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Judyin Philly

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  1. Well psills, once more back into the fray after a five-day hospital detour for fluid on (and in) the lungs :huh::unsure::wacko: No diagnosis, so we'll see what eventuates. That stuphph gets awfully boring after a while. So here's your funny for today:

    TODAY'S ENGLISH LESSON

    No dictionary has been able to explain adequately the difference between COMPLETE and FINISHED. However, at a recent linguistics conference held in London, England, and attended by some of the best linguists in the world, Samsundar Balgobin, a Guyanese, was the clear winner.

    His final challenge was this: Some say there is no difference between COMPLETE and FINISHED. Please explain the difference in a way that is easy to understand.

    Here is his astute answer: "When you marry the right woman, you are COMPLETE, but when you marry the wrong woman, you are FINISHED. And when the right one catches you with the wrong one, you are COMPLETELY FINISHED"

    His answer was given a standing ovation and it entitled him to receive an invitation to dine with the Queen.

    So shadowicewolf can say that when her finals (exams and papers) are COMPLETE, she is FINISHED with the semester (but not completely finished.

    I don't know where my post went but I'm praying for you now

    Being in the in the hospital it's just no fun

  2. I see this is very old thread and there maybe new information on the site

    I was diagnosed with IC 2 months ago

    3 days after that was dx with C-Diff so that's what I have been dealing with for 2 months now

    Going to take some time reading all this great info but wanted to get on a list for alerts if people are posting on the subject

    Judy

  3. I thought they said that they had dedicated lines and a room just for the gluten-free cereals b/c that's what the people wrote and said they wanted

    I'll try to find the article i read.

    found this article just now but guess it didn't address the cc issue

    does anyone know if they wrote this somewhere else?

    shoot........know i read it some where.

    [Social Media Allows Giants to Exploit Niche Markets

    General Mills No Longer Needs Huge Budgets to Talk to Specific Segments

    By Emily Bryson York

    Published: July 13, 2009

    CHICAGO (AdAge.com) -- The package-goods model has always been a no-brainer: Create a mass-appeal product; distribute it nationally; stoke demand with big-budget, shotgun-style advertising to spray the widest possible market; and hope sales hit the magical $100 million first-year benchmark.

    HOT TOPIC: News of product spread fast.

    But in this age of personalized web pages, super-sophisticated direct marketing and social-media tools that allow like-minded consumers to share and promote products, that traditional model is evolving at major marketers like General Mills. The $14.7 billion package-goods giant is now offering gluten-free baking products aimed at the 2% of the population with Celiac disease (which is characterized by an intolerance to gluten), and the additional 10% interested in avoiding gluten -- a niche the industry would once have dismissed as too small to target profitably.

    "The classic new-product-development model was all around finding costs to pay for TV advertising," said Ann Simonds, General Mills' president-baking. But while TV is still the best way to generate mass trial and awareness, it's "not the only way anymore." Especially to reach consumers who require gluten-free foods, who are, of necessity, savvy social networkers.

    But it's not just 88-year-old Betty Crocker adopting a more forward-thinking marketing recipe when it comes to package foods. Supermarket Guru Phil Lempert said the major industry players aren't just looking to develop billion-dollar brands anymore. "Just like fragmentation of TV viewing, we're seeing the same thing on supermarket shelves," he said. "It's not just about coming up with a product and selling a $1 billion or $100 million. They have to carve out these niches that very own-able and brand reliant." He added that package-food companies have grown increasingly responsive to consumer requests, removing high-fructose corn syrup, antibiotics and growth hormones whenever it makes financial sense.

    Moreover, in many cases, package-goods players are developing their own niche products rather than relying on the old model of waiting to see if an upstart niche brand will be successful and then snatching it up, much like Coca-Cola did when it purchased the now-mass Vitaminwater. "For a while, the larger companies said, 'We'll let someone else do it, and then buy them if they're any good,'" said Bill Bishop, chairman of consulting group Willard Bishop. "Now it's become evident that you give up too much in opportunity by letting it get developed by the smaller players."

    More variety

    But what about the second key ingredient to product success, mass distribution? After all, gluten-free products would appear to run counter to the trend of retailers decreasing their product assortment counts 15% or more. But Mr. Bishop said stores are really shedding duplication, such as dozens of kinds of olive oil, and that frees up room for new products that target a need.

