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  1. nettiebeads
    Sounds like celiac disease to me. You know, if it looks like a duck, quacks..... The fact that you feel so much better w/o gluten means either severe gluten intolerence or celiac disease. The D you discribed certainly fits in with the celiac disease. And of course if you are still nursing, you have to take care of your body for your son's sake. Why do...
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    I meant to pick that up when I went to WallyWorld, but forgot it. Anyhow, just the thought of the word celiac in such a widely read magazine gives one hope. My mother bought the book "Foods that Harm, Foods that Heal" put out by Readers Digest and Celiac was mentioned on 6 different pages!!!! So of course I had to read what was said about it. The info...
  3. nettiebeads
    Congratulations!! How wonderful for you and everyone around her!! And I sure can sympathize with the hospital not getting your meals right.
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    When I was a kid my mom used to buy IGA hot dogs which I loved, but I would get severe migraines after eating them. I figured out it was the red dye that was used.
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    I know it's sad. They are in a service industry but don't care about people, just the bottom line. Too labor-intensive ($) to make sure a patron doesn't get sick from their food.
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    It doesn't matter which one, both are safe. They are used as leavening agents to make baked products rise and are made with sodium bicarbonate.
  7. nettiebeads
    Yep, I'm overweight too (40+lbs), and don't much like it. I don't know if the difficulty in getting it off is the celiac disease, over 45, or what. I have fought to lose weight, then I get SOOOO hungry that I devour everything and put it back on . I keep swearing that I'll do it this time, but I've been swearing that for 5 years now. I do know that I...
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    Yes, I used to have very severe sinus infections right before I became really sick with celiac disease and for a while afterwords. Because of the malabsorption the body isn't able to fend of bacteria or viral infections like a normal person's. I still get treated for sinus infections now and then, and have even thrown off a few without going to the dr,...
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    I noticed that too. I would stick to the beef. The ones that were bad used wheat as a stabalizer for the flavorings. The ones without wheat are safe, and pretty darn good with salsa and sour cream.
  10. nettiebeads
    It seems to me that I have a gluten intolerance and maybe celiac disease. In any case I pretty much have decided that I am giving up gluten. I have few questions, first I am worried that maybe I may have some other problem and second, I went today to Whole Foods and although I found gluten free foods, I had hard time finding things I liked. I am also...
  11. nettiebeads
    How soon do you think you will be able to be tested? I'm afraid that by dealing with just the symptoms you may be doing serious, even irreversable damage to your small intestine. Please do find a dr very soon - the sooner you start the gluten-free diet, if indeed you have celiac disease, the sooner the healing can start.
  12. nettiebeads
    Sorry, I forgot to add this to my post. It's something I found that explains things in easy to understand language. I don't know why the hyperlink doesn't work tho. It is from the NIH, so it is very reputable. Open Original Shared Link
  13. nettiebeads
    Hi Nancy!I think your suspicions are right about celiac. Especially when going over your history (we don't mind, everything is read and discussed here, some threads are positively poopy ) when you suspected mono was the start of your health problems. My celiac started during a stressful time in my life and I had a very severe sinus infection. Infections...
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    I personally disregard what cannot be empirically proved. The accountant or Missourian in me (Show Me) How long was your husband sick before dx? When I first got sick I could barely stomach milk products of any type. I've healed since then, but still don't do much dairy. His problems will subside after going gluten-free. It's just that the rate of...
  15. nettiebeads
    I use the cornbread recipe from Fanny Farmer, substituting the flour with a mix of potato flour and brown rice. The leavening stays the same. My husband (nonCD) likes it just as well as the regular stuff. And for thickining, I use cornstarch at one half the rate of regular flour.
  16. nettiebeads
    Man, how I love this forum!!!! I've had dreams ever since I had to go gluten-free where I forget that I have celiac disease and start eating a forbidden food. Usually it's pizza or a brownie or something else really really good that I used to love. Then I wake up a little scared like maybe that could really happen. But I've found that the dreams have...
  17. nettiebeads
    Oh believe me that Reeses cups are okay!!! Emulsifiers are kinda like a detergent substance (but it doesn't tase soapy ) that keeps the oils suspended equally throughout the solids. If you look at regular peanut butter, it will have an emulsifier. If you look at natural peanut butter you will see all of the solids on the bottom and oily stuff on the top...
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    I would get my Delmex at Wal Mart in their freezer section. I used to love them but now my gall bladder isn't too fond of them. But they are good! And I have never had a problem with Ore-Ida tater tots. So long as you don't buy anything seasoned (like a lot of the ranch and steak fries) you shouldn't have a problem. But my husband (bless his soul) makes...
  19. nettiebeads
    Which mixes? My local Health food store started carrying gluten-free pantry items. Usually a good test is when things start to just slightly brown on the edges. Another is to tap and see if they feel kind of hollow. Did you do much cooking or baking with regular stuff before celiac disease? How long were you sick before your dx? If you want, feel free...
  20. nettiebeads
    my husband is now thinking of going gluten-free, except for his "real" bread and flour tortillas, just to make it easier on me I remember the first few months of going gluten-free - it was hard. I remember eating something wrong just because I wanted it. Then I decided all the extra time I got to spend in the bathroom wasn't worth it. After that the gluten...
  21. nettiebeads
    Yesterday was the first time in weeks after being accidentally glutenated by my husband that I felt like my old self. So last night I was transferring non gluten-free pasta salad into a bowl to take to my mother while talking on the phone and got some of the stuff on my fingers and absentmindedly licked them. TWICE!!! It was just as I was doing it the second...
  22. nettiebeads
    Every one is different, so recovery time is different too. You do have a dr that's monitoring you, which is good. Do you have another follow up appt? And have you checked all meds, otc's, health/beauty aids? Do you have a significant other that isn't gluten-free? My husband isn't, but he's real careful not to kiss me on the lips after he's had a wheat...
  23. nettiebeads
    I sure hope he knows the importance of not cheating. I let my daughter live through her teen age years even though I had that recurring thought " I brought her into this world and I can take her out!!! " But she's now 21, in college, moved out of the house but still lives in town. She actually called me one night just to talk! (and not ask for money!...
  24. nettiebeads
    Well, every now and then I let my southerness out. Glad you liked it.
  25. nettiebeads
    Yep, that was me nine years ago. Except for the 40 lbs overweight, which happened to me later after my 3rd divorce, but that's another story. And don't worry about being descriptive, we've read and/or posted it all. We're here to help. And the tiredness is very common when you have celiac disease. I mean, not the lack of sleep tired but swimming upstream...
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