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    Hi nobeer4me, I just saw your post today. On this site you can order a book that contains gluten-free menus from many restaurants around the country. It costs (I think) $21.95 and is called "Gluten free wheat free gude to eating out." It's definatley worth the money. You would be surprised at all the places we can eat. I used to love Pannerra...
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    Hi jknnej, Is your throat, mouth, sinuses dry? How about your eyes. There is another autoimmune disease called (sp) Sorjensons disease. I don't know much about it but I know those are some of the symptoms. Hope you feel better soon Wendy
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    Hi Schnee, It sounds like classic celiacs to me. If you do get tested, please understand that you have to presently be eating gluten for the blood test to come out positive. If you decide to go gluten free (gluten-free) without the test, make sure everything is truly gluten-free. You mentioned Meticmucil. I also take it, even though I...
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    Sorry, I spelled it wrong, it's Ethyl Acetate. Wendy
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    Hi Amy I, as well contacted Stoneyfield. Yes, their flavored yogurts contain flavorings made from grain alchohol.. However the alchohol is distilled and the gluten protein should not get through. Even if you are dairy sensitive, you probably would be able to tollerate yogurt because of the digestive enzymes that are in it. Yes it's true that...
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    Hi, mmm, I'm sorry if you are experiencing lightheadedness. People with celiac disease can experience a miraid of symptoms. Many can effect the brain or mind, like brain fog, dizziness, lightheadedness. Phsycological problems as well, like depression. Or worsening of conditions like ADD, ADHD, Bi Polar disorder, schytsophrenia (sp) autism ect...
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    Hi Kate, How stupid am I? I read Christii's question and was so excited to answer her, that I didn't read your response before hand. I am sorry to hear that corn syrup bothers you. It makes me wonder if my allergist was right, altough thank goodness I don't seem to have any reation when I eat some. Maybe it'sthe fact that corn syrup is basically...
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    Hi Christi, When I saw my allergist and found out I was allergic to corn, I had the same reaction. "Oh man, corn syrup and corn oil is in everything!! What in the world am I going to eat now?" He said that it is the protein in what we are allergic to that causes the allergic reation. That corn syrup has no corn protein in it, and that corn...
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    Hi turtle99, Sorry, this is the first time I've been back on line since last week. Great question! I'm not sure if untreated celiacs ALWAYS leads to leaky gut syndrome. I asume it does eventually but I don't know for sure. I read research all the time but I've never read anything that explains that difinitively. The only way I know...
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    Sorry typo I meant to say Hi Michelle and it came out ahi Michelle, I don't even know what ahi means! Wendy
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    aHi Michelle, Sorry, the last message I wrote about being offended, was written to foodphobic, not you. I though maybe she was offended by the response that she wrote. You are a doll and we are all sorry for what you are going through. Maybe your Dr. is right. His response does seem kind of abusive, mentally abusive anyway. I know I would...
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    Hi Anne, Like others have already said, you need to be ingesting gluten to have the test come out positive. Celiacs is and autoimmune disease. Which basically means our immue systems are goofy. A healthy immune systems sends out antibodies to destroy harmful bacteria or viruses, poisons, ect. When we ingest gluten, our antibodies come out...
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    watkinson replied to a topic in Related Issues & Disorders

    Hi qtsy, I have as good friend and neighbor who has MS. She started having classic celiac symptoms within the last year. I have been encouraging her to be tested. She finally went to see an endocrinologist (the same one I went to see). I was soooo dissapointed in him. She said he was ready to send her to get the blood tests for celiac disease but...
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    Steph, Turkey Hill too? Yeahhhh I swear I am a complete addict. I think I have ice cream almost every day! Thanks for the info. Wendy
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    Stef, I loved your story....how exactly right can you be! Michelle, Maybe he's in denial? I mean, I KNOW my mom is a celiac, all the signs, but she says she's not because she doesn't have the same symptoms as me. I keep telling her all about the miriad of different symptoms and that you don't even need to have symptoms at all, but it's obvious...
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    Hi foodphobic, Cool! Another Wendy I'm sorry if you took offense at my saying "it's just food". Believe me I do realize that food is a major part of everyone's lives. I mean if we don't eat we die! I just meant, it's food, it's not like we have to give up a leg or our sight or something. I just meant we can still eat, just as long as we...
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    Hi Betty, cdford is absolutely right! Celiacs disease is an autoimmune disease. When we ingest gluten, whether a bucket full or a speck, our bodies send out antibodies to attck the gluten like it was a poison or a bacteria, or virus or something. The problem is that, those antibodies don't distinguish the gluten from our own healthy cells. So they start...
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    I don't know, maybe I'm the weird one, but I was thrilled when I found out that I had Celiacs. I had been sick since I was a child, and the digestive problems started when I was a teenager. Rashes, sleeplessness, depression, horrible crippling pain in my ankles and lower back, hands falling asleep at night, elbows feeling like they were chronically...
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    Never paranoid...always careful WOW! I never thought of that. I do eat a fair amount of apples. I wash them carefully and polish them up but I wonder about that resiude you were talking about. HMMMMM, Wendy
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    I had an itchy rash that would come and go for over 20 years. It would be on my neck and chest, a little on my face, and on my upper arms. I saw many dermatologists over the years. Not ONE of them EVER suggested a simple food allergy or intolerance. I was told things like... maybe allergic to shampoo or soap or lotion, or toothpaste, or clothing detergents...
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    Hi Tami, Are you sure that M&M's are gluten-free? I'm not sure. I think that Reeses pieces are. I am so sorry you still feel sick. They say it took so long for our bodies to be damaged that the recovery can take a long time too. I read an article today talking about the possibiity of some celiacs getting an overgrowth of bacteria...
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    Just like Stephanie said, "You have to be careful with deli meats. Most are injected with processed chicken or turkey broth. The broth has thickeners in it (Like wheat) to make the meat heavier so that they can charge more. Look through the food lists on this celiac site to see which ones are okay. I will sometimes put a roast and onions in the crock...
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    Hi Tami, You should definately get more allergy testing, especially since you mentioned the nuts. I am not allergic to peanuts but they give me a terrible stomache ache. I have a mild allergy to pecans and the reation seems to be terrible fatiigue and depression. Almost a feeling of hopelessness for a few hours. I don't want even want to move. I am...
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    ARCHIVED Sleep Patterns

    watkinson replied to a topic in Related Issues & Disorders

    I also have sleeplessness. (For about 20 years or so) I had no problem sleeping as a child or teenager. But starting in my 20's (a few years after the celiac symptoms started) I began having sleep problems. (which go worse as the celiac problemas got worse.) I sometimes get as little as 1 or 2 hours a night several nights in a row. I have recently...
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    Hi Tami, I'm so sorry about how sick you have been. I also am allergic to corn, but I don't seem to have any stomache problems from it. My reaction seem to be a fibromyalgia worsening. (Muscle and joint pain gets worse.) I wish I had some great suggestions that could make you well but I don't know what to say. Are you 100% sure that you are...
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