeing benefits. And, more telling, seeing adverse consequences when we ingest gluten again. My dear husband, since the kids were little, has been chief cook. It's what worked for us. My involvement in the kitchen (formerly) had been...
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ARCHIVED Chebe Foccacia Bread
momxyz replied to jststric's topic in Gluten-Free Recipes & Cooking Tips
bummer! I just ordered this mix from a food coop..... It may not be anything you are doing at all. I am speaking from limited experience but the first pizza mix we tried was just ok... a tad spongey. The next brand we tried came out great. The only thing I can think is that maybe the egg substitute just isn't reacting right with the other ingredients... -
ARCHIVED Good News: I Can Eat Fruit Again
momxyz replied to The Fluffy Assassin's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
Good article! Now, how do you make ambrosia? -
ok today was the first day in just about 6 weeks on this diet that I had a craving I almost couldn't resist. And it was for chocolate. I have been so good (really Santa Claus!) Is there ANY form of chocolate I can have? doesn't have to be dairy free, just gluten free...
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ARCHIVED Update: Reason For Hope?
momxyz replied to momxyz's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease
good for Emma! I hope she continues to prosper. As far as my daughter is concerned, we are at a different end of the spectrum... while she is happy about the 1/2 inch what she is really looking for is an advance from A cup to B cup....but the slight jump upward hopefully will be a precursor to that!! -
ARCHIVED How Did You Start Your Diet
momxyz replied to bahrbdoll's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
Watch out for yogurt! In reading labels I found some brands that did have gluten listed as an ingredient. I would not make a blanket statement about all potatoe or corn based foods either. My daughter has bought some snack foods, but only ones that state they are gluten free. me, I'm sticking to baked potatoes and corn on the cob. -
ARCHIVED Difference Between Dq2 And Dq8?
momxyz replied to jasonD2's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
Check this article out Open Original Shared Link DQ8 is also associated with celiac's. -
ARCHIVED How Did You Start Your Diet
momxyz replied to bahrbdoll's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
We started very simply. We ate very little pre-packaged gluten free foods at first and just concentrated on lots of fruits and veggies, lean meats,and brown rice. none of that required any label reading! (although I did check our salad dressings.) Next we added things like gluten free breakfast cereal and pizza crust mix and homemade rice flour crackers... -
fortunately for me, my MIL's potatoe salad is pretty basic, potatoes, onions or scallions, salt pepper a spice or two. but yes, the info on pickles would be helpful, for social situations where another recipe might be encountered!