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  1. Fire Fairy
    I'm nearly 3 years gluten-free, I can tell you the first year was the hardest. It took 6 months to figure out I was intolerant to dairy, egg and soy. Now I can have all three again. I finally starting feeling alive again. It was and still is amazing. This past year has been harder for me but I think that is nothing to do with anything you might be going through...
  2. Fire Fairy
    I've had that too but the worrisome thing is when it happens at work when I'm standing.
  3. Fire Fairy
    Drat so that sounds like I should probably go to an doctor ASAP.
  4. Fire Fairy
    Hi I'm chiming in as a Celiac and Migraine sufferer. 90% of my Migraines disappeared after going gluten-free. Migraines require two triggers I spent over a decade knowing that and avoiding all the known triggers I possibly could but I did not realize gluten was a trigger. Two of my triggers are my hormones fluctuating during PMS (or PMDD) and barometric pressure...
  5. Fire Fairy
    I need a gluten-free hug for a different reason but I totally sympathize with yours. (((((HUGS)))))
  6. Fire Fairy
    My BFF thought my migraines were all stress! And that I was depressed. Yes great way to deal with stress and depression curling up into a ball and not moving for 13 hours. I was depressed and anytime someone said anything I was like "You try living with chronic migraine and see if you get depressed!" I have a migraine now, even gluten free I still occasionally...
  7. Fire Fairy
    I have re-occurring nightmares like that. (((hugs))) Now, never do that again.
  8. Fire Fairy
    My mom got the blood panel and it was negative but I think it was wrong. Show me a list of symptoms and complications from Celiac and my mom can check off over half. My brother as well. But now mom tested Negative that is likely subject closed. She's 76 this month and rapidly declining which is more upsetting because we have pretty good longevity in this...
  9. Fire Fairy
    Migraine, fatigue and a feeling of defeat.
  10. Fire Fairy
    Okay I work retail and have actually worked as a grocery store cashier in years past. Now my first fear for you would be brain fog when dealing with money. Especially because the thieves will know you are "new" as a cashier and try to get you to make change. It's a very common scam. They trick you into giving them back more money than you actually owe them...
  11. Fire Fairy
    November 2nd will mark my three years of being gluten free. Last November I went to my boyfriend's parent's home for Thanksgiving. I didn't eat much as my first gluten-free Thanksgiving had been an epic fail. I did eat though as 1) I really wanted to be polite and make a good impression as this was my 1st meeting with his parents. 2) As various family members...
  12. Fire Fairy
    Used to have one in walking distance, closet ones now would be a special trip but still as soon as possible I'll give it a try and post my report. Just called they said they will not have them for at least another month.
  13. Fire Fairy
    The The RN should be in deep trouble as well as the "Dietitian" or whoever was supposed to give your chart to the dietitian.
  14. Fire Fairy

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    Fire Fairy replied to txgal748's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    I'm almost 3 years gluten-free. We have a 6am store meeting today where a buffet of gluten foods will be provided.This is what I just dreamed in the short time I slept knowing I had to get up at 4am. Sometime after 3:05, after I feel asleep, I dreamed about big thick fresh baking biscuits. We were making tons of them and some other pastry because it...
  15. Fire Fairy
    I used to Nair (or was it Neet) my legs. One day after many years of using it I put the stuff on, all over my legs up to about mid thigh and it started burning. I ran into the shower to wash it off and I pulled the knob out of the wall. Then I had to run to my mother's bathroom, get her out of it, and wash the Nair off. (I was not at this time or for ten...
  16. Fire Fairy
    I've heard so much from so many sources I can't keep any of it straight. My BFF being the loudest source. She went to a lecture on the affordable care act and apparently it is the best thing ever, with absolutely no draw backs. (which I think is impossible especially since things are already changing at my work as a result of the act) She thinks that I am...
  17. Fire Fairy
    (((HUGS))) Before I was diagnosed I suspected I was dying. My best guess was a brain tumor. (the only symptoms I cared about were the neurological ones I had others but they didn't terrify me) My best friend and I met for lunch twice both times I wanted to tell her how scared I was, get her support, her thoughts on what I should do, and tell her what to do...
  18. Fire Fairy
    I have no insurance and have not been back to the Dr in 2 years. I totally don't want any invasive tests unless they are 100% necessary and as I feel certain I have Celiac I see no need for the tests. I was just worried as it seems like at one point I had read that women over a certain age would be required to have mammograms and if they can/could force us...
  19. Fire Fairy
    Does anyone know what the Affordable Care Act will mean for un-diagnosed Celiacs like me? I am a bit afraid the Affordable Care Act will require that I go to a Dr. And when I tell him/her I'm a Celiac (without a diagnoses) what will he/she do? Will they make me be tested? If they do I'll have to go back on gluten? I've been gluten free 2 and half years and...
  20. Fire Fairy
    I-pod at the dentist! That is awesome! Why have I never thought of that! I used to always get the happy gas but I stopped because 1) I heard one nurse at my old dentist telling the other nurse "Be sure he drills the right tooth this time." I was wishing I was a lot less loopey when I heard her say that. I then got really sick from the gas afterwards,...
  21. Fire Fairy
    I've always wondered when the Hippocratic Oath became the hypocritical oath.
  22. Fire Fairy
    Results from my mom's blood tests came back and the nurse read to me over the phone "No signs of Celiac disease". Now I'm sure there was more in the report, maybe that was what the Doctor wrote down to tell me. Point is when my mom had the test run she sent my dad out to buy all the gluten filled treats she loves, presumably so she could have them one last...
  23. Fire Fairy
    I was already depressed prior to the first month so my MD put me on an anti-depressant the same day he told me to go gluten free once it managed to get absorbed I was a lot better. It still sucked though because I was diagnosed at the start of November and had to deal with telling the family at family get togethers, which in my family revolve around food...
  24. Fire Fairy
    Ever want to grab a Doctor and shake him? Maybe make his brain rattle back into place.
  25. Fire Fairy
    Wooden Spoons! If you have any old wooden spoons that were used on gluten foods wood is great about holding onto gluten. I actually had some wooden spoons made by my great uncle so I had to hand them down to another family member. ((((Hugs))))
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