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  1. bartfull
    Ah yes, the dreaded corn intolerance. It took me three and a half years before I could tolerate corn. I'm not 100% sure if it can cause damage but there have been some studies saying it can. I got corn starch back first. It supposedly has no corn protein in it. Then I got corn oil back. I never did try corn meal or whole corn. I learned over the years to...
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    You may be intolerant (not allergic) to something else. If you want to remove the most likely culprits I would suggest corn, soy, dairy, nightshades, and possibly legumes. (I know, that doesn't leave much!) But if you can stick to things like plain meat, sweet potato or white rice, and veggies for a while, and then see if you start feeling better, then you...
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    Sue, on this website if you make a claim about a health issue, you must back it up with scientific references. Your claims that lyme disease can be transmitted sexually, or by fleas and mosquitoes is totally false according to the CDC. Here is what they say about it: Are there other ways to get Lyme disease? expandedThere is no evidence that Lyme disease...
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    And then after all testing is done go to the coping section here and read the Newbie 101 thread that is pinned to the top. It'll teach you a lot about celiac and especially about managing the diet.
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    I take these: Open Original Shared Link No gluten, corn, soy dairy, sugar, artificial flavors or artificial colors.
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    I don't think it's unusual to be sick a week after a glutening. Remember, you've been glutened twice in 30 days. That is about equal to not having gone gluten-free at all. It really is best to stick to nothing but whole foods at first. They are not ony easier for you to digest, but they reduce the chance of accidental glutening. And drinking (or eating) anything...
  7. bartfull
    Are you putting up sheetrock? Sheetrock mud is full of gluten and when you sand it it gets in the air like flour dust. You breathe it in and it gets in the back of your throat where you swallow it. Also, if you haven't already (or even if you have), go to the coping section and read the Newbie 101 thread.
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    When I have been glutened I lost all the things I had gotten back. The first time I waited a few months before trying them (one at a time of course), and I was OK. The second time was recently and SO MUCH worse! I've lost everything and am still not better. So...it looks like I not only lost the corn and soy that I lost when I first went gluten-free, but...
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    I hope for your sake it's not an additional intolerance. That happens to a lot of us. Maybe it's just some kind of "bug". But if it doesn't get better in a while you need to start keeping a food and symptom diary. The most common offenders are dairy, corn, soy, and sometimes nightshades. Some folks have trouble with legumes too. You could ditch them all until...
  10. bartfull
    Well, if it is neurological damage from celiac it could well take more than 14 months to heal. Neurological symptoms are the last to go and in some folks they never completely heal. I'm sure they tested your thyroid. That can cause carpel tunnel-like symptoms. So can Lupus. I know how hard it is to deal with symptoms when you thought by now you'd be better...
  11. bartfull
    Keep eating gluten until ALL testing is done. Then go to the Newbie 101 thread pinned to the top of the coping section here. There is a lot of misinformation on the web. Chicken is fine. I eat it several times a week. And unless you touch your face and then eat with your fingers without washing your face first, you don't have to worry about foundation or...
  12. bartfull
    What are you using - laptop, tablet, phone? On my laptop I just leave the cursor in the middle of the page and use the down button on my keyboard.
  13. bartfull
    You need to eat! Honestly, by not eating you are making both your symptoms and your anxiety worse. There are plenty of gluten-free foods you can eat without worry. Bake a potato. Cook up a burger or a pork chop. Shred the meat onto the potato. Throw some of your favorite cooked veggie on top. Then eat a third of it. In a couple of hours eat another third...
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    Not familiar with that but I know there have been studies claiming that oolong tea (not black tea and not green tea) can help to calm the autoimmune response. There is one study from NIH that I could barely understand (Google "oolong tea suppress immune response"), but this link is much easier to understand: Open Original Shared Link
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    If you're scared of eating because it hurts you may not be eating often enough. (You say it's more intense on an empty stomach.) Try eating small meals several times a day instead of larger meals three times a day. An empty stomach can very well lead to all of the symptoms you describe.
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    Allergies are not the same as intolerances or celiac. If you are reacting with runny nose and such you most likely are allergic to these things, in which case you should have an epi pen. A food that makes you sneeze today might give you full blown anaphalactic shock tomorrow. I don't know what a vaccine for allergies is. I know that some people get shots...
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    Oh, and never trust a fart.
  18. bartfull
    Another thing that helps is to drink a cup of ginger tea right after eating. It's best to use fresh ginger root. Shave some off, steep it, then strain it. You can add a bit of lemon and honey too if you like. But if you can't do that, any form of ginger will help. If you can find ginger candy, or even gluten-free gingersnaps, make them your dessert after...
  19. bartfull
    Meat, broccoli, sweet potatoes. You can't beat the nutrition in that combination. I still eat rice but not as much as I used to. And I avoid soy even though I am no longer intolerant to it as I once was. Who needs the hormone effect or the GMOs? I am lucky in that I never lost dairy as so many with celiac did at first. I eat a lot of cheese. But if dairy...
  20. bartfull
    It seems like doctors try to cover all the bases and test for everything in the book. I'm sure some do it because they're good doctors. Some do it so they can squeeze more money out of your insurance company. And some do it to avoid a malpractice suit should something unexpected turn up. I think the only thing they don't usually test for is celiac!
  21. bartfull
    You might be getting glutened through your meds or supplements. You could be getting cross-contamination. If there are gluten eaters in your house that is very possible. For example, someone spreads butter or mayo or peanut butter on their bread, then dips the knife back in for another load. That butter or jar is now contaminated and if you use it you WILL...
  22. bartfull

    ARCHIVED Can I live?

    bartfull replied to Nelly's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    So now what you both need to do is go to the coping section here and read (and STUDY) the Newbie 101 thread pinned to the top.
  23. bartfull
    Victor, get yourself some disposable baking pans. You can cook things like chicken and fish in the oven in big batches. Then cook up a huge pot of rice. Then mix the meat with the rice. Chop up the vegetables really fine and throw them in raw. Now put individual servings into ziplock bags and throw them in the freezer. Then at mealtime (or a little before...
  24. bartfull

    ARCHIVED Can I live?

    bartfull replied to Nelly's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    A number of people here who went untreated for years can tell you. Some have MS, some have diabetes, some have lupus, many have thyroid conditions, some have cancer. Would we have gone on to develop these conditions if we had gone gluten-free right away? Maybe, maybe not. But why take a chance? Especially with the prevalence of good tasting gluten-free foods...
  25. bartfull
    When I cook Against the Grain pizza I just use a disposable pizza pan (2 for a dollar) and it never comes out doughy in the middle. Maybe the pan being so thin makes the difference. They suggest you put a cookie sheet underneath but I don't. Instead I just slide it out of the oven onto a cookie sheet.
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