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  1. gatita
    Have you been feeling better on the restricted diet?
  2. gatita
    Thanks everyone!!! I tend to agree, I feel like an IBS diagnosis is pretty useless. I think I do have to give this time to see what the difference is between glutening and anything else that irritates my guts. Takala, like you said, it seems that something is making stuff run thru me too fast
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    I'm only two months into eating gluten-free, so take this for what it's worth. I've been finding my tolerance for dairy varies a lot, some days it's fine, others it's not. Some cheeses are okay, others aren't. Etc. Have you tried using chewable Lactaid pills? They usually work for me, and if I take them every time I eat dairy, then I know anything else...
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    My doc casually mentioned to me recently that even though I am clearly gluten intolerant, IBS can be very difficult to rule out as well. He says they sometimes co-exist. (He's not a GI by the way, but so far he's always hit the nail on the head for me and all my weird diseases LOL). If this is true, how would I know if my GI symptoms are from a glutening...
  5. gatita
    I will try PF Changs again when I get the courage... the food was so good! I understand our OP's frustration though... eating out, especially with friends and family, is supposed to be fun
  6. gatita
    Thanks for the list(s)
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    Already did, thanks for the reminder!
  8. gatita
    Arrgh, I hate that, when something that worked before... suddenly doesn't. I got super sick from PF Changs, which broke my heart. I've just about given up on eating out ever again. Sorry you had to go through it. Grr...
  9. gatita
    Same goes for gluten-free cereals! I love my (gluten free) Rice or Corn Chex with Almond milk every morning! If they don't bother you, enjoy...
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    Actually, (unfortunately) what's often called Chili Powder usually has ground chile peppers, cumin, salt and other ingredients, such as this one: Open Original Shared Link They don't always add the word "blend" or "seasoning" to the label. (Unless it's something like New Mexico chile powder, which is just ground chiles). But you're right, the...
  11. gatita
    It was my low lymphocytes that caused my doc to suspect celiac. So yeah, that seems to come with the territory.
  12. gatita
    Yup, that's my story, too. I can pinpoint the exact date last June that it suddenly came on. Was eating wheat one day and couldn't go near it the next.
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    Thanks for the input. Maybe it was just cellulose... I sure hope it wasn't wheat flour, but when a waiter/owner tells me that, I'm certainly not going to take the chance! He specifically said "wheat" (I speak Spanish and he said "trigo," the word for wheat) but he didn't make it clear whether the cheese came with this "flour" on it or if they applied...
  14. gatita
    I've been dealing with this too. I'm trying to pre-empt any such efforts in advance by telling my friends please, please don't try to make me something "special," although it's very sweet of you to think of me. I've just had to be up front and explain that I get violently ill if there's any contamination at all along the way, even pretty much microscopic...
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    Yep, it was one of the symptoms that most scared me until the big D came along to stay I've had it along in both hands and my left foot, along with weird inflammation and pains in my shoulders, elbows and biceps. It is improving quite a bit after going gluten-free, (and I'm also swimming a lot).
  16. gatita
    I do have the same kind of D and yeah, that smokey smell lol... Have you been tested for celiac? Or tried going gluten free for a few weeks or more?
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    I feel for your daughter! I hope someone with more scientific knowledge than I comes along to answer this. For what it's worth, my doctor did not want to do an endocopy on me because my duodenum is very inflamed and ulcered. But because of certain blood tests and an elimination trial, my diagnosis is "probably" celiac and at the very least severely...
  18. gatita
    Good idea, thanks!
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    Dang, another unexpected source of gluten. We stopped at a Mexican restaurant while traveling here in California and the waiter told me their grated cheese is dusted with flour to keep it from sticking together! So now that's one more thing to ask about. (Although the waiter was very helpful I got glutened anyway, probably something in the...
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    Thank you so much for the good wishes. I made it five whole days feeling totally fabulous (my record since dx). But then I was soooo stupid this morning. I used a jam jar my housemate used for his toast. I thought if I looked the jam over super carefully and didn't see any crumbs, I'd be okay. So wrong! I guess I am among the super...
  21. gatita
    Ah, not herpes then! It was always in the exact same spot. Hopefully your food log tells you something.
  22. gatita
    I bought one of their chickpea curry meals that did not mention wheat in the allergy info or ingredients... and had a VERY bad reaction. That might have been because at that time my guts were reacting to pretty much everything, but it still made me decide to try other brands of Indian food that at least explicitly say "gluten free." Their food is delicious...
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    Thanks. That cookbook sounds fabulous. I love veggies but get lazy about cooking enough of them
  24. gatita
    I wonder if it could be herpes? For years I had a few small blisters appear and disappear in the same spot on my index finger. Apparently it was a herpes virus in the skin. The bumps finally just went away and never came back.
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    Thanks so much to both of you. At least it's one more test I guess I don't have to take! I agree, it's strange that you can still have the symptoms but the test can no longer pick up the antibodies. And I also thought of this rash as bug bites at first, but of course bug bites don't last a year or more, so that's when I knew this was something else....
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