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  1. carriej82
    Thank you all for your encouragement and suggestions. What kinds of rices do you all cook with? I am only familiar with white, brown and wild.
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    I am hoping my husband will get tested! He actually has more of the classic celiac symptoms than I do... fatigue (he takes 5 to 6 hour naps during the day after a full night sleep) achy legs, tingly hands and feet, chronic D and multiple trips to restroom all day long, stomach aches, nausea, depression, low testosterone, hot flashes. He does complain about...
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    Hmmm... I am trying really hard to follow this. All the different measurements really confuse me as to what they are. I need to do some serious reading on the IgA, IgG, tTg stuff so I can wrap my brain around it. I started this particular thread over a week ago when I was trying to decide the best way to afford testing with a ridiculously high-deductible...
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    Mushroom, yes! Thank you. My son's skin does clear up dramatically when I manage to keep all dairy, gluten, and nut-derived products out of his diet. Unfortunately, he gets fed things by his older siblings quite often and even a small amount of one of his allergic foods will cause him to explode from head to toe in a very uncomfortable rash. It is just too...
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    So glad to have found this thread also!! I feel like I want to hug you all right now. I can add my voice to all of yours that this is a real phenomenon!! I have suffered with depression, anxiety, pendulum like mood swings, suicide idealization, social anxiety, irrational fears, negative voices, obsessive thoughts, explosive anger, chronic fatigue, feeling...
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    Haha! That is great. At first I thought they were singing "Celiacs, you'll die in 4 weeks" ... then later in the song realized it was "you'll diet for weeks" ... that's better!
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    I have many adverse symptoms to gluten and am ready to give the gluten-free diet a good long-term run. The thing is, before making this discovery I was mostly vegetarian... I say mostly because my family only eats chicken in a meal maybe two or three times a month. I just try to stay away from animal proteins because of genetic predisposition to high cholesterol...
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    Skylark, I probably did not phrase that correctly. I don't really understand what all the levels are or what they mean, I just know that everything tested was well toward the low end of the negative reference range. Total IgA was 186 I think, negative range 0 - 400. Both gliadin readings were 3, tTG IgA <1 and tTg IgG 2. I am pretty satisfied...
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    Update: I went through INeedLabs.com. Everything was legit with them, great customer service, and I got my results emailed to me the very next day which was cool. Hard to say whether this is a good thing or not, but my results were completely negative, not even approaching the 'weak positive' ranges. Before testing my gluten history was: gluten...
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    This is such an interesting thread, I too have this question and there are so many different answers. I took the celiac disease profile blood test today because I could not wait any longer. Most recent gluten history is - 4 days gluten free in September (which is when I discovered I was intolerant, had dozens of previously unexplained chronic symptoms...
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    Thanks, no he's never been tested to specify which one, I just know any dairy products and he breaks out in a rash from head to toe!! Yeah, I actually fed him a smoothie with kefir before asking the question, and his skin was crystal clear that morning but 24 hours later was inflamed the worst I've seen in awhile. Drats. I was seriously misinformed, now...
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    My 18 month old reacts to all dairy with a skin rash (eczema). Someone told me he could most likely tolerate milk fermented with kefir grains, that it changes the composition of the milk or something and most with lactose or milk protein allergies can tolerate kefir? Does anyone know anything about this? I really want to start using this in our green...
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    Hi Hedgie. I don't have any sage advice for you, but just wanted to offer an empathizing ear and pass on some virtual hugs! I too have suffered 18 years of bulimia, I am turning 30 this year and very happily married with 3 lovely children so I should not be suffering with this eating disorder anymore either. I should be over it. I found out only recently...
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    My doctor originally ordered a Comprehensive Celiac Panel from LabCorps. I found out that would cost me over $500 on my high deductible family plan, and I couldn't swing it, so I've been desperately searching for less expensive options. All the time still eating gluten and feeling pretty miserable. I was looking at INeedLabs.Com, but when I called my...
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    Ok, I think I might want to go through Ineedlabs.com as several of you have recommended. For the price of $177, my husband and I could both get tested, for actually less than the test my doctor ordered for me alone. (That is, if I can convince my husband!) It would be so awesome to have that done. BUT - I am a little apprehensive and wondering what the...
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    The test prices you all are quoting makes me wonder why the one my doctor ordered is so expensive!!! And the 500+ price tag is supposedly a discount for uninsured. The test is through LabCorps and the label is 'Comprehensive Celiac Panel'. I wonder if it is more screening than I need? Not sure why its so much. I've had a few more conversations with...
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    Thanks for the responses everyone. I started eating gluten heavily second week in January in anticipation of having the blood test. So I guess it has been about 5 weeks. Before that I was eating gluten maybe once a day. Every day is a trial to continue as I battle about what I should do. Then if I do go ahead with the test, its still not over right? I...
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    I am new to the gluten-free/ celiac world. I very recently stumbled upon the idea that gluten intolerance could be the the cause of an 18 year long personal hell in which I experienced depression, anxiety, panic attacks, brain fog, confusion, headaches, chronic constipation, obsessive cyclical thinking, negative voices in my head, irritability, anger...
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