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  1. aikiducky
    If you decide to not go gluten free at this point, in my opinion you certainly should get another biopsy some time in the future (a year or two). I think it's very likely that you're in the early stages of intestinal damage, and the most sensible thing would be to go gluten free now before any more damage has a chance to happen, but if you don't want to do...
  2. aikiducky
    Yeah, I usually carry some dried fruit and nuts in my bag if I leave the house. Mango mentioning rice crackers reminded me, I sometimes also have a couple rice cakes with nut butter and honey for a sweet snack. And I love white cabbage. But mostly I must say I just eat meals... Pauliina
  3. aikiducky
    It depends on how long you have been gluten free before going back on gluten for the test. The idea is that if you have been gluten free for a long time, any damage that you might have had would have healed, and wouldn't show up in tests any more. Also, if you have been gluten free for a while, it takes some time for your antibodies to come up again. So if...
  4. aikiducky
    We have a "little d" and a "little c", cute. I wonder if there's a "little a" and a "little b" lurking as well who just haven't posted anything? Little c, I like the motto in your sig... Pauliina not going to rename myself little p... :lol:
  5. aikiducky
    So how did they turn out? Or haven't you tried yet? This thread got me making pancakes yesterday. Pauliina
  6. aikiducky
    I usually focus on how I myself feel better and my symptoms have improved. Like "I used to be bloated all the time too, but luckily it has gone away since I discovered that I was reacting to gluten" or something like that. Then if people are interested they ask questions and if they're not, I don't pursue it further. Pauliina
  7. aikiducky
    I do aikido, and I used to kinda follow my first aikido teacher around and kwak like a duckling... obviously I was a bit enthusiastic in the beginning... that was almost 8 years ago so I've kinda calmed down but then I started collecting duck toys and stuff for a while. I've stopped now because in don't really want a house full of ducks so please don't...
  8. aikiducky
    You might want to read the information about the particular probiotic your taking. The probiotics itself are bacteria, so they have nothing to do with dairy really, but they can be cultured on different things so you need to find one that is ok for your particular intolerances. Pauliina
  9. aikiducky
    Nuts? Pauliina gluten, dairy, egg, nightshade and legume free
  10. aikiducky
    And don't be shy to outright ask the GI for a biopsy, don't wait for them to suggest it. Pauliina
  11. aikiducky
    I wonder if it could be some kind of a structural/functional problem where your stomach doesn't empty properly or works too slowly or something like that? Or that you lack some digestive enzymes or have too little stomach acid to digest properly? Did your doctors examine this kind of possibilities? I agree with Carla that it if you've been gluten free...
  12. aikiducky
    Rusla, that was funny. I can get very emotional when I've been glutened, either throwing a temper tantrum or getting really depressed. So for me the answer would be yes. I don't actually even get very bad intestinal symptoms, but I'm very careful not to get glutened because it messes with my head so badly. Pauliina
  13. aikiducky
    With that many eggs I don't think you need a gum to hold them together necessarily. I think you can basically use any kind of flour for this, it just depends on taste. I make this kind of pancakes (or crepes, whatever you like to call them) with half corn half rice flour for sweet toppings, or half corn half buckwheat for savoury (I put goat cheese and...
  14. aikiducky
    The thing about contamination warnings is, one time you might get a batch that is made later and doesn't have any contamination, and another time you might get a batch that was made right after a gluten containing product, so one time you might be fine and the next, get sick. I bet that's what happened with the fries... Pauliina
  15. aikiducky
    It really depends on what your issue is with cheese. If it's lactose, a lot of harder sorts of cheese are probably ok because hard cheeses that have matured for a while really don't have much lactose in them at all, it gets broken down in the maturing process. If it's casein, though, it's much harder because even a lot of "dairy free" cheeses have casein...
  16. aikiducky
    Chris, yes you can be celiac and have negative blood tests. A small bowel biopsy might show what damage there is to your intestine in that case. Pauliina
  17. aikiducky
    I've been gluten free for two and a half years and I can say that I feel 100% ok. It took me I think (can't remember exactly) at least a year. Around four months, although I could tell the diet was working and I was generally much better than before, I was still certainly not 100%. In addition to gluten, I also avoid cow's milk, also traces of, and...
  18. aikiducky
    Yup, my mouth feels much cleaner nowadays, too. I can really feel a difference, even if I go to bed without brushing my teeth (I don't do that often, honest!) it doesn't feel all that bad in the morning. My dentist doesn't even want to see me next year! Pauliina
  19. aikiducky
    Thanks everybody, I feel much better today, just a little weak. Another sign that it definitively was a bug, in my experience with stomach viruses I usually get better pretty quickly when I get the virus out of my system (one way or the other ). Gluten on the other hands tends to linger for weeks.... It still throws me that my husband could tell the...
  20. aikiducky
    I'm feeling a bit achy and tired and earlier I has some stomach cramps and nasty smelling gas and ditto bm's (sorry!). Glutening you might suspect but I'm in a good mood. I wouldn't feel like doing my taxes right now (or ever ) but I don't have any brain fog either. I asked my husband if he could tell the difference... he could! Another reason I'm...
  21. aikiducky
    I'm so glad you feel better! Glad to hear you get to move into your house soon, too! You'll eventually get used to the idea that it's really true. You can always come here and read a few horror stories if you need reminding! The longer you stay strictly gluten free, the better you start to feel, the easier it gets. And you also get a better idea of...
  22. aikiducky
    Close, I'm in the Netherlands. And of course I bike everywhere just like the Dutch do. I found a picture for you, this is from in front of the central railway station in Amsterdam: Open Original Shared Link Pauliina
  23. aikiducky
    I was sleeping almost that long in the beginning as well, it got better after a while. Don't know what to say about working, it's hard for anyone to know how your healing is going to go. Pauliina
  24. aikiducky
    Both gluten and dairy make me feel dizzy and spaced out so don't rule it out. After you've been on the diet for a while, you get more sensitive because your body doesn't have to deal with a constant battering any more. So it might be that you're reacting to a minute amount in a medicine, or in your make up or shampoo etc. OR you are starting to notice...
  25. aikiducky
    Would it cheer you all up to know that a gallon of gas is around 6-7$ here? Pauliina
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