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  1. tarnalberry
    I would encourage you to find a naturopath who can help you with this one. I went down the same path - which of my supplements could I continue taking, especially as I had dropped all my pharmaceutical meds. The problem with reading things on the internet in this particular case, is that you can't get a good feel for how the decision is being made on whether...
  2. tarnalberry
    I'm 38 weeks preggo at the moment, and everything is looking just fine so far. (Including the baby being very consistent about kicking the midwives most every time they check her position. ) I'm 31.5years old and we got pregnant on our first try. I've been gluten-free for 7 years, and have been extra anal about not getting glutened during the pregnancy...
  3. tarnalberry
    I think it's really a decent analogy (to a point). It breaks down in the effects of getting a lot of it (rat poison kills you now, gluten kills you later), but the basic premise that a very small amount can make you very sick is still true.
  4. tarnalberry
    I don't do a lot of baking, but tend to follow regular recipes with gluten-free flour substituted (particularly a combo of sorgum, millet, and brown rice). As for staples, I pretty much go for naturally gluten free whole foods - fruits, vegetables, gluten-free grains (millet, quinoa, buckwheat, rice), legumes (lentils, beans), eggs (they're not dairy)...
  5. tarnalberry
    You may still want to try playing around with the composition of your food. What you describe would leave me quite hungry - both from not having enough fat/protein and (unless you're eating a big huge serving each time) not enough food (and I don't eat *that* much ). Sometimes, it takes playing with your diet to figure out what's going to work right now...
  6. tarnalberry
    Yeah, if you've been getting even a very small amount of gluten, you can't expect to have your symptoms go away. If you've seen improvement (without symptoms going away), then I'd be fairly confident that it's celiac. It's not terribly common for biopsy findings that are consistent with celiac to be from something else (possible, but those other things...
  7. tarnalberry
    barley is an ingredient that can be found in a couple of different teas. you need to read the ingredients for *everything*!
  8. tarnalberry
    like "mild pregnancy" or "early pregnancy"? I mean, you're still pregnant in those cases. celiac is the same way - your intestines are being damaged. why would he tell you to KEEP damaging yourself? (that's a rhetorical question - we all know that some doctors think that celiac disease is the last thing they ever want to diagnose because... well, they...
  9. tarnalberry
    What are you eating throughout the day. A bag of kettlecorn isn't a great idea - sure it's a lot of calories, but it's mostly easily digested carbs. you're going to have a blood sugar crash that just leaves you staving again very shortly after eating it. Are many of your other meals/snacks much higher in carbs/sugar than protein/fat?
  10. tarnalberry
    I had it on a pizza last night. Not bad. Not the same as regular mozzarella, but it'll do.
  11. tarnalberry
    Yep. Mine wasn't as bad, and I never had *severe* symptoms, but I had this one to some degree.
  12. tarnalberry
    You had a positive IgG and two negative IgA results. But without a total IgA result, you can't really say anything about the results. It's indicative that you've got *some* issue with gluten, but celiac or not - they didn't run all the tests they needed to.
  13. tarnalberry
    some FSA's allow gluten-free specialty food as an expense, but some don't. there is a tax deduction for officially dx'ed celiacs, but it only kicks in if you are itemizing your deductions and the medical expenditures are at least 7% of your income.
  14. tarnalberry
    for me, about a week. Doesn't stop me from working (either previously, when I was a software engineer, or now, when I just teach yoga), but not only are my symptoms not as severe as many other people's, but I've worked through migraines and many other painful things, so I tend to just deal (not saying exactly how well ) with the pain/discomfort.
  15. tarnalberry
    And what would happen to the world if people weren't "proper" celiacs, "proper" diabetics (getting tested positive for diabetes before changing their diet to help reduce blood sugar levels), "proper" preggos (waiting until a positive pregnancy test to take prenatal vitamins and avoid things unhealthy to a fetus), etc.? Oh, hey, I think we'd be healthier...
  16. tarnalberry
    Ok, so not an apple. Perhaps another type of fruit. Or a vegetable. Or a hardboiled egg. (And I can't believe I'm saying this) but you've found some reason to shoot down every idea - even the ones that are meant as vague. "We can't get her to bed earlier", "she doesn't have enough time in the morning", "she has to do homework after she gets home after...
  17. tarnalberry
    well, he's "right" when he says celiac is rare, but only in comparison to common things like how many people are likely to get a cold during cold season. :/ The rate of celiac disease incidence in the population is 1%. 1 in 133 is the last study I've read, but the numbers seem to vary somewhere between a tiny bit over 1% and a tiny bit under.
  18. tarnalberry
    It kinda sounds like you know what to do, but are not CONFIDENT. Be confident that something isn't right when you don't feel well. The exact symptoms may not always be the same, but if you eat gluten and then feel worse, that's a pretty strong sign! If you want the tests, though, prepare to eat plenty of gluten (3-4 slices of bread a day) for a long...
  19. tarnalberry
    While I sympathize with her on being a night owl, and wanting to read (though reading on the toilet is not good for pelvic floor health), I have to encourage you to MAKE her get in enough time to eat. Even if it's nothing more than an apple (I'd add peanut butter, but I'm hypoglycemic and wouldn't want just the carbs for breakfast myself). Honestly, she...
  20. tarnalberry
    I managed to avoid the gluten (I'm always careful and conservative, but even more so while I've been pregnant), but I'm feeling more stuffed than an overeater after a huge Thanksgiving meal. Baby girl is welcome to come down (and then out) any day now.
  21. tarnalberry
    Oh sure - a good thick-crust pizza, a fresh out of the oven cinnamon roll (no, gluten free is not the same), or a freshly baked sourdough with butter. But none of the cravings are that intense, and I can find something else to eat (not even always a replacement, but something totally different that I also enjoy - yay for strawberry season!).
  22. tarnalberry
    Only you can answer that. I was in a similar position (though I hadn't even been gluten free for as long as you had been) when I went in for testing. The results were inconclusive, and I had to decide if I wanted to go back on gluten for further testing. I tried one gluten challenge (made it pretty massive, but still) and felt awful. I decided that the...
  23. tarnalberry
    How long between getting up and breakfast time does she have? I need at least half an hour to let my stomach prepare for food. I can't fathom eating sooner than that - it doesn't feel good. (And yes, that means sometimes I have to take my breakfast with me somewhere, or get up earlier just to have time to get breakfast in.) Maybe she feels similarly?...
  24. tarnalberry
    Welcome back! We're expecting our first any day now!
  25. tarnalberry
    Patience. Your friends and family aren't living with this every day like you are. And you are the only one person that each friend and family member will be asking. So any one given person might ask you twice, but if you've got twenty of those people, that's forty questions - in your eyes, but not theirs. I think perception is a hard part of this to begin...
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