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You know, I sometimes think it might just be simpler to lump me into the insane category and commit me into a padded room so long as they give me lots of things to keep myself occupied with. Problem being that I have lost much of my fine motor control through epilepsy and one of my favourite things to do other than my photography is paper work...and I have...

Wow, that is so interesting! Ok, I think I may have to have my husband make a bit of a cloud of flour around me. Not sure that would really work though, my heart would probably be elevated because I'd be nervous. Not terribly helpful that, testing myself for something and I know I'll end up creating a result I would get for one of the answers whether...

I was at my parent's beach house with my mom, my kids, and my husband for some vacation time. I had lugged my own pans, dishes, silverware, and food with me which I was keeping separate from the food of the rest of the family. Well, my mom decides to make pancakes for my kids. I walked into the kitchen after she had just finished making the dough and breathed...

One thing, there can be gluten in paper products...don't use paper napkins while you are eating, it can be as simple as that if you are an extremely sensitive person and need to be OCD. My best friend's Father-in-law owns a VERY well known vitamins company, her two nephews are allergic to pretty much everything (soy, almonds, rice, dairy...yep, anything...

Thank you everyone, I really appreciate it! I'm giving everybody their own paragraph, figure that makes it easier. Ooh, the idea that my hair might stop falling out is exciting! At one point I actually had to wear a wig. Sure, I got to have straight hair for once in my life and it was a great wig...such a good one that a family friend even came...

So after what I think is probably about 2/3 of my lifetime (ie., 25 years) with symptoms, I got bloodwork done to test for Celiac. It came back negative of course, my body likes to make me pay for doctors' boats and vacations so I usually get to go through every step. Things have been hard for us lately though, so when we realized I would then need the...

When I was pregnant both times I lost 15 pounds in the first 3 months. Since that is not safe, my doctors told me to eat avocado to add fat. You might try putting some avocado on your Udi's turkey sandwich. That will increase your calorie count for the day. Iron rich foods you might think about adding that you could just carry around with you are things...

Sorry, just noticed when this was posted. I hope you got help.

See your ENT now please! I have had Tinnitus in both ears since Nov 28th 1999 and the past year or so it has been getting worse and worse so that now I have to sleep with my fan on high right at my head (which means I have to have a heating pad and 4 blankets), my celiac disease player playing an ocean celiac disease at a volume of 22, and my iPod playing...

Gluten free pretzels with hummus! Mmmmm. I totally understand how you are feeling in dealing with your friend, only I get that sort of thing with my mom not just with the possibility of me having Celiac (we aren't sure yet and I'd be willing to bet she does and my sister too), but my epilepsy which really hurts. She will make comments that makes...

I've had numerous MRI's ever since I started with this back in 1999. A few years ago they noticed some brain deterioration and what they think is calcification. *cry* It isn't severe, but I do have noticeable short term memory loss and if my husband doesn't hand me my seizure medication it is quite likely I will forget to take it, which means I end up...

Thank you for the replies. So I should make an appointment with my GP then eh? Load up on gluten for a few days to undo any good I might have done (yay one last time for, Panang curry at my favourite Thai restaurant, and I could meet up with my friend for our traditional after Christmas stress has worn off soup salad and bread sticks at Olive Garden )...

So my sister and I have always joked about how our health problems must be because of all the royalty we are related to and the inbreeding just ruined our health. I have had multiple doctors literally say "well that is just weird", or they don't even put it quite that nicely and simply say that I'm weird. Now my neurologist is wanting me to try...