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  1. aikiducky
    Doesn't the low IGA mean that he's IGA deficient, or am I confusing things? It would mean that your son's blood tests for celiac will always be negative, even if his intestines were completely eaten away, because he simply doesn't produce the antibodies that they are looking for. If he feels better gluten free, I hope you will keep him gluten free! Pauliina
  2. aikiducky
    Yup, Lactaid milk has casein. Pretty much anything that originally was cow's milk has casein. If Lactaid milk doesn't give you problems you're probably just lactose intolerant. You can expect your symptoms to change, and to go from better to worse and to better again, after going gluten free. It takes a long time before everything stabilizes so to say...
  3. aikiducky
    I had a negative blood test result as well. I went gluten free anyway, and I'm feeling great, so I'm sticking to the diet. I know it's a frustrating and uncertain time though, when you don't know for sure yet. I hope the diet will work for you. Pauliina
  4. aikiducky
    I had a look on the website... turns out I'm almost eating this way already! I just ended up eating very little baked goods because I feel better when I don't and I don't really miss them. And I seldom cook rice or potatoes with my meals, I eat my fish or meat with veggies. I'm not going to really get into the diet though because the way I'm eating now...
  5. aikiducky
    The best option really would be to stay gluten free on your trip. Thing is, there's a good chance that now that your body has started to get used to being gluten free, you'll have a stronger reaction to it than you used to. You could get really sick, and cause exactly the hassle you want to avoid! Pauliina
  6. aikiducky
    I don't know what exactly causes it, I just know I do better if I eat carefully for a while after a glutening. My major reaction is also over relatively quickly, I feel awful for one-two days and after that I can almost forget about it, except if I start to experiment with new foods that is. Maybe it's because the anti-gluten reaction that we get is...
  7. aikiducky
    You know, 10 days after a glutening a lot of things that normally won't bother me will give me trouble. For me it's also typical to first have D for a while (after a glutening) and then to have C for a couple weeks, then finally everything gets back to normal. I usually count on three weeks of not feeling back to normal, and I have a rule for myself that...
  8. aikiducky
    It's seems very common that people are able to tolerate some gluten in their teens and twenties, and then get sick again in their thirties. When you're young, your body is still quick about repairing itself. Pauliina
  9. aikiducky
    Ok, now I KNOW you're going to think I'm weird - I LIKE lutefisk (that's literally "lyefish", lol). Ok to be honest I mostly like the awesome sauce my mom makes to go with it. It's a Christmas tradition in Finland, although I think nowadays the tradition in most families is to decide to skip the "lyefish" this year... Pauliina
  10. aikiducky
    I want to second what Jen said, and I think you're on the right track with the veggies-meat-and-fruit idea. Give your digestive system a rest! Pauliina
  11. aikiducky

    ARCHIVED Post-healing...

    aikiducky replied to lorka150's topic in Sports and Fitness

    My stamina and speed have definitively improved. The only exception is when I've been glutened, then I'm a noodle! I've learned not to exercise other than maybe take a leisurely walk when I've recently been glutened, it just makes me feel worse. But other than that, oh yeah. I've improved a lot. I hope you will too! Pauliina
  12. aikiducky
    Most of you seem to have completely normal appetites as far as I'm concerned, lol. Though ice cream and potato chips was pushing the envelope a bit I think. Yesterday I tried mixing warm applesauce with a thick coconut cream and some dried ground mint leaves. Ummm...oookay...applesauce with coconut cream is yummy, applesauce with mint is yummy,...
  13. aikiducky

    ARCHIVED My Poop

    aikiducky replied to lorka150's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Yes, I think so. Especially since you don't have trouble going, and it doesn't float, sounds like a healthy, normal poop to me. Congratulations! Pauliina
  14. aikiducky
    I used to have a part time job at a restaurant. I wore gloves, never ate anything there, took care to not wipe my mouth or brush my face with my hands while I worked, and took a shower and changed my clothes right away when I got home. It was ok...ish, but I still had mild symptoms from time to time on days after working there. I'm soooo happy I quit! On...
  15. aikiducky

    ARCHIVED My Poop

    aikiducky replied to lorka150's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    A healthy intestine will produce a moderate amount of mucus to help the poop glide along. maybe that's what you're seeing? Pauliina
  16. aikiducky
    I'm not in the least worried that the gluten in my shampoo or whatever would be somehow absorbed through my skin. What I don't want to have to do is every time I wash my hair, or apply lotion, to remeber to not touch my mouth, or prepare food etc. It's just so much less stressful to use products that don't have gluten. I wonder how many products dr. Green...
  17. aikiducky
    Basically, celiac is something to only be worried about if you're not planning to follow the diet. On the diet, a lot of the damage is reversible. Pauliina
  18. aikiducky
    I didn't have it to the extent that you two seem to, but I know my skin has gotten better after gluten-free. I can easily skip moisturising my face for a couple days without problems, before gluten-free I used to be religious about it. Pauliina
  19. aikiducky
    Nowadays my husband often suspects a gluten reaction before I do, because I start to snap at him. Sometimes when I've been glutened I don't seem to even have the presence of mind to realize I have been glutened. Pauliina
  20. aikiducky
    The way Lactaid works it contains the enzyme needed to break down lactose. It's an enzyme that your body used to produce naturally, and apparently doesn't anymore, since you've become lactose intolerant. So you don't need to worry that you could get hooked on Lactaid or anything, it's not that kind of a drug. Pauliina
  21. aikiducky
    The only problems with the new law are glucose syrup (which can be from wheat, and doesn't have to be declared, and maltodextrin (ditto, AFAIK). So if you look at a package, and the food doesn't list wheat, rye or barley as allergens, and doesn't contain glucose syrup, you can assume it's safe. I've had no problems with shopping so far with the new labelling...
  22. aikiducky
    I was eating tons of food right after going gluten free. But it felt like I needed the food, so I just decided to go with it...as it turns out, I have lost weight after gluten-free, and nowadays I don't feel the need to eat that much anymore. So i figure it was just my body craving nutrients, after being starved for so long, and now that I'm pretty much healed...
  23. aikiducky
    One thing though is that all the other allergies or intolerances might be a result of the gluten intolerance, and if you went gluten free, maybe after your body started healing you might be able to tolerate more foods again? Not saying that that is guaranteed to happen but it's a possibility, and in that case it would be a pity to not even try the gluten...
  24. aikiducky
    Actually I seem to be fine with moderate amounts of hard matured goats cheese. Goats milk not, because of the lactose in it, but goats cheese doesn't, and the protein seems to be different enough for me to tolerate it. Pauliina
  25. aikiducky
    I'm definitively both, I react to products that don't have casein but have lactose added to them as sweetener, and I also react to products that are lactose free but happen to have casein in them. But if you're casein intolerant, you need to avoid all dairy anyway, so I don't quite see why you would need to know if lactose is also a problem or not? Is there...
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