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  1. GF in BC
    My B12 is at 110 and the reference is 150-220 as low and up to 698 as normal. It's pmol/L - whatever that means For ferritin, anything between 15-49 is considered iron deficiency. Normal is anything over 100. I cannot tolerate supplements. I've tried about a half dozen types, including heme iron in pill form, and liquid that is meant for babies...
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    Thank you for your response....most appreciated. I'm going out to buy the sublingual B12 tomorrow as you are the second person today who has suggested this. I've ramped up my meat eating.....I was a vegetarian for years and years, and my meat eating in the past decade was limited to maybe a dozen times a year or less. I'm trying to eat it at least...
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    I haven't been on the site for a while, but I needed a place to post where people understand, so here I am. I just received the results of my most recent blood work-up. I now go every six months to monitor my iron levels. This time I also requested my B12 be checked. In June, my ferritin level sat at 32, down from six months prior (33). I'e been struggling...
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    As someone who has suffered from undiagnosed gluten intolerance (or maybe celiac) for over 40 years, I feel your pain. I also was told I had IBS/spastic colon but only after a few random tests didn't show anything other than a couple of ulcers when I was 11. I have a feeling it was just about the same as when you're told you have "a virus". They don't know...
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    I like the diary idea as I already do that. I'm on Weight Watchers (1.8 lbs to goal!) and track like a maniac. I just need to add a column. LOL I am going to give yogurt another try on Friday after work and see if I get the same reaction. If so, then I definitely will pick up the lactase and try it out. It's definitely a whole new world of learning stuff...
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    Hah....not fair changing mid-stream. I guess this is going to be an ongoing adventure. I can't describe how happy I am not to have the debilitating D-dance on an almost daily basis, but I can see I will need to always be vigilant with anything I want to eat. Trial and error - hopefully I don't make too many errors! I have a feeling that adding...
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    This is part of what I'm finding frustrating. Every person seems to be different so it's difficult to 'learn' what I might have reactions to just by reading other experiences. I love this brand of yogurt so I'll give it another try when I know I have time to deal with any stomach issues that may result. There is an automatic mind-set I seem to have fallen...
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    I hope that's not the case for me. I eat Greek yogurt for its high protein value. I don't eat red meat, or much meat at all so it's a bit of a battle for me to get enough.
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    No, the company said they cannot consider it gluten free. As it was the only thing I ate today that was out of the normal range of things I was eating this week and I ended up with a big stomach upset, I can only assume this might have been the trigger. From the website: "Unfortunately, the company does not consider its products to be gluten-free, since...
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    I had a bit of a setback today after a few weeks of being pain free. I ate yogurt that apparently isn't gluten-free (which I discovered after researching everything I ate this morning). The (safe) yogurt I used to eat isn't available in Canada so I'll have to make a point of hopping over the border to pick some up. The learning curve is a big one!
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    Wow! I had no idea about any link at all! His cancer was hepatoblastoma, no metastasis. More information I will provide to him. You are such a wonderful source of information and you have no idea how grateful I am to have found this forum.
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    What a wonderful idea! I hope you won't mind if I use it as well. I lost more than 40 years of my own life. I want to go on a hike, or kayaking or go with the 'girls' to Vegas for a weekend. I missed all the fun kid stuff too - the summer holiday camps, the sleepovers, most babysitting opportunities and even just hanging out at the mall. I'm really trying...
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    The picture is actually in Utah, the shores of the Great Salt Lake but I agree, it does look like Parksville (one of my favorite places). I live on the border of New Westminster and Burnaby.
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    Thank you for your responses!! I spent a few hours reading through many of the posts here and I felt that this would be a very supportive place to land - I was right I'm sorry there are so many people that have had to travel along a similar road before finding an answer. I know it is especially hard when you're young. I'm lucky that I did have medical...
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    Please let me pre-apologize for a very long first post. Brand new here and I cannot explain how (oddly) reassuring it has been to see posts that are similar to my own experiences. Just over 43 years ago I was diagnosed with two ulcers and IBS. Yes, an eleven year old kid with ulcers (gastric and duodenal). The IBS was so life limiting as a teenager...
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