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    I just wrote about this on another thread, but wanted to let you know about it too because it wasn't in the weight area. I've had a really hard time losing weight over the last several years. Yo-yo'd on a bunch of stuff, until I messed up my metabolism to the point where I wasn't losing any weight on a 1200 calorie a day diet, even though I was walking...
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    ARCHIVED Funeral Food

    Nantzie replied to a topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    I'm so sorry for your loss. I lost my mom as well, and I understand how you feel about not wanting to take focus off of her. Eating ahead would be what I would suggest too. You could also make some food ahead of time and keep the cool things in an ice chest in your car, and the warm things wrapped in tinfoil. That way you could munch on what was there...
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    Thanks for answering my worries guys. I have decided to get all the tests I can and stay on gluten until I find out for sure. I know myself and if I don't, I'll be tempted to "test" my self-diagnosis of celiac disease, and I'll either make myself sick or I'll just never be sure and may waffle back and forth on the gluten-free. It's better to know one way...
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    ARCHIVED Constipation

    Nantzie replied to Bonnie's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Hi Bonnie, There is a tea here that you can get in the health section of the grocery story called Smooth Move. It's senna leaf, and they mix it with spices. It's actually really, really yummy. Like orange spice tea. And it's gentle. I've never had it give me diarrhea. It just makes me have a regular bowel movement. And since it's a tea rather than...
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    The last time I had the no appetite symptoms was several years ago. I had no clue about celiac. I ended up losing a lot of weight in a short amount of time; like 25 pounds in 3 weeks. And I was losing hair. I attributed it to stress and working too much. I was so busy I really didn't have time to eat and didn't think much about it. I would make a point...
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    I agree debmidge. Food is so connected with family, memories, celebrations, as well as just enjoying dinner and talking with your family every night. Sometimes you love food because it brings you comfort when you're hurting. Sometimes you love food because it brings back happy memories. Sometimes you love food because you love the process and the art...
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    If it does turn out that I have celiac disease, then balance would have been my first, most obvious symptom. I had an incident of heat exhaustion and then I got mono in the same 3-4 month period, then after that, I could only stand a certain way if I didn't have someone to hang on to. I thought it was secondary to the heat exhaustion. My balance got a...
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    It's hard to know what to say.... I'm glad they don't think you have it because who wants someone else to have a disease. But I'm disappointed for you that you didn't get a definite diagnosis. Then, I'm glad your doctor is recommending a gluten free diet and help from a dietician, so you can know if it really is gluten that is causing your problems. ...
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    I was just wondering how you're doing. I know what you mean. It's not really that you want to die or anything, you just want the pain to stop. Whether or not you have celiac, you've got a lot of the same symptoms and the people here really understand what you're going through. Just knowing you're not the only one helps sometimes, ya know? Hang...
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    Yea, I've got cold hands and feet too. And I'm always either too hot or too cold. I was a medical transcriptionist for a few years (that was what I was doing working 16 hour days) and there was one doctor in one of the groups who, every time a patient came in with a written list of symptoms or problems, rather than just telling the doctor, he recommended...
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    I have been off most of the supplements I had been taking. I figured out I might be celiac about a week ago and my first doctor appt is Oct 4th. I had been able to stay ahead of most of my symptoms with the supplements, but if I ever went off them, they'd start up again after just a couple days. Which is why I was always researching to try and figure...
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    Well, I've got a doctor's appointment on Oct 4th. I ended up making it with an internal medicine doctor. One of the health systems in my area has a webpage where the doctors write an introduction of themselves and what their professional interests are. I really liked what this doctor had to say. She said that she like the detective work aspect of being...
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    Fingers crossed for you. I know exactly what you mean. It seems so silly to pray that you've got a disease, but when it seems to explain everything.... I just found out about celiac disease a week ago and I feel the same way. I've got an appt to talk to a doctor in early Oct. It seems like forever to wait. Let us know how things go. Nancy
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    Hi Musikate and everyone, I didn't get a chance to get back to this board yesterday. It's not usually like me to stir things up and then leave. Sorry bout that... "I just want to address a few of my concerns about that point of view. It certainly is NOT personal, in fact, I find it enriching to discuss these things with the object of finding...
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    Hmmm... This thread concerns me. Why, on a board where people have been sick for years, and who have had to rely on their own research and the open-mindedness of physicians to even get someone to listen and understand enough to even do the tests that might reveal a diagnosis of something like celiac disease, would they then scold someone who is basically...
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    I'm going to get tested as soon as I find a GI who tests for it. I've got a PPO, so I won't have to go through a general practitioner to ask for a referral. I can just make an appt directly and go. I was waiting to find out a name from the local celiac support group, but they emailed and weren't able to help me. They said that the MD that they really...
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    Thanks for your replies. I definitely won't try to go no-gluten until I find out if I actually have it. I am so good at keeping my digestion supported with supplements, digestive enzymes and probiotics, etc., that I haven't had too much of a problem with my stools lately. But as soon as I go off the supplements, my stools are messed up within a matter...
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    I don't even know where to start. So many of my digestive problems seem to match celiac. I had heard of celiac before, but had heard celiacs are people who can't tolerate gluten. I've never had a problem digesting gluten, so I figured it wasn't me. But it's not that celiacs have a hard time digesting gluten, it's that the gluten destroys the lining of...
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