Katerific
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Microscopic Lymphocytic Colitis
Katerific replied to Teresa Dean's topic in Related Issues & Disorders
I am a 64 year old woman. 1 year ago, I was diagnosed with both Microscopic Collagenous Colitis and Celiac Disease after having a colonoscopy and an endoscopy. I took Budesonide for 2 months, got better and then relapsed shortly thereafter, as do many people. I followed Wayne Persky's advice for several months and didn't do well at all. I signed up for... -
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Diabetic and Celiac- what do I Eat???
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Diabetic and Celiac- what do I Eat???
Katerific replied to Ginger38's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
The only gluten free replacement foods I eat are Quaker Rice Crackers and Schar Table Crackers. I usually eat them with peanut butter as a snack. I don't use any coffee creamers. I do add Stevia to some things, but a little goes a long way. My insulin resistance has reduced to the point that I have a cup of cooked quinoa with blueberries every morning... -
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Diabetic and Celiac- what do I Eat???
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Diabetic and Celiac- what do I Eat???
Katerific replied to Ginger38's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
I too have been insulin resistant for many years. I am having good results from a whole foods plant based diet. My last A1c was 5.4. I eat at all the vegetables, fruits, grains (except wheat, barley and rye because of Celiac), keeping oils low. I cook a lot from scratch to avoid gluten cross-contamination as well as keeping my food non-commercially processed... -
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Legumes and grains
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Katerific reacted to a post in a topic:
Legumes and grains
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I recently ate home-prepared lentils and was glutened. I'm sure it was cross-contaminated because I got my characteristic stomach pain and then diarrhea. I buy my quinoa and millet from Bob's Red Mill, but they don't produce legumes that are certified gluten free. Is there a place to buy dry lentils, chickpeas, etc that are batch tested for gluten?
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I have one cat and was using a wheat based cat litter (Swheat Scoop). I noticed an increase in my symptoms during the 2 weeks it was in my house. With as many cats as you live with and the way they walk all over everything, it could be your problem. Cats also lick themselves a lot, so there could be gluten on the fur and if you pet them, perhaps you're...
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Sometimes it's not just Celiac that a person is dealing with. I also have Microscopic Colitis. The symptoms are the same as Celiac for me. I go through a flare and don't know if I got glutened or if it's the colitis, which has an elusive cause. Microscopic colitis is more common in celiac patients than in the general population. MC is diagnosed by a...
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I just figured something out. Planter's and Fisher's Dry Roasted peanuts have a lot more ingredients than just peanuts. Cocktail peanuts contain just peanuts and salt. I have a gluten-free scanner on my phone and it said the Planter's and Fisher's Dry Roasted salted is gluten-free but the lightly salted dry roasted is not gluten-free. I'm switching to...
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Fisher salted peanuts are gluten free. Fisher lightly salted may not be gluten free.
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Independent Livings and Assisted Livings
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Finally diagnosed
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Independent Livings and Assisted Livings
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Independent Livings and Assisted Livings
Katerific replied to Nikki2777's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
My mother, who had Celiac, lived in an assisted living facility until her death in 2021. When she moved in, the facility director said the state of Nebraska doesn't require them to provide medically specific diets and that if mom wanted to move in, we would have to provide her meals. My sister and I made all her meals and delivered them to the facility... -
Finally diagnosed
Katerific posted a topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease
Long journey to get positive diagnosis. I suspected Celiac for 15 years because my Mom was diagnosed and I had the same symptoms. I didn't purse it medically, but just went gluten-free. I followed the gluten-free diet faithfully until last year when I started eating out a lot more and cross-contaminating myself baking gluten cookies and cakes for my family...- 1 reply
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Minimum gluten for challenge for EGD biopsy
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Pathology report shows collagenous colitis in the colon and moderate intraepithelial lymphocytes in the duodenum, but no villous atrophy. I talked to the GI doctor for 30 seconds before and after my procedure while I was coming out of anesthesia. My primary care punted me to the GI doctor, so nobody really put much thought into my TTG test results, my genetic...
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Scott Adams reacted to a post in a topic:
Minimum gluten for challenge for EGD biopsy
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I had my Colonoscopy and EGD yesterday. I ate 2 slices of bread for 2 weeks. I had bad nausea for several hours every day. The doctor didn't see any small intestine damage but took biopsies. He suspects Microscopic Colitis and took biopsies of the large intestine. When I told him I was having watery diarrhea for almost a year at 10 times a day for many...
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My EGD is in 2 1/2 weeks. Since I am super-sensitive to gluten I am wondering if there is a minimum amount of gluten that would make the biopsy positive. I tested 1/4 tsp of vital wheat gluten and was very ill with vomiting that day and then felt really crummy for about a week afterward. Does it make sense that a severe reaction is causing antibodies...
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Scott Adams reacted to a post in a topic:
Anyone have severe muscle spasms (cramps) when stretching?
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Katerific reacted to a post in a topic:
Anyone have severe muscle spasms (cramps) when stretching?
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I have been having muscle cramps at night and especially in the morning if I stretch before getting out of bed. I tried taking magnesium and it did help quite a bit but made diarrhea worse.
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Vital Wheat Gluten for glucose challenge
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Scott Adams reacted to a post in a topic:
Vital Wheat Gluten for glucose challenge
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I think the biggest culprit was a cross-contaminated kitchen. I love to bake and made cookies and cakes with wheat flour for family. I can't say for sure, but I think that's when the raging diarrhea started. I thought as long as I don't eat it I would be fine. I haven't baked anything in about 6 weeks, but the diarrhea continues. I have been eating in...