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    Note to self: read the ingredients label on foreign sweets you used to eat as a child that someone returning from said foreign country just brought to you (and who did not read the label either to forewarn you!) before scarfing down 2/3 of the tube. Translation: Smarties are not gluten free.
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    Thank you. Can I ask a couple of questions? What is your and her understanding of how a bad glutening triggers POTS? Second, how was the POTS diagnosed, and what special precautions, if any, does she take? Thank you.
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    Hi, and thanks for responding! Let's just say I was born (like a baby as relative once said) in the 1960s! What you're describing in the first paragraph is orthostatic hypotension, if I'm not mistaken. I don't think it's that, and the reason I say that is I had been standing already, for a while. What's "a while?" A few minutes at least. In other words, it...
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    Hi all, Yesterday morning after eating toast, the last of my breakfast, and while standing doing this and that in the kitchen, I felt my heart strongly in my chest. My rate was increasing, so I sat down and put a pulse oximeter on my finger and my HR was 155. I had to do a couple of vagal maneuvers to get it down (cough, hold breath and bear down). I...
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    A week or so ago, I called and spoke to someone who indicated that they are (still) attempting to sell, but it will probably change locations. Meantime, they are continuing to sell their equipment, which I don't totally understand if they are selling the business. Plumbago
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    Thanks! Yes, I just saw this myself, and o sure, I'll go plunk down a check tomorrow! But actually it's been a dream of mine to open a gluten-free restaurant in DC and call it Gluten Free, so there'd be no question. It's just strange because the rest of the web site is open. If it weren't for the sidebar twitter feed and the blog, you wouldn't know....
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    Hi everyone, If you live in the DC or Baltimore area, do you know the story about One Dish Cuisine? After nine years with my dx of celiac disease, I was finally preparing for a weekend trip/pilgrimage there, but saw on a sidebar twitter feed on their web site, that it's closed. Does anyone know the full story? Thanks! Plumbago
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    Stress probably still can cause ulcers, as far as I understand, but from my reading online, the discussion so far is correct. H. Pylori is responsible (probably) for the majority of ulcers. However, I would keep my "no connection" (celiac disease and HP) powder dry until I do more investigating, but that's just me. However, it (no connection) is what is understood...
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    Regarding the greens, I actually like them, and jam a lot in my smoothie in the morning. I almost always add ginger, which helps immensely. I have tried twice to eat organ meats, and I could not muster any enthusiasm, it felt like I was eating wrought iron. I am not precise on what I’m doing, so I probably should not even come close to saying I do anything l...
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    Wow: more than what she calls for?! Incredible. How do you do it? I know you said lettuce, but that can take you only so far, I would think. Do you have anything to cite regarding food and eczema? I also have eczema but thought in my case it was triggered by an environmental allergen. But your arthritis, that's just great. My knees are starting to hurt, maybe...
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    I can imagine you may be tiring of our skepticism, but one more: are you curious what this was due to? CD3 immunostain demonstrates increased intraepithelial lymphocytes throughout most of the architecturally preserved villi.
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    Chuck, Was that a normal endoscopy you had in 2012? From another post you made at https://www.celiac.com/forums/topic/121153-six-years-after-diagnosis-2nd-endoscopy-results/?tab=comments#comment-990090 you mentioned the results which I've copied below: Duodenal mucosa with increased intraepithelial lymphocytes and normal villous architecture...
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    Reason for delay in my responding is that I am just seeing this now. Terry Wahls, MD is a genius/fantastic person/insert own superlative - in my book. She actually recommends 9 cups of nonstarchy vegetables (last time I looked), and she herself does some kind of version of keto to overcome her MS successfully, but I do not have all the details on that, just...
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    The liver is a blessedly regenerative organ (up to a point), but still listen to those doctors! Losing 7-10% of weight is said to improve things a lot (assuming you are overweight), as you seem to know already. There's the ALT which you've already given, but there's also AST, which I don't think you have listed. In any event, there is something you may...
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    I’m wondering if they are now wanting to work you up from a liver and pancreas angle. It struck me as a bit strange that you said you had fatty liver with enzymes just barely out of range. Did they say NAFLD or NASH? Although I did “walk through the front door” regarding a celiac disease dx, Dr Fasano meant from a labs and endoscopy point of view. I do...
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    It must be maddening to have such vague responses. But regarding the lymphocytosis on your biopsy, according to a Grand Rounds lecture on the pathogenesis of celiac by Dr Hasan H. Hasan: “Gluten digests into gliadin. Gliadin gets into the epithelium and destroys the epithelial cells. It causes an overexpression of the cytokines, interleukin-15, and i...
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    I find that responders often do not listen to what is said in responses or in original posts. My magnesium levels and other labs were posted and I know I don't have asthma. Neither of those things mattered. As long as something unexpected happened to someone then it has happened to me, and nothing I can say is anything other than meaningless noise until someone...
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    For years, I've been using Kiss My Face olive oil soap (not for my face, but mostly hand washing). It is the best. It's got three ingredients (I think) and is mostly olive oil (over 80%). Now, it's no more, for one reason or another. Does anyone know of a suitable replacement? Preferably one with very very few ingredients. Thanks.
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    Without a lot more information, no. Do you think it might be a hernia? What do you think it is?
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    Exactly. Am I not making myself clear? I mentioned the obesity in relation to the previous posters' linkages to CRP and asthma.
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    The study states, "In patients with OSAS, the primary factors influencing levels of CRP were severity of OSAS and body mass index and those influencing levels of IL-6 were body mass index and nocturnal hypoxia." (I did note that we don’t have the hard numbers from that abstract.) And did you notice it said severity of OSAS and BMI? My post from Nov 2...
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    Wellllll, I think I would know if my bronchioles were malfunctioning and I was clogged with mucus! There are direct physical signs that can diagnose asthma (hyperexpansion of the chest, and expiratory wheezing heard on auscultation of the chest, and so on). And as I said, I did do some of my own PFTs. We know what the symptoms are of an acute asthma...
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    Thanks. I did a home sleep study and was shown to have severe sleep apnea, pretty much just sleep apnea. No asthma. I've done my own PFTs and they're more or less ok, and feel that I'd probably know it if I had asthma. Thanks for weighing in!
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    I was hoping by my posting my recent labs, I would help you! If you read the labs that I posted, you see that I am not mag deficient. I did the correct test (the RBC one), in case you are interested to read the labs again. Also the results of my methylmalonic acid combined with the homocysteine levels mean I’m not B12 deficient either (and I do supplement t...
  25. plumbago
    Lab tests from 2 days ago. As Linda Richmond might say, talk among yourselves...
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