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  1. IrishHeart
    A good broad spectrum probiotic has just as many "good guys" bacteria as kefir but without the high dairy content that can cause serious intestinal upset in some people. (It made me hurl and gave me terrible abdominal cramping, which is too bad because it's full of vitamins and heathy nutrients.) I remember my Armenian grandmother making her own "tan" which...
  2. IrishHeart
    I don't. I have a few additional intolerances besides celiac (soy, histamine, MSG, nitrates and food additives, for example) yet my villi are no longer damaged. (I had a biopsy in August after nearly 3 years post-DX) Aside from some intestinal scarring (totally common in long unDXed older celiacs), I have no evidence of active celiac and I eat G F grains...
  3. IrishHeart
    I have a fantastic set of stainless utensils that I will never part with and I have had them for 20 years (as in, "you will have to pry them from my cold, dead hands") ...but I do prefer the silicone utensils for many reasons and with certain pieces of good cookware. They can detach (take the head off the spatula for example) and get very clean in the...
  4. IrishHeart
    LOL I have seen that one, only with Massachusetts or New York inserted. Cracks me up (because it's true!)
  5. IrishHeart
    I hear all that, girl....(.me, too lol) , so go, ENJOY!!! Have fun!!!
  6. IrishHeart
    Thanks for the DIP UPDATE, K. I wondered how that went. It all sounds like YUM to me Chicken marsala tonight with risotto milanese and a side of roasted asparagus
  7. IrishHeart
    I used to do the same thing to my friend who lives down here. I would tell her how cold it is, how much snow we have, blah blah and she would send me a text with "oooh, so sorry, I am sitting by the pool right now. Don't you wish you were here? "...so, I would just skype call her and just sit with my face all wrapped up in a scarf and my hat pulled down...
  8. IrishHeart
    Is it? what the heck am I thinking of, then? It's an island near my aunt's place near Sarasota....let me go look at a map.....be right back. Okay, I looked at the map....hmm, I guess I was thinking of one of the keys over there...my mistake. Still learning the state. We have spent time in various places down here, but I am still not completely sure...
  9. IrishHeart
    Sounds as if you've got some very supportive and understanding people in your life. Very cool! As my friend has said to me many times (about avoiding gluten and CC), "it's not rocket science. It's mostly common sense." I am grateful that my friends took the time to read what I sent them and they have cooked for me on several occasions without a...
  10. IrishHeart
    well, come on ,girlfriend...dish!....have you gone out again?? Auntie Irish wants to know....lol
  11. IrishHeart
    OOOH ,Amelia Island is very nice (that's on the Gulf Side, though where the rich people live) Pics of the spare bedroom, eh? Wellll, as soon as I get some black out drapes, sheets and pillows in there, I'll take a pic too. I am waiting for the mastercard to flip to the next billing cycle. lol
  12. IrishHeart
    Oh, for love of mike...you are all making me feel so bad and depressing the hell out of me. It's 78 and fabulous here. I have just returned from watching a METS game (the hub's team) and we are sitting on the lanai, having drinks and feeling as if we are the only ones who have discovered this giant freakin secret to everlasting happiness. It's called...
  13. IrishHeart
    Anxiety, depression, panic attacks --these are all hallmarks of gluten intolerance. I was uncharacteristically anxious and "wired for sound" edgy, bursting into frustrated tears and grouchy and sad...when I was very ill before diagnosis. I call it" gluten head" These are all related to gluten, possibly vitamin and mineral deficiencies and hormones, but...
  14. IrishHeart
    Well, this is great news, hon! yaay!!
  15. IrishHeart
    Can't say as I blame her. Stay home. You can do more good if you (1) stay alive and (2)get your medical degree.
  16. IrishHeart
    Can't you get the Navy to pay for some of this?
  17. IrishHeart
    Thank you for your service, Deekle. I am not busting your chops, honest! I just hope you will be the kind of doctor who LISTENS to the patient, not the ca-ching! of the money you can make as you see a buttload of patients in 10 minute quickies jammed into the office in one day. I was a teacher for 22 years. I earned my thick skin there.
  18. IrishHeart
    I love my new GI doc. He's young, he's compassionate, he's celiac-savvy. We have great talks and he sets aside 45 mins, for me during my check ups. He really and truly wants to learn more. What doctor takes med articles from a patient--willingly reads them, then makes copies for his other celiac patients and asks me to keep sending him anything I think...
  19. IrishHeart
    What site says "it contains gluten?" I'd like to see their proof. I would not worry about ginger ale, hon.
  20. IrishHeart
    My doc and I were both being facetious. :)Sorry, you don't know me yet and may not "get" my humor. here's the thing: I can pre-diagnose a celiac just by listening to her symptoms. (and I bet most of us who hear the horror stories posted on here on a daily basis could do the same.) I have sent so many of the walking wounded to my GI doc and he tests them...
  21. IrishHeart
    Not sure anyone reading on this forum has, hon...because they would no longer be reading a celiac forum. Surely, something is not right here. This does not sound like a definitive celiac DX to me (but I am not a doctor): the only thing elevated on my bloodwork was IgG, which she said isn't very specific to only Celiac, and my endoscopy results...
  22. IrishHeart
    well, I did not go to med school, but I figured it out. (my GI doc says I should go so I can help people get Dxed properly...but at my age? er, that's not happening...) LOL Either way, neither of us should have had to do the work. I cannot imagine that after a year gluten-free you will have villous blunting, but if you want to have a endo and biopsy...
  23. IrishHeart
    I think it sounds promising, but it will be a while before it is available since it will have to undergo more clinical trials, and more research, I am sure. Then, doctors will have to be convinced it is valid enough to diagnose celiac disease without doing an endoscopy/biopsy as many still believe that without proof of villous atrophy, it's not celiac...
  24. IrishHeart
    You can lead the horse to water, but you can't hold his head under. (that's a Steven Wright line, not mine) You did the work to get well (which, yes includes acceptance and adaptation). We can only learn from each other, then pay it forward. Thanks for telling your success story and for letting us know you feel better. Hope you will stick around...
  25. IrishHeart
    This is confusing to me. As I understand food labeling laws. if there is wheat in the broth, they have to declare it.
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