skbird

Wow, if I have yet another thing wrong with me, I'll be like Mr. Burns from the Simpsons (he had so many diseases/health problems, they all canceled each other out and he's living to a ripe old age!).

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That totally made me laugh! I'm with you on this one... Ehhxxxcellent.....

I have wondered about this condition, too, because I get chest pains. I have what I was beginning to think were pleurisy pains, mainly on the left side. But the rheumatologist didn't think much of them. I also have a pain on my lower left side between two ribs that started after I had a bad cold. Every so often it goes out of whack now and the pain can be crippling. Really uncomfortable. I have had massage and chiropractic work done but they haven't helped. Posture is important and when I am doing more crunches, etc, I seem to do better with it.

Anyway, thanks for the laugh!

Stephanie

Yeah, that's not a fun one to go cold turkey on. I did the same, four days of hell!

I don't know whether or not it's gluten-free but if it isn't, go slowly...

Stephanie

A favorite of mine is now off-limits, Xylichew. I am hypoglycemic and so don't use sugared gums, nor can I use artificial sweeteners. Xylichew is sweetened with xylitol. I wrote the company and here's the response:

Our chewing gum is not 100% guaranteed gluten free. When I contacted our manufacturer they let me know that they knew that nearly all ingredients were gluten free however there were a couple that they could not say for sure.  I'm not aware of them using their machinery to manufacture items with gluten in them so it's hard for me to say.  If you have any other questions please let me know.

So this was a major disappointment for me. I'm going to check on Peelu, the other one I like to use, but if no on that, I think I'm out of luck on gum.

Stephanie