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  1. tiredofdoctors
    I agree completely. The thing is, if you look at our television programming in Louisville, slimeball attorneys are every other advertisement on daytime TV. Now, the latest ad is that, because Personal Injury Protection coverage is a mandatory minimum of $10,000. Now, the ads are all saying "Have you been in a car wreck that wasn't your fault? You can...
  2. tiredofdoctors
    She's in Louisville, KY. Her name is Beverly Kastan -- I highly recommend her. In fact, I called my doctor's office and recommended her to him.
  3. tiredofdoctors
    I figure it this way -- all the stupid McDonald's french fries I ate, not knowing they contained gluten, were working to destroy my brain, my eyes and my peripheral nerves. I'm not going to sue them. If anybody had a good case, it would be me, I believe. I can provide documented evidence of continued progression of the condition, despite being on what...
  4. tiredofdoctors
    Have been going through mountains of paperwork -- will post all websites on this thread -- she even gave me the website that publishes the criteria for registered dieticians. Will post all tomorrow.
  5. tiredofdoctors
    I just had an appointment with a registered dietician. She gave me samples of products which have just come out -- she got them at a convention -- she studied under Shelly Case, the author of "The Gluten-Free Diet" -- it was a really good session. She gave me lots of material, went over it with me & my husband -- spent two hours doing so, She also...
  6. tiredofdoctors
    Unless McD's pays to make these people go away, it sounds as if they have absolutely no case. It will be difficult to get credible witnesses and evidence to say that this "caused" their kid to have celiac. Richard made a good point about the attorneys. You can find a scumball attorney anywhere who will file a suit based a NOTHING in order to try to cash...
  7. tiredofdoctors
    Just FYI: The woman who sued McD's for the hot coffee: her daughter had POA and filed the suit "on her mother's behalf . . . . ." Does that sound familiar?
  8. tiredofdoctors
    I agree about the more harm than good part, too. I also agree that these people are totally off the wall. All the defense counsel has to say to defend their client is that the child was genetically predisposed to celiac -- usually with autoimmune triggers, it takes a VIRUS to activate it, as well (in my case, I caught Coxsackie (sp? virus from one of the...
  9. tiredofdoctors
    I posted earlier about this under "Publications & Publicity" . . . I'm just a fence-sitter. Saw so many bogus suits when I was practicing that it made me sick . . .
  10. tiredofdoctors
    Boy, am I fence-sitting on this one. As a PT, I have seen SO MANY bogus lawsuits, that I have sworn that, in my life, I will not sue another individual nor a corporation. However; (you guys had to know that there would be a however ) I've been on what I thought was a gluten-free diet in order to reduce the damage to my cerebellum, retinas and peripheral...
  11. tiredofdoctors
    Don't know about celiacs having a higher potential for gestational diabetes. I did, however, treat pregnancy and post-partum patients when I was practicing. If you have gestational diabetes during pregnancy, it dramatically increases your chances for converting to Type II diabetes later in life. (sometimes, not to soon after the baby is born). My advice...
  12. tiredofdoctors
    I would think that her doctor would order the "standard" tests before taking her off the gluten-free diet. Antigliadin, Antitransglutaminase and Antiendomysial antibodies, and then a small intestine biopsy. I think taking her off a gluten-free diet based solely upon genetic testing could be a big mistake.
  13. tiredofdoctors
    My kids are waiting for me to have my genetic testing. I am negative celiac, but have gluten ataxia. My neuro doc is going to do HLA testing next visit. Then my kids are both going to be tested for the same. Both are going to be tested for Thyroid antibodies, because I had thyroid troubles early-on in life, and they are as well. Mine then converted into...
  14. tiredofdoctors
    I struggled with annorexia in my late 20's, early 30's. Since having to be gluten-free, I don't necessarily think that those issues have returned, but I think that now, I'm afraid of food. I have reduced my diet almost entirely to smoothies which I make, because I have EXTREME control over what is in them. I have little interest in those, as well. I can...
  15. tiredofdoctors
    Hey -- put my Kroger's address in there, too!!!!! They care some things, but need a LOT more . . . .
  16. tiredofdoctors
    I do think that that is an excellent letter with very good advice. I do know, also, that McDonalds has led me to believe that their french fries are safe. Given the fact that I've been eating them 1-2 x / week, it does make me question why my neurologist questions the sincerity of my answer when I tell him that I have been adhering strictly to the gluten...
  17. tiredofdoctors
    Indy gets everything before Louisville! You guys are LUCKY!!
  18. tiredofdoctors
    Welcome, Jaten! As a newbie, you ain't seen nothin' yet!!! The folks on this forum are so knowledgeable, so informed, and so kind -- you wouldn't believe it. They are also very willing to share their information with you, and even make you laugh about your disease when you thought that it was the LAST thing you'd ever do!! When I first started going gluten...
  19. tiredofdoctors
    It's not bad . . . it's 89.95 (I think) for a year on a Palm and they will give you the software for your PC as well . . . with updates every 12 weeks. I didn't think that was very much. It's less than Gluten Guard. It seems pretty "user friendly", as well. Dave and I were comparing the two, and even though the Gluten Guard has a LOT more products listed...
  20. tiredofdoctors
    My guess is your doctor said it was a "greenstick" fracture. They call them that because the fracture isn't as bad -- like a "green stick" on a tree wouldn't break as bad as an older one. I have gluten ataxia -- so I fall all the time. Prior to my diagnosis, even, I can say that I have had a LOT of broken bones. Since my diagnosis, I have broken...
  21. tiredofdoctors
    Count me in!
  22. tiredofdoctors
    L'oreal and Lancome are owned by the same parent company. Estee Lauder, Inc. owns Estee Lauder (of course), Clinique, Mac, Bobbie Brown, Prescriptives, Jane, Origins, Stila, Aveda, Jane, Tommy Hilfiger and LaMer. That's according to the book, "Don't go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me". When I contacted Estee Lauder, Inc. Their blanket statement for...
  23. tiredofdoctors
    I think that's one of those things that is "good in theory", but almost impossible to apply in the real world. I'm sure the government knew that when they set the thing up
  24. tiredofdoctors
    Judy, you're the best!!! Those are funny! "Limping Lynne" --actually, it would have to be a description that depicts more of a drunkard walking!!!!!!! "Falling Lynne" is a good one, too -- I like the idea of flower ones, though! Actually, Lucky Lynne is pretty accurate -- or actually I'm not so much lucky as I am blessed . . . .
  25. tiredofdoctors
    I can't believe I'm this excited about bulbs!!! Each time I go out front, I walk around the whole circle to see which ones are coming up, and how much progress they're making!!! BTW: I have decided that, since my outlook has changed dramatically since I began on this forum, that it's time for a change of titles -- "tired of doctors" is much too pessimistic...
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