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  1. 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...
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    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...
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    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...
  4. ImaMiriam
    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...
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    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...
  6. ImaMiriam
    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...
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    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...
  8. ImaMiriam
    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...
  9. ImaMiriam
    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. :-)
  10. ImaMiriam
    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...
  11. ImaMiriam
    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...
  12. ImaMiriam
    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. ...
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    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?
  14. ImaMiriam
    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...
  15. ImaMiriam
    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.)
  16. ImaMiriam
    I think massage would be nice, so I hope my husband will give me one soon! ;-) Ok -- now I'm gonna be serious again. I talked with pediatrician today and she said either Tylenol or Ibuprofen. No aspirin for children (seems weird to me, as I took aspirin as a child in the 1960s!) The pediatrician said that if my daughter takes ibuprofen a lot, she...
  17. ImaMiriam
    Yesterday we tried Junior Tylenol. It didn't help her with her headache. :-( Today I gave her Jr. Strength Advil, which seems to help more. I will contact the company tomorrow. We have both the Pfizer Advil, and the CVS Ibuprofen -- chewable tablets. I'm concerned that because they are chewable, they might have gluten in them..... Thanks!
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    My daughter (she has Celiac) keeps getting headaches. I think some of them are tension headaches because she just started in a new school. Whatever the cause of her headaches (could be accidental gluten, too), I've been giving her Junior Strength Advil (Pfizer). Does anyone know if this is gluten-free? Does anyone know of other over the counter ibuprofen...
  19. ImaMiriam
    Ok, I'm still not sure. She was taking the probiotics in yogurt (almond yogurt as we're trying to avoid dairy right now). That also gives her a stomach ache. The GI said to use "body temperature" yogurt/apple sauce, so I always warm it up first. We trying cutting back the amount of probiotic, and that didn't help. I think I'll try cutting back the probiotic...
  20. ImaMiriam
    I take a Vitamin supplement called "ALL-ONE" which is powder form and you mix it into juice each morning. I don't know much about the B-vitamins, but one thing you can do (I've done this) is take the powder out of the capsule and put it in juice (or in yogurt or applesauce). Tastes kinda yucky, but if it helps ya feel better, it's worth it, right? :-...
  21. ImaMiriam
    There's also Bragg's Nutritional Yeast. What confuses me is whether nutritional yeast is a healthy/safe product. I've been reading that it may be similar to monosodium glutamate, which we know is not a healthy food additive (and yet it still is used a lot!) Does anyone know whether nutritional yeast is a good choice as a "cheese-free" topping? We...
  22. ImaMiriam
    I'm very new to the gluten-free world, and because my Celiac daughter has been and continues to suffer, I'm pedaling as fast as I can to get "literate" in this world. Last night she somehow figured out that the cinnamon we use is likely CC. She takes probiotics every night, mixed into applesauce. She gets a stomach ache after she takes the probiotic! Because...
  23. ImaMiriam
    We also take Vitamin Parade. They have a chewable calcium tablet and Vitamin C too. My daughter does not love the taste of these, but I feel they are the best because they are food based sources (nothing synthetic). My daughter (she's almost 12) also takes probiotics. And, we all take a fish oil that tastes decent. The fish oil comes in several flavors...
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    And how about this....(my daughter is 11 years old and like blmoreschi, was diagnosed in April).....when your Celiac child is sitting at a table with others who are eating cookies and other snacks that are not gluten free -- and then these same children reach into your child's bowl/bag of gluten-free chips..... It seems to me (and I'm still very new at...
  25. ImaMiriam
    Today's the big day! It's her first day (and she'll be home soon)....I can't wait to hear how it went. Another lunch-related question.... 1) what about hand soaps? I've noticed that many of the hand soaps contain "Vitamin E" as a moisturizer. Often, Vitamin E is from wheat germ. What if a Celiac washes her hands with something that contains trace...
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