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  1. bincongo
    I am new too. The last time I visited my kids and grandkids I offered to plan the meals and cook them. I seemed to work fairly well but I was new at this. My daughters kitchen is especially messy. I think I got CC from her kitchen. This year my daughter's baby is due on Thanksgiving day, she lives a 9 hour drive away so I will be staying with her and cooking...
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    I find all the comments interesting. I really wish they would do more endoscopy's to confirm a diagnosis. My endoscopy showed my villi were completely absent and the pictures weren't pretty. If more people had in hand proof of the diagnosis maybe they would think more seriously about it. My sister was just confirmed she has the gene for Celiac and her doctor...
  3. bincongo
    Good question and I don't have all the answers. I would think Clinique could tell you what kind of skin you have but I would not count on them being gluten free and people who work the counters don't usually know. Allergy tested does not mean gluten free. I used a lot of Estee Lauder and had to e-mail them to get a partial list of what was gluten free. I...
  4. bincongo
    Just be aware, Reese's has a new candy bar and it is not gluten free. It is packaged much the same as the Reese's peanut butter cups, same color and packaging but it has a different shape. I love the fact that Reese's regular cups are gluten free but this new one is not.
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    Thanks for the information. I read somewhere that only 5% of Celiac's develop the more serious things like cancer. I figure it must be in the group of 34% whose intestines don't improve. So if I am unlucky enough to be in that group then I did the math and that gives me a 20% chance of not recovering and/or getting cancer. I would guess that 5% is the refractory...
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    ARCHIVED Jason's Deli

    bincongo replied to notme's topic in Gluten-Free Restaurants

    Sorry to say today I had a bad experience at Jason's in Huntsville, Alabama. I had gone there before and ordered a gluten free chicken salad and the first time I went it bothered me that they cut up the chicken on the bar where they had all the other ingredients so this time I watched them. They were making lots of sandwich's and cutting them right on the...
  7. bincongo
    I know it worries me. I am driving so I guess I could bring some of my own things. You can't get a mixer clean? If you have a good pie crust recipe let me know. I make pumpkin pie and pecan pie every year. I haven't decided what I will do about the stuffing.
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    I read an article on Celiac.com, sorry I can't remember the name, it said that the intestinal recovery rate was only 34% at 2 years and 66% at 5 years. Three factors influence this rate, those who did not follow the gluten free diet well, those with diarrhea and weight loss and those who showed total villous atrophy on biopsy. I had total villous atrophy...
  9. bincongo
    Thanks for all the replys, thats what I need - real cooks who like to cook. I too was known for my pies and haven't baked anything since becoming a Celiac. I have done a few cookies. I have a wish list on Amazon so my kids can order from it. Today I ordered Robert's book and Cooking for Dummies. My daughter is having a baby around Thanksgiving and I will...
  10. bincongo
    Sounds like a plan. I had sublingual of B6 and B12 together in one tablet but I don't want to add more B6 since I was high. I had taken that before my blood work. I can look for sublingual for only B12 and I will add the D3 for awhile.
  11. bincongo
    I have taken Boniva for several years. I don't think I have done any harm by doing it but I did not know I was Celiac until this July. My DEXA scan was not improving with Boniva and calcium but not getting worse either. Now I believe it was maybe do to problems with absorbtion that Celiac's have. If it were me I wouldn't be afraid to take Boniva but I would...
  12. bincongo
    I love cookbooks and now I need Gluten free cookbooks. I am making a wish list for Christmas so my kids can buy for me. I brought one and was disappointed so I would rather ask your opinions based on the ones you have tryed. I would discribe my cooking style as Paula Dean but gluten free now. I don't care if things are low fat, healthy, lactose free or...
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    That's a cool site. I put the cookbook on my wish list for Christmas. It even has pictures of what ingredients to use.
  14. bincongo
    My B12 level was 583. My mulivitamin contains 50mcg of B12 and 400mcg of Folic acid and 800IU of plain D. I have picked up a bottle of Vitamin D3 2000IU in each softgel and Vitamin B12 250mcg in a tablet. Would you suggest I use the extra D3 and B12?
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    ARCHIVED Jason's Deli

    bincongo replied to notme's topic in Gluten-Free Restaurants

    I had a good experience at Jason's too. I ordered a salad and added chicken to it. I was a little concerned when they took the chicken from the salad bar prep line and cut it up on the bar there. I didn't have any problems with it and it tasted very good but I still have my concerns about using the chicken and next time I will ask if it should be done in...
  16. bincongo
    You know that really makes sense. Now I have about 6 bottles of extra vitamin's and minerals so my plan is to use them up since I am a little deficient for now and when they are gone I will go back to the multivitamin and calcium only. It won't affect my blood work 4 months from now.
  17. bincongo
    Thanks, I was looking for this information. My doctor didn't say anything except to repeat the blood work. I wouldn't have even gotten a free T3 and T4 done if it had not been for my sister's suggestion. My sister doesn't have Celiac so she doesn't have to be concerned with malabsorbtion. My sister goes to a specialist for her Hashimoto's and autoimmune problems...
  18. bincongo
    Ok someone directed me to a Web site called "Thyroid Mistreatment". I tryed reading it but right now it just put my mind in overload. My sister who has Hashimoto's told me to get Free T3 and Free T4 done in addition to the TSH. I am on Levothyroxine and have been on for a year. So my TSH is 2.58 in a scale of 0.27-4.20. My Free T3 is 2.7 on a scale of 2....
  19. bincongo
    Well my husband won't go completely gluten free so he buys his own bread. If it were me I would go simple. Go to the deli and ask them to clean their machine and get sliced Boar's Head meats and cheeses and have sandwiches. Get gluten free chips, there are a lot out there. You can have gluten free bread and the others can do there own thing. Oh, I also get...
  20. bincongo
    My DEXA scan last year showed I wasn't improving even with calcium and Boniva but it is no wonder because I didn't know I was a Celiac. I think I will take your advice. I will take the multivitamin instead of extra B12 and I will add extra iron. I was told you should take B12 and iron together. I do take calcium with vitamin D but I can't remember how much...
  21. bincongo
    I am confused. My lab tests show I am almost anemic, have low WBC, low MCHC. I am in normal range on B1 but close to being low. My B6 was high, vitamin D was normal. My B12 and calcium were normal. I am trying to figure out what Vitamins and Minerals to take. My Centrum Silver says it has 833% of daily requirement of Vitamin B12, does that really mean anything...
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    I can't vote yet - to young a Celiac, nothing else young about me. How long will you be having the vote and will you post the results?
  23. bincongo
    In response to burdee - I am not sure where to go from here with Synthroid. Maybe I should have left well enough alone. If I were sensitive to sugar I would be in big trouble with what I eat so no problem there. I am a little concerned about my WBC and MCHC since I think this is the first time it came up low but I will take a mulivitamin and it sounds like...
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    I don't know what my TSH was. That was my pre Celiac days and I wasn't concerned about keeping a copy of my lab results for myself. Actually I just realized that they did give me two lab results. The TSH of 1.27 and T4 of 7.06 was from December of last year after taking meds for 3 months. The most recent labs are TSH of 2.58 and Free T4 of 1.12. I am not...
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