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  1. laura1959
    Sadly, I do not have any vintage cast iron to send to any of you . We do have a bunch of coated stuff that is going to have to go away. Hubby went out and bought a beautiful stainless steel skillet yesterday for me to use to make a stir fry, which was delicious.
  2. laura1959
    I went out and purchased a packet of these at Target: Open Original Shared Link They take up almost no space and I can store them in the original plastic sleeve they came in. For the time being, they seem to be all I need and they also make great safe surfaces for placing my utensils while cooking. A fairly low cost solution.
  3. laura1959
    Unfortunately, I had an endoscopy about a month ago but it was prior to suspicion of celiac, so they didn't go far enough in to diagnose this. I'm sure the insurance company won't pay for another one and it would be hard to talk my doctor into ordering it even if they would, as he seems to think the proof is in the pudding, so to speak. He is more concerned...
  4. laura1959
    Thanks everyone. I know how to do an elimination diet; had to put one of my dogs on one in order to keep him alive when he developed a malabsorption issue several years ago. My personal opinion is that when stuff is working you don't mess with it. I'm five days into this now and doing pretty well. The horrible withdrawal I had a few weeks ago when...
  5. laura1959
    Thanks! I went out and bought a new colander that will only be used for my own foods, and also some of those thin cutting mats that can double as clean surfaces for resting my utensils while I cook. Made a nice gluten-free meal this afternoon and am still feeling okay a couple hours after eating it. Hopefully we continue to move forward and this will be...
  6. laura1959
    Thanks. The only thing I'm eliminating is gluten right now. I'll keep my eyes open for other reactions; this is the first time I had that particular brand of pasta so I suppose anything is possible. I don't have another package of it but maybe next week I will buy more and see how it goes when I know everything is prepared cleanly.
  7. laura1959
    I feel soooo stupid, after posting here about how to avoid cross contamination I managed to do it, anyway! I live in a town that actually has a gluten free store. My husband and I went there yesterday afternoon and bought some food then came home and he made dinner. He made a pesto using basil from the farmer's market and we put that over the gluten free...
  8. laura1959
    I just told my husband about sanding down the one cutting board and he said, "we could do that to all of the wooden ones." I suppose we could. Thanks again!
  9. laura1959
    Thank you!
  10. laura1959
    My husband does most of the cooking here, due to my chronically low energy levels. Hopefully, that can change if I start feeling better on the gluten free diet. I've been talking with him about cross contamination. We currently have an array of wooden cutting boards that are used for preparing all manner of foods, including meats and salad greens...
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    It certainly seems to have a solid basis. I just googled "gluten opioid peptide" and a whole bunch of scholarly articles came up. Here's one: Open Original Shared Link And the search is here: Open Original Shared Link So I'm going with the idea that there is, in fact, a "real" opioid-like withdrawal component to this. I'm not going...
  12. laura1959
    Here's an abstract from an old 1984 study that talks more about the opioid-gluten metabolic link. I am running out the door but will do another pubmed search a little later to see if there's something more recent. Open Original Shared Link
  13. laura1959
    Glad you got to enjoy them, even if only in dreamland I hope you feel better from your bug soon!
  14. laura1959
    I am new to celiac, but learned a lot about it through Googling things like "celiac symptoms" and so forth. This site has a lot of good information if you go to the home page at www.celiac.com and start reading some of the links. My understanding is that there is no perfect cure but that you can have healing that will last as long as you do not eat...
  15. laura1959
    It could be. I work with doctors who do medical research, and the advice I get about things, even from professionals who are up on the literature, is all over the map. Since I work in research I tend to read a lot, and it may be that I'm the one overthinking, but I do understand how compounds break down through metabolic processes and these metabolic byproducts...
  16. laura1959
    Well, at the end of gluten free day 1, I actually feel pretty well. I was tired when I got home, but rested a bit, and now I am okay. I remember that last time it really hit me by day 3, so we'll just plow through this as best as we can and see how it goes. I have osteoporosis, recently diagnosed, and as I was doing my osteo-walk tonight I realized...
  17. laura1959
    Thanks so much. Yep, I was born in 1959 so have been up against some of these symptoms for a very long time. I had read on some other sites about gluten that it breaks down into an opioid-like substance in the intestines, and that the withdrawal is exactly like withdrawing from heroin because, essentially, that's what's happening, and that this isn...
  18. laura1959
    I passed the threshold of ten posts this morning and am now able to post without moderator approval. I think once you pass 10, those warnings and notices you see will go away.
  19. laura1959
    I don't have the numbers on the thyroid testing; the thyroid tests were run by the endocrinologist on 7/15 and I was told over the phone that everything is fine with all of the testing they did. They did do several tests in the thyroid series, not just the basic ones I've had in the past. My doctor's office did not yet have those results in their file but...
  20. laura1959
    I know that it would be pushing back recovery from Celiac by however long the weaning process takes, but I've apparently been pushing that back for 54 years already! The question I'm posing is whether one can successfully wean to a gluten-free diet and avoid the lion's share of the gluten withdrawal symptoms prior to becoming entirely gluten-free. Has anyone...
  21. laura1959
    Thank you! And thanks to everyone who has offered advice. I have another thought. Has anyone tried slowly withdrawing gluten? Like tapering off of it, as you would an addictive drug? Any chance that would be helpful?
  22. laura1959
    It makes sense; I'm just not sure I have the luxury of being able to take that time in the near future. I work for a small department at a University with a lean administrative staff. My immediate supervisor is the department manager, and she will be on an extended vacation soon, and I can't afford to have my head in a fog while she is away. We are also...
  23. laura1959
    Thanks. I had that testing done last week, as well as parathyroid testing. Those are all good, so Celiac is the diagnosis of exclusion at this point. I have had my thyroid tested several times in the past as it's always the first thing the PCPs go to when you complain of fatigue. Lately I just don't complain of fatigue anymore because, you know, it's...
  24. laura1959
    I had been wondering if the gluten withdrawal had any significane in terms of being an indicator of likely disease. Are you saying that non-celiacs don't go through it?
  25. laura1959
    I can't think of any reason he would. He seemed pretty accepting of the likelihood that this was my problem, and very positive about the benefits of a gluten-free diet. I think that if, for some reason, he were to suggest that, I would just tell him no. I don't have to do everything the doctors suggest.
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