    "What we're finding is the stores aren't really getting smaller; the retailers are saying, 'We're going to take the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 brands and our store brands, and that's it,'" Mr. Lempert said. "So there's more shelf space available than a year ago, and it allows for more [varieties] of the No. 1, No. 2 and probably No. 3 brands and store brands."

    In the past year, gluten-free baking products became the most consumer-requested item at General Mills, a fact Ms. Simonds said was partly gleaned from social media as the company has more and deeper conversations with consumers. What was once a call to the consumer hot line or a two-paragraph letter is now an in-depth conversation about feelings and need states.

    "The combination of talking to our own employees who have this challenge and the consumer requests we've been receiving -- the number there were, their depth and the passion -- was really compelling," Ms. Simonds said. "The fact that it happens to be a niche or smaller group of people than we traditionally serve didn't faze us, because we have this vehicle in the internet that allows us to reach those folks."

    General Mills launched a gluten-free version of Chex cereal last year, and gluten-free Betty Crocker baking mixes hit the shelves last month. The platform is launching with mixes for chocolate-chip cookies, brownies, devil's food cake and yellow cake.

    Passionate interest

    Dena Larson, marketing manager-baking products at General Mills, said while consumers with Celiac disease are a small percentage of the population, they are well-connected. She said rumors that General Mills was developing gluten-free baking products spread across Twitter like wildfire.

    Since the audience was already clamoring for gluten-free news, General Mills knew consumers would carry the message. "We felt that this was a product that was going to be marketed almost entirely digitally," said Kelli Ask, interactive-marketing manager at General Mills. "We knew this was a group of very passionate consumers, always talking to each other and looking for solutions."

    The company has partnered with the major Celiac disease foundations, and invested in search-engine optimization. That's a logical move, since Ms. Ask said once a person gets a Celiac diagnosis, "the first thing they do is turn to the search engine to figure out what they can eat." And when they do, "We want them to enter 'gluten-free' or 'Celiac' and be directed to our website."

    Advertizing Age Mag.

  4. Hi - I just started the elimination diet today...so i am crossing my fingers that it works...

    i am supposed to start the bladder cocktail this week again - has anyone tried it?

    i forgot to ask you about this.

    I don't know anything about this.

    Maybe someone on the other site will know about it or even someone on this thread here.

  5. Hi Judy - thanks for the response.

    I started the Elimination Diet today - so lets see what happens.

    My pain is so intense lately, over the counter medication doesn't work, do you recommend anything?

    Be careful that you don't start cutting all the High Oxalates foods at once becasue there is a 'dumping' process that goes with this. I'd start with useing only the middle Oxalate foods. Did you find the links on that site for the bladder issues as they might know more about the otc meds. i just use concentrated all pure natural cranberry capsules when i have a flair.

    i'm sure there are more direct and helpful sites connected to the low oxalate site.

    hang in there judy

  6. Are you taking the generic or the brand? As far as I know - both are gluten-free. But - - PLEASE be careful if it's generic Wellbutrin - - - many people have had TERRIBLE experiences on me (including myself) and - - I was told that this month's Oprah has an article, in fact, about this very thing.....

    Thanks Susie.

    Will have to ck it at CVS to see if it is worth getting the magazine to read the article. Was it brand vs generic meds in general or this drug? Maybe you don't know.

    I remember when comparing brand/generic that many pharmacy's use different suppliers.

    My pharmacist called both company's they used and both were gluten-free/df/s/f. I chose the brand. Of course more expensive but just wanted to give it the best shot. Judy

  7. Judy! So glad your new ENT is very good!

    My mom recently bought me a Sinus Rinse bottle caused NeilMed from Walmart. It's supposed to be as good or better than the Neti Pot. I haven't tried it yet, but plan on it soon.

    Thanks Joni

    I got what you told me to and haven't tried it yet

    Just want to see if i can keep things under conrol naturally for awhile

    i did go back to my claritin I'd gotten off of due to casein but can't stand the seasonal allergies now

    Please keep us posted on your apt this week

    Judy

  8. I went for bloodwork today for the MRI and my PC is in the same building so I popped in to check the results of bloodwork I had done last week for thyroid and different vitamins. Turns out they need to see me so something must be whacked out. I'm kind of glad, but a little nervous.

