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    Bobbijo, did the GI give you any printed results from your endoscopy? I wouldn't have remembered what he told me after I just woke up either. But the results were printed and it explained it all. As I understand it, ulcers in the esophagus untreated can lead to Barrett's disease, Open Original Shared Link which can lead to cancer of the esophagus...
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    Kareng: I asked how many samples he was going to take before I went under.He said they take 6 from various places in the small intestine. That is interesting about your GIs visual observations juxtaposed with the biopsy results. It just struck me as an odd comment, you know!! Unless they make that comment a lot. I'll wait patiently for a week ...
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    Thank you for your observations again, Roda. I had read that in my research and thought that it was an odd comment for the GI doc to make, if he was making a comment at all. Today was coffeeklatch day today at work (first Friday of every month) ... I walked in the the breakroom to find doughnuts, and danish and ugh, ugh, ugh ... Believe me I wasn't...
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    Hi All: Yesterday I had my endoscopy and my blood tests. The prelim. results of the endoscopy (all except the biopsy) were confusing. And I am wondering what to make of them. My biopsy and blood test results should be back in a week to 10 days. Here was what they found: redness/inflammation in the stomach, some polyps in the stomach (which were...
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    Thanks Raven. I will. I'm not too much of the nervous type at all. I'll roll with it. It's just a relief that this day has come really and that soon I can get off the gluten, you know ... ~Allison
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    Raven, I mentioned to him that I had done a three week elim. of gluten in Feb. But that I had been back on it (and how) since the beginning of the Month of March (this month). It was my impression that he wanted to do the endoscopy right away as a first thing. I don't know yet. But I am going to ask him more questions tomorrow before I go into <scary...
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    Grrrrrr, this may be an oversight then. I'll be sure to mention it tomorrow. And, thanks, Roda, I will be sure to ask how many samples they are going to take from the small intestine. It's going to be a long, complicated day tomorrow, I think. I will let you know how it all turns out. And what he says about the missing celiac panel tests. ~Allison
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    Thank you Roda. So it seems to be that, this doctor also being a liver specialist, wants to rule out any of the Hep. strains first, do the IgA test and the endoscopy. Maybe they left the tTg test of the scrip or they want to do the endo. first. I'll be sure to ask tomorrow morning. I am hoping that test will be done. Ah, the subtle poetry of medical...
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    Thank you Nora and Wolicki. I'll be sure and ask him about the blood tests tomorrow. So the IgA level test is one of the tests for celiac but the others that you listed are not there, right? I am so confused. I'll ask him about the tTG and the IgG test tomorrow before the local anesthesia sets in and I'll print out this little topic from the forum...
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    Hi All: I am going in for blood tests and my endoscopy tomorrow morning. I met with the GI doc. this morning. I have a whole scrip of bloodtests to take. Some I know, some I can't tell what they are. Here is the list: Albumin, Ceruloplasmin (seems to test for copper), HepB Ag, Hep B Ab (I know what these are, these are due to my elevated liver...
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    It's a big list and the list is here. Open Original Shared Link Their brands are called Central Market and Price Chopper. Hope some of you will find this useful.
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    Hello All: I found a list of gluten-free products from Stop and Shop, for those of you that live in the Northeast. The list is here. Stop and Shop's House brand is called Nature's Promise but they also have cold cuts, etc. There's also a Simply Enjoy brand. The link to the list is here. It's a pdf file, other wise, I would have cut and pasted. I...
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    I prepare two dozen hard boiled eggs for the month - and eat them on weekday mornings. To that I add a banana, nice and filling and nutritious and with the egg I get my protein. I was never a breakfast person but those two items do just fine for me. ~Allison
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    Hi Haley: I usually do the cheapo tickets on Icelandair with no meal. After my last experience with my beloved Icelandair, I am now ready to fly direct so I booked with Virgin. Anyhoo .... yes, there are no meal of the IA flight if you book into economy. Here is the menu that is given on their site: Open Original Shared Link There **used** to...
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    Thank you! That's a great list to print out and save. Which I have just done.
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    My bad. I got it the other way around. I got it wrong in another thread and no one corrected me. I'll remember it the right way from now on. ~Allison
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    Pufffee: Yeah, sorry about the Dannon yoghurt. Anytime it says "modified food starch" and it doesn't specify that it's corn, you have wheat. If you see that on labels, just avoid it. Perhaps you can check out the other Dannon kinds like the fruit on the bottom. I don't have any Dannon at the moment so I can tell you what those labels say. ~Allison
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    Well, then make a lot of that - it will make them happy and get some dedicated loaf pans for yourself and do it without the machine. If you are a natural born baker, revel in it. Your new machine won't go to waste on your family's liking for your creations. I like to bake but the minute yeast becomes involved, things just seem to go wrong for me, so...
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    I gave my old breadman bread machine away and I bought a new one. I also had old flour as well and that went to the person to whom I gave the old, beloved machine. I knew that I couldn't get the old wheat and rye flour out of it and I just bit the bullet and purchased a new one, which I love!! But yeah, bummer. You are probably going to have...
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    I never liked soda, and if I drank soda, it was always ginger ale, sprite, fresca, stuff like that. Cola always just gave me the big D so I always avoided it. Congrats to those who are kicking the soda habit!! You know you can always add fizzy tonic water to juice - boom, instant soda!! If I drink soda, it's real ginger ale, with lots of extra ginger...
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    Hello Kare: It sounds like you have having a hard time finding resources in Saudi. I did a search for you and found these recipes: Open Original Shared Link It sounds like you will have to do most of your cooking and eating at home and then carrying food with you. These recipes will have all of the ingredients available locally. But you will have...
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    Colas always made me sick and gave me stomach problems. When I went gluten-free for those three weeks (getting ready for tests no so I am back on the stuff ...) all things that were sweet tasted extra sweet to me. I tried some ginger ale in that time and it was cloyingly sweet and metallic tasting. I also found that I didn't crave sugar as I have...
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    That is just sad ... and very. very cruel. I don't understand it at all. What does she have to prove? It's not her health - it's YOURS. Can you lend her some books so she can read up on it? Can you explain to her that this is a DISEASE, like diabetes. I am sorry that you went through that. What an awful experience. As it's family, it could...
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    To all that mentioned Larabars before, I want to thank you. I only found about 8 varieties (none of the ones I really wanted to try like the lemon and the lime ones) at the market today. I bought four different ones. They had a lot of the nut and chocolate ones and I am not keen on chocolate (yeah, I know I'm a freak .. ) and I tend to prefer fruit...
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    I second the Food for Life brown rice tortillas. I much prefer them to corn. I just heat them up in a pan like I would a corn totrilla. Turn them over a few times and they are ready to go. I don't own a microwave so ... ~Allison
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