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  1. tarnalberry
    The recent story on there, which had a few quotes, where the docs were really just covering their butts (and later admitted to it, but lied to the mother at first) just helps me remember that there is so much more in "medicine" than actually medicine.
  2. tarnalberry
    My friend, who has medical issues that even her doctor said meant she almost certainly couldn't get pregnant, now has a lovely, nearly 1-year-old child. There is NO way to guarantee that you cannot get pregnant without verifying complete shutdown of your ovaries (or the removal of them or tubal ligation). If you don't want to continue taking the pill...
  3. tarnalberry
    You want to read bad stuff people's docs tell them (though not about celiac), check out Open Original Shared Link. But don't check it out if you're having a baby soon, or you might scare yourself.
  4. tarnalberry
    It's a mindset change. You have to learn to ignore the food, and the comments about the food, and focus on the people instead. It takes practice, it takes willpower, and it takes reminding yourself of the successes and forgetting the failures. If you want it to be a bout social interaction, it can be, but you have to take the time to learn how to make...
  5. tarnalberry
    No, you do not have that right. Well, you have the right to be angry, I suppose, as your emotions are your emotions and you are free to have them. But you don't have the right to bring in something that doesn't harm anyone. These are not places of social gathers you are talking about. These are private businesses selling a product or experience. You have...
  6. tarnalberry
    Sorry for the misread! I can see why your doctor wants a diagnosis - the thinking is that "it's a serious condition, and we don't know if he has it or not unless we get a diagnostic medical test". Thing is, his reaction to gluten IS a valid diagnostic medical test, but doctors have become so damn used to particular mechanical, controllable testing processes...
  7. tarnalberry
    If there's too much water, keep simmering. A good, from scratch, tomato sauce can take HOURS to simmer down. (Turn a fan on over it as well, to help with evaporation.)
  8. tarnalberry
    Your doctor is... Misguided. He has been diagnosed with DH, so he has been diagnosed with celiac. No further testing is needed. He HAS a formal diagnosis.
  9. tarnalberry
    You could always use google drive: Open Original Shared Link
  10. tarnalberry
    If you don't want to take responsibility for who you are and what your body is, ok. But if you make that choice - and you're right to make that choice - don't go whining about the crappy outcome. You made your choice, hence, you also accepted the consequences. If you don't want to take responsibility for stocking your fridge at all, ok, but don't complain...
  11. tarnalberry
    It's not illegal or immoral (imho) to have them gluten free without diagnosis. But you may (or may not... it depends on personal experience and where you are) have trouble with them staying gluten free through preschool (where they will be exposed to it in preschool and crumbs from the snacks the other kids eat), elementary school, and their social lives...
  12. tarnalberry
    rice cakes w/ peanut butter eggs and beans fruit and yogurt w/ nuts on top make muffins or pancakes on the weekend and freeze a big batch to reheat when you want them.
  13. tarnalberry
    I would, we're it me, assume it was a cold, but wouldn't go in - with mild symptoms, these things can linger for longer than a week. I might go in after two or three weeks....
  14. tarnalberry
    Ditto for the "this is a social thing, not a food thing". Find a way to go, and go. (Pre-make food you can take with you that week and eat in the hotel, for instance.) If I can backpack for five days with all my food on my back, you can do this in a hotel.
  15. tarnalberry
    If you're coming down with a respiratory illness right now also, there is no way to tell if it was the peanut butter or the illness. You would have to try PB again when you're not sick. If you strongly feel you could be allergic to it, I'd look into doing that at a doctor's office.
  16. tarnalberry
    It isn't super well known, unless you are on a forum like this, but yes - I've seen in the scientific literature numbers between 5% and 10% of celiacs will react to avenin (the oat protein) because it is structurally similiar to gliadin (the wheat protein in play for celiac). Other celiacs can eat them just fine. It has nothing to do with the company in...
  17. tarnalberry
    I didn't mean to suggest you had. I meant to describe two ends of a spectrum.
  18. tarnalberry
    Eh... low nutrient density, high fat (and it's hard to fry in the healthiest fats and keep them healthy), high calorie. They're not awful, they're not great. I see no reason not to have them occasionally, but not eat a (regular size) bag a day either. Moderation in everything, right?
  19. tarnalberry
    Was your little one ever evaluated for a tongue tie? If baby can't nurse well, your supply will drop. Eating and drinking more may help. Doing a nurse-cation (just stay in bed with LO with as much skin-to-skin and nursing as possible for a whole weekend) can help too. I would also HIGHLY encourage you to find a good lactation consultant (an ICBLC, iirc...
  20. tarnalberry
    Unless you see a reason to assume that your LO has it, I would assume that he/she doesn't. If you keep LO strictly gluten-free, you won't ever know if he/she has it - you can't find out without ingesting gluten. If LO has gluten occasionally - at other people's houses, at preschool, with Dad, etc. - and has a negative reaction (more than one time), then...
  21. tarnalberry
    Also, depending on your symptoms, it could simply be the increased caffeine. Look up the side effects of caffeine and see if anything sounds familiar,
  22. tarnalberry
    That's wonderful news!,
  23. tarnalberry
    A regular cake can use eggs in a carton. Angel food cake is functionally different from a standard cake, and relies upon creating a matrix of egg protein and air to have its height and texture. If you've managed to whip carton egg whites into stiff peaks, well, more power to you, and congrats!
  24. tarnalberry
    Egg whites in a carton won't work. Carton egg whites (by law) must be pasteurized. The process of heating them for pateurization prevents them from being able to form stiff peaks when beating them to incorporate air. (And I have verified this by personal experience. It really doesn't work.) There's chemistry for ya!
  25. tarnalberry
    If she is in school (preschool, grade school, any kind of school), there is a risk of contamination there. (Sensory tables and playdoh for the younger one, snack food contamination for all of them). If you are buying *any* processed foods, there is a (extremely small) chance of cross contamination, which you might want to elminate for now. If you...
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