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    I don't think anyone mentioned this yet though I've heard it is fairly common among celiac triggers...I'm pretty sure it was lyme disease. In May of 2010 I had a few weird episodes of breaking out in hives with trouble breathing, went on steroids for them. Soon after, I found the bullseye rash, and went on doxycycline for a month. Terrible, awful drug...
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    When I first when gluten free after being diagnosed, I was RAVENOUS for about 2 weeks. I mean seriously hungry. Like I had to carrying around packs of gluten-free pretzels when I went to class because I couldn't make it from breakfast at 9 to lunch at 11 without becoming so hungry I would get intense hunger pains. I chalked it up to the fact that my body...
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    Your problems are pretty suggestive of celiac symptoms. So the nest step is to get tested. Keep eating gluten. Don't stop until you're finished testing because if you do, you may get a false negative. Visit your doctor, explain all your symptoms and insist on getting a full celiac panel done. If they won't, get a new doctor. Be aware than many doctors don...
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    I had that happen. I had been gluten free for only a month and I wasn't really feeling sick any more. I started eating gluten again and actually experienced NO symptoms and thought "Oh, maybe it's not the problem after all..." but gradually the symptoms began to return, including ones I didn't even realize had disappeared until they came back (yeast infections...
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    I live in a house of gluten-eaters. I know many think it's impossible, and it might be for some, but I do just fine. -I'm sure you know this already since you mentioned the dishes, but don't share pots and pans, cutting boards, wooden spoons, etc. either. -Don't be around while there's gluten baking happening, if there's going to be any. Be sure your...
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    I don't know how spicy exactly you made it, but have you eaten anything that spicy recently? Indian food of any kind will do that to my boyfriend and he has no issues with gluten. Some people just can't handle the spice. Any chance it was that? Or maybe your healing gut at least couldn't handle it quite yet?
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    A repeat of your blood test could be valuable. If you've been gluten free, but you're still experiencing symptoms, one possible reason for that might be cross-contamination or gluten sneaking in some way you're not aware of. Getting your blood-test redone might be able to shed some light on that. On the other hand, getting retested might not give you any...
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    "we randomly test the product up to 20ppm (parts per million) to ensure that the wraps really are Gluten Free" Many celiacs can't do 20ppm, it's too much for them (and still technically causes damage to the rest of us). But at least they're honest about what their standards are. That said, it does look like they go to great lengths to make sure everything...
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    To sum it all up: It's very possible that all of your symptoms, including the findings of your colonoscopy and even your endoscopy, are indicative of either celiac or gluten intolerance. You CAN have celiac with negative bloods and biopsies, though in my opinion, if you know gluten is causing a problem, it doesn't really matter what name you give it. You...
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    You are so good to be concerned and to want to help him. Also, you are completely justified in your feelings...it's a big deal for celiacs to need to be gluten free and avoid contamination. Since he's not living with you and just being over often, it's likely that you won't need to worry about having gluten in your kitchen, so long as you can clean up well...
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    Websites owners or moderators can't choose the types of ads that appear on the site (except for ads from the site's sponsors). The ads aren't handpicked--basically whatever company (say, Google) provides the ads runs an automatic scan on the website and picks up words, and the ads get matched to that. They do that so the people who are on the website will...
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    Perhaps we're talking about Food For Life?
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    I use their coconut oil without problems. I have sometimes reacted as super-sensitive when there was trace amounts, and I've also been fine on occasions when I was surprised to not have been glutened by my surroundings. So, I'm fine with Nutiva and I'm at least very sensitive, but better get some more opinions.
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    I'm planning a trip that involves all three west coast states, and the only part I'm stuck on is the 6 hours between Crescent City and San Francisco. I usually use Gluten Free Registry for things like this but they don't have Crescent City. I need to make a list of safe places to eat along the way, particularly because I'm traveling with 2 gluten-eaters and...
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    I struggled with Candida for years in many different manifestations (I thought it was normal to have a yeast infection for two weeks after every period). It disappeared miraculously during my second week gluten-free. I've been gluten-free and Candida-free for 5 months now.
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    I'm sorry your family has experienced the stress of your sister being sick and not knowing why. As ravenwoodglass said, you are a very kind and loving sister to be concerned and want to make sure she's okay. That said, celiac disease is not life-threatening and does not cause brain damage. It's possible that looking on here you see some people who have...
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    Could be. For me it often varies, sometimes I wouldn't feel the full effects of a Friday night glutening until Sunday morning. My gluten reactions always wait until morning, for some reason.
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    If you try it with the amaranth let me know if it works. Hope you enjoy them!
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    I am aware that celiac reactions vary greatly from one person to another, and some celiacs have reactions similar to this, but I think it's important to mention that you should consider the possibility of having an wheat allergy rather than celiac, particularly since you were self-diagnosed so I'm assuming that means you never had an endoscopy or anything...
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    I made these muffins awhile ago and someone asked me to share the recipe. I half invented them, half adapted them from glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com...Karina's vanilla cupcake recipe. But these are definitely muffins. They are a sweet, spicy breakfast muffin. I fiddled with the recipe while I was making them in order to get them the way they ended up, so...
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    Thank you! I look forward to trying that recipe out!

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    Hi AzizaRivers -- any chance you might post the homemade cinnamon muffin recipe? I love the brownie recipe you suggested. And cinnamon muffins? I'm wiping the drool off my keyboard! :)

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    I do want to say I think you're being an awesome girlfriend for being supportive of him, and especially going gluten-free for solidarity. I think sometimes people don't realize how good that makes us feel, someone saying "I'm in this with you, we'll do it together." Have you had a long sit-down talk with him about this, or just bits and pieces here and...
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    If it's in the context of explaining that I can't eat something or can't order something, half the time I just say "I can't have wheat," especially if there's no chance that the item has rye, barley or oats. There's no point in complicating it. A short way of explaining it in better detail, if you're going to use the words celiac disease, is to say it...
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    I second the cups. My debilitating cramps have gotten SO much better, I don't spend $15 a month on supplies, there's nothing to throw away, I don't have to empty it every 4-6 hours...the list goes on. On another note, horrible periods were one of my symptoms. I had always had bad ones, but year before being diagnosed my 40-41 day cycle (long, I know...
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