    . My appointment is this Monday.

    Joni

    so anxious to hear about what the blood work showed? I know that before my MRI with gad certain tests..think to see about kidneys had to be ok. Was that it?

    Was just cking on you to see how you were and of course all the rest of you.

    I just returned from the ENT apt. The Dr. was so knowledgeable and NICE TO BOOT. surprised and thrilled.

    he told me just what my chiro had..................wax build up and fluid behind the ear drum. This has been going on for almost a month and getting worse using the steroid drops. Maybe i'm allergic too. who knows.

    told him the Dr on the 29th didn't see any wax at all just swimmers ear. Well he said "as chrio told me"

    that the drops could casue wax build up and possibly fluid behind the ears and that the other Dr might not have seen anything then and the wax could have now built up.

    so he took this instrument and sucked out wax. I could hear it 'clunk' out. After it was all out he said there was fluid and so got it out somehow.......?

    After about and hr he said i should be good as new. He was right.

    Let's hear it for a good dr apt for a change.

    It seems the brain fog has lifted too..........amazing.

    OH..............guess what he recomends for allergies............the neti pot.

    i can post a link on how to use if anyone wants it.

    There has been alot of talk on the forum about how great they work.

    I'm going to get one this after noon afternoon. Think I saw at cvs the other day

    Joni......hope to hear from you and that your ok.

    Judy

  9. Maybe I should just put off the MRI with gladolinium until I get treated for whatever is wrong from the vitamin/thyroid tests. My appointment is this Monday.

    i have been having these ear problems for 3 weeks.

    i had alot more trouble after i had the MRI with gladolinium dye.

    There is a thread running on it now.

    you might want to take a look at that thread.

    Judy

  10. The products that are starting to connect together for me are Pamela's Wheat Free Bread Mix, Pamela's Pancake mix and Kinnickinnick chocolate dipped donuts. I hate naming names because they're so good, but maybe someone else might have a problem with them.

    If it's not tapioca or xanthan, I'll have to start looking into rice as a possibility.

    Hi Nancy

    There were just some threads up on Pamela's and also zanthan gum

    I found that through trial and error that i can't have any mixes of the above mentioned products.

    the culprits were the tapioca and 'x' gum.

    Just tried the chebe mixe 2 days ago as my final test...dingo..

    no tapioca for me anymore.

    I do fine with rice flour, sweet rice flour, potato starch and corm starch for my homemade flour mixes. i use the guar gum now and it even cheaper than the other 'x'.

    judy

  11. Remember I am in Canada so they may be completely different mayos. They are made in different plants. So yours might be okay. My Hellmann's up here is not soy free.

    fELIDAE,

    THANKS FOR LETTING ME KNOW YOUR IN CANADA.

    CALLED US REP TODAY AND SHE SAID IT SOY FREE HERE AND THAT'S WHY THEY PRODUCED THIS PRODUCT BECAUSE IT DIDN'T HAVE SOY + the canola is better i guess.

    the rep said that she used it and it's just as good as regular h. mayo.

    i'll let you know if i like it.

    judy in phlly

  12. I just bought the Hellmann's canola mayo and the ingredients are so different in the Canadian version. Water, canola oil, modified corn starch, liquid yolk, vinegar, sugar, salt, spices (contains soybean oil), xanthan gum, sorbic acid, phosphoric acid, citric acid, concentrated lemon juice, colour, calcium disodium EDTA, and sulphites. After reading that long ingredient list, I think I am going to return it. The Canadian website says that they will list gluten.

    There's the old crap ---SOYBEAN OIL--was it listed on the label with the 'spices'?????? know if would have seen that if listed but since it was said here if didn't have soy just got it.

    I haven't opened mine yet and will call them tomorrow.

    oh, guess i ck website now.

    I don't think mine said spices but I was still 'spinning' when i got home from 'label reading.

    Thanks for letting me know.

    also the Sharon's sorbet cocconut has soy in it...... :ph34r:

    will post that on the 'sorbet site.

    what would be do without each other.

    :huh: Judy

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