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  1. Black Sheep
    O.k. I REALLY want to try those King Arthur brownies now, too!
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    Well, my dough made from scratch was just like that (as far as the thick/sticky part goes), and from what I've read on g.f. recipe blogs, that's just the nature of the beast. Even the loaves of bread are that way---the recipes say that the "dough" should look like stiff cake batter. It really is more of a batter than a dough! But the leftovers of my scratch...
  3. Black Sheep
    Same here! Although it was my dr. (a Naturopath) who insisted I do the challenge diet for a month, she didn't put me through the testing because I'm uninsured and she knows money is a problem. And at that same app't. almost 4 weeks ago now, she had already written out a draw sheet for me to take to the local lab, for thyroid re-testing ($225); plus she wanted...
  4. Black Sheep
    There's a thread about this here: It had to do with someone of Irish descent, but it still might be helpful.
  5. Black Sheep
    I do both, which works for me. The first solution (could be so much worse) helps keep me off the Pity Pot; and the second one is empowering. People keep telling me things like, "You know, I should probably cut out gluten, too....it's no doubt causing a lot of my health problems, as well, but....I don't think I could ever do it. It just seems so HARD! I would...
  6. Black Sheep
    When we saw our CPA last week, for some reason she and I started talking about nutrition, and how good nutrition should be taught in grade-school. And I added that I thought the evils of gluten should be taught in school, as well. She then related the story someone had told her about how their kindergartener was recently diagnosed celiac. Of course the...
  7. Black Sheep
    Thanks everyone, that helps a lot!
  8. Black Sheep
    Hey everyone thanks for your help! I also found the list of safe/unsafe ingredients on this site, and it did list wheat a.a.'s as unsafe. So I guess I'll be going shopping (again) today.
  9. Black Sheep
    I stopped by my doc's today to pick up a copy of my iron/ferritin blood work. Everything is within normal range except for two things. The first is my white blood cell count. It says the normal range is 4.0-11.0, but mine is 11.4. What does this mean? It doesn't seem good, but what do I know. The other one is Absolute Neutrophils. What the heck are Absolute...
  10. Black Sheep
    My Nature's Gate Organics lotion lists "Wheat amino acids" on the label. I know "wheat protein" is a baddie, but what about the amino acids? Anyone know?
  11. Black Sheep
    :lol:
  12. Black Sheep
    Hey Farmwife, I'm new here, too, and I'm glad you're here as well! It's a great board! People are so understanding and supportive, as we're all basically in the same boat, and there's a lot of good info here. I've learned so much already!
  13. Black Sheep
    Yuck, I've been there, with the Prozac and Celexa....mood swings to the point where people really thought I was crazy....but all the time I knew there was something physically wrong with me that was causing these mood swings, even if sometimes I acted pretty crazy! After taking lots of fish oil for 6 or 8 months, the mood swings went away, but I was still...
  14. Black Sheep
    I love this! Definitely a keeper.
  15. Black Sheep
    I'm reading your posts and thinking, Oh, that is SO me! Except the parts about the young children, since mine are grown; however, I had my first real bout with depression when my first was born. It eventually went away on it's own, but then several years later I got depressed again, ended up on Prozac....spent a lot of time in bed, with my kids coming in...
  16. Black Sheep
    Oh no! Church potlucks! Dang, I'd forgotten those! Well, this is just great. I guess instead of bringing 2 different dishes, I'll bring 3 so I can have a meal.(at my church they usually say if your last name begins A-whatever, bring a main dish and dessert. The rest of the alphabet, bring a salad and dessert. Our skinny pastor loves his dessert!) Sandsurfgirl...
  17. Black Sheep
    Your hair looks really cute! I'd have never known you had a problem with it just by the picture. I've found I have to keep mine no more than shoulder-length, too. I was bummed-out to find that my deep conditioner, which I was using once a week, has wheat protein in it. But at least my daily stuff doesn't. I used to buy all these expensive organic things...
  18. Black Sheep
    Oh, thanks so much for the help and advice! I'll do that search and see what I come up with. I love this place!
  19. Black Sheep
    /quote] Hi Carole, Thank you for sharing your story. I can say I actually relate and see myself in your shoes. I am 31 and wake up in pain. Terrible joint pain even my ankles hurt. At 31 I sometimes feel, and have expressed it openly,70. Posting on this forum has been the best step I have made because I have felt alone in this battle. Thankyou
  20. Black Sheep
    I always thought my hair loss was due to my hypothyroidism, but I'm hoping it's due to gluten, since I've been off the stuff for a couple of weeks now and never want to ingest another gluten molecule as long as I live! Haha good luck there, right? Anyway my hair, even as a child, was always fine and therefore pretty "fly-away" on some days, but I had lots...
  21. Black Sheep
    I haven't had any dreams of my teeth falling out (but what do 'ya want to be I will now--power of suggestion and all), but I've many awful dreams of my hair falling out in huge clumps. Maybe it has to do with gluten, or maybe it's because my formerly thick and wavy hair that I never had to do anything to is now very baby-fine, thin, and unmanageable. Has...
  22. Black Sheep
    I've been plagued for many years now with bizarre dreams, much like you've described. When I'd tell my husband about them, he'd look at me as if I'd just grown a couple of antennas out the top of my head, and say, "You're really weird. I never have dreams like that!" In fact, just last night, I dreamed I was eating cockroaches in my parent's living room....
  23. Black Sheep
    So nice to know I'm not the only "crazy" here! All through childhood I was a pretty depressed kid, although "depression" was never officially diagnosed. My mom said she did wonder and worry a lot about why I always seemed so serious and even sad, and the pediatrician was no help there. Poor Mom was kind of at a loss, I guess. Then as a teen I went totally...
  24. Black Sheep
    Ohmygosh, I was wondering why, up until about 4 days ago, I was always so thirsty! I've always been big on drinking lots of water; this is due to the dr.'s orders to my parents when I was 5 and had a terrible kidney infection. So I got used to drinking a lot of water, but I'd noticed that the last several years I've been drinking even more. Lately however...
  25. Black Sheep
    This sounds almost like I used to be. Well, I wouldn't have called my celiac cousin and bragged about eating pizza, but I was definitely in denial. About 8 years ago I started going to a Naturopath who figured gluten was part of my many health problems, and she had me go g.f. for a month to see how I felt. I did, and didn't feel any better. So up until just...
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