ImaMiriam

I bought the Fagor 8-quart one (Amazon). It's a stovetop cooker, which gives you the option to brown your meat in the pan. It's good to do this before you add other ingredients and turn on the pressure. At least, that's what I've heard/read. I didn't realize it when I ordered it, but the Fagor one is from Spain.... I saw good reviews of this model...

I've ordered a stove-top pressure cooker, as a dear friend was telling me how much her family enjoys the meals she cooks in it. I'm hoping she'll give me some of their favorite recipes....and thought I'd write here and see if anyone here uses one of these gadgets. I'm hoping to use it for beans, meat, veggies, etc. I should receive the new pot next week...

Hi, this sounds like a horrible ordeal for you! I get really mad when I hear this kind of story. Why did the doctor do sooooooo many tests all at once on him, he was only 2 years old!!! I know, it's good you have those results. It just seems like way too many tests at once. What is a "latent celiac" that you have listed under your post? Thanks...

Hi StephanieL and Shadowicewolf, So here's the history -- my daughter has had rashes and hives for a number of years. She also had stomach aches, never seemed like much because she didn't complain a lot. All got A LOT worse the past year, then we got the Celiac diagnosis in April. When she first started getting the rashes and hives, we went to pediatrician...

My 12-year old daughter had blood tests for common food allergens, and we're lucky because all came back "below detection" or negative. This means -- I think -- that she's not allergic to peanuts, etc (the things on the list).... However, now the allergist is asking for us to do the skin prick tests. I can't understand why this is needed -- isn't the...

Probiotics seem very complicated to me. I took my 12 year old daughter to a nutritionist on Saturday, and she said that one should only take probiotics for a short period of time, for example, for 2-3 weeks after being on an antibiotic. My daughter was taking 2 different probiotics which the pediatric GI had proscribed, and my daughter was continuing to have...

I think you need water the most, and that hand-wipes are better than nothing. Hand sanitizer doesn't work. I like the idea posted above, about a soapy wet washcloth in a ziplock bag. You really, really need to rinse with water. I have a related question which I think is kind of weird.... I've noticed that a lot of liquid hand soaps have Vitamin E...

We are gluten free since this past May 1st -- however along the way we kept finding out that gluten was in something we just ate (mayonnaise)...I think we may "finally" be gluten free. My daughter turned 12 a few days ago. She had a positive antibodies blood test and has one of the Celiac genes. I refuse and keep refusing to do a biopsy. She has had symptoms...

At their website (Open Original Shared Link) they list 11 flavors of these kinds of rice -- I hope I can find them! My daughter misses Rice Pilaf (which has orzo made from wheat).... I find the Lundberg products to be high quality overall. :-)

I'd like to hear any remedies, too! My daughter says she has these mouth sores a lot, and I found out that Anbesol has gluten in it. So we have nothing now. How do you know if it's the toothpaste? I thought that all toothpaste is gluten-free. If it's not, I gotta go check them all right away before anyone brushes their teeth tonight!!!! Can anyone...

It's sort of different for adults, I believe, but I'm going to tell you a little about my 11-yr-old daughter. She was diagnosed with a low positive blood test in late April this year....we took her off gluten immediately. (Of course, I'm still figuring out about gluten in some foods!!! For the most part, she is on a gluten-free diet -- we find it difficult...

Hi, I'm so glad and appreciative that you said this about the "tiniest amount." It kind of disgusts me that the medical community doesn't know this about the heightened sensitivity -- I feel fairly certain that my daughter's symptoms right now are not a set-back....just another glutening. I'm not rushing her to the doctor now for a biopsy, etc. ...

Thanks for writing, psawyer. I see your point, and will read your info about customer serve answers. I wonder, though -- isn't it best to find Certified gluten-free products, if they're available? I mean, the CVS brand/generic is gluten-free (once they check the log# for you). Isn't that better?

We had another rough night (last night) and day today. I know I can come here and sort of rant and rave a little. It's so frustrating, and at this point, I'm struggling to keep up with my job. I sent a message to my daughter's GI doctor....although I like this doctor more than the first one we went to, I'm still really annoyed about how these doctors...

I'm curious how long "withdrawal" symptoms can last....does anyone know? Also, do they sometimes recur if you get glutened? I see all kinds of behavior in my daughter, and it's tough to figure it out. (She's almost 12.)