Rusla

Effem who makes M & M's is just like Kraft and Hershey. They will disclose if the product is even made in a factory that produces wheat or gluten products. As they have told me they are made in a separate facility and I have never been glutened by them and I am highly sensitive.

All coke products are gluten-free, remember you need to have all makeup, shampoo's, lotions etc., gluten-free. As everyone's body is different so will be the time they would start seeing the effects of gluten-free. My stools went normal in the first week. However, if I get a small amount of gluten by accident it happens back to runny again. As for cramping, I have been gluten-free for about eleven months now and I still get cramping on and off. Of course maybe some of this is caused by accidental minute glutenings. Oh and welcome to the forum.

Anderea I am sure that SOB of an ex will get what he deserves. I am sure if they gave her to him she would go down hill rapidly because he would stuff her with gluten. It is horrible what some men will do to hurt the person they used to be married to and the lies they make up to get out of paying child support. This is a ploy to get out of paying you in the divorce.

I have not seen those around here. I was at the new "Planet Organic" that just opened up close to my house and they have tons of good gluten-free stuff. Lots of Glutino stuff, I got one of the small Glutino spinach it was great. I will have to look for the cookies next time.

As Carla said if you have DH then you are Celiac. Not all celiac's get it but only celiacs get it. Welcome to the forum. I know of another person whose major back problems and his only symptom was the cause of this disease.

Are you positively sure that she is totally gluten-free? Is there gluten in the house? Have you checked for hidden gluten and have you made sure all lotions, creams, shampoo's , conditioners etc are totally gluten-free? Is she in a day care when she could have contact with gluten? Gluten hides in places you would never expect to find it.

TOP TEN THINGS ONLY WOMEN UNDERSTAND

10. Why it's good to have five pairs of black shoes.

9. The difference between cream, ivory, and off-white.

8. Crying can be fun.

7. FAT CLOTHES.

6. A salad, diet drink, and a hot fudge sundae make a balanced lunch.

5. Discovering a designer dress on the clearance rack can be considered a peak life experience.

4. The inaccuracy of every bathroom scale ever made.

3. A good man might be hard to find, but a good hairdresser is next to impossible.

2. Why a phone call between two women never lasts under ten minutes.

AND THE NUMBER ONE THING ONLY WOMEN UNDERSTAND:

1. OTHER WOMEN!

Now that is the ticket!

I read malodestrin is ok...only if its corn or potatoe based...unless you have issues with those.

They they said some are wheat based...this manufacturer....is wheat based.

I should have asked...its my own fault....I am so mad at me!

I hate when they start doing them in wheat, now they are taking something else from us. Don't be mad at you be mad at them for screwing up a safe food and why did they not list the wheat ingredient, idiots they are.

Being Celiac is like being pregnant, you are or you aren't pregnant or celiac. There is not borderline pregnancies nor is there borderline Celiac disease. So as you have already been told, welcome to the world of Celiac.

I am sorry you feel like crap. Maltodextrin is different than malt by the way and ok. The other thing you can do is get ground turkey meat and make your own burgers. My brother makes Porkin burgers, he uses ground pork and ground chicken and they are great and contain no gluten.

Welcome to the forum and to the world of Celiac disease. Now, I am not a doctor but it sure sounds like Celiac to me or gluten intolerant. Which is pretty well the same as Celiac. Let us know how the tests turn out and there is lots of great info and people in this forum.

Aero is safe, turtles is safe. Hershey is very good about disclosing everything.

The other thing is that I know very few men live alone or can live alone. Yet I know many women including myself that are happy and live alone successfully.

I know, my son used to ask where his shoes were, I told him he was the one who wore them not me so he should know where he put them.

Actually witches are grey and I have the roots to prove it so, as a witch you must learn to work both sides when you need to. Now all of us women are Goddesses.

Now that we have Rusla here to round up the number of girls on here, I must share this gem that was sent to me by my husband after it went around to all the guys in his office and they laughed uproariously. While it is definitely a "guy" joke, I admit I found myself nodding and chuckling as I read: (any guys reading, get ready...)...

A sign in the Bank Lobby reads "Please note that this Bank is installing new drive-through teller machines enabling customers to withdraw cash without leaving their vehicles. Customers using this new facility are requested to use the proceedures outlined below when accessing their accounts After months of careful research, MALE and FEMALE proceedures have been developed. Please follow the appropriate steps for your gender:

MALE PROCEEDURES:

1. Drive up to the cash machine.

2. Put down your car window

3. Insert card into machine and enter PIN.

4. Enter amount of cash required and withdraw.

5. Retrieve card, cash and receipt.

6. Put window up.

7. Drive off.

FEMALE PROCEEDURES:

1. Drive up to cash machine.

2. Reverse and back up, pull forward, back up and so forth, repeating many times as required to align car with the ATM machine

3. Set parking brake; put the window down.

4. Find handbag, remove all contents onto passenger seat to locate bank card.

5. Tell person on cellphone you will call them back and hang up

6. Attempt to insert card into machine.

7. Open car door to allow easier access to machine due to its excessive distance from the car.

8. Insert card.

9. Re-insert card the right way with magnetic strip pointing the way the little picture indicates.

10. Dig through handbag and examine each receipt to see if PIN# is written there. Finally, search through phone book to find your PIN written on the inside of the back page.

11. Enter PIN into ATM machine.

12. Press cancel and re-enter correct PIN.

13. Enter amount of cash required.

14. Check makeup in rearview mirror.

15. Retrieve cash and receipt.

16. Empty handbag again to locate wallet and place cash inside.

17. Write debit amount in check register and place receipt in back of checkbook.

18. Re-check makeup.

19. Drive forward two feet.

20. Reverse back to cash machine.

21. Retrieve card.

22. Re-empty handbag, locate card holder, and place card into the slot provided.

23. Give dirty look to irate male driver waiting behind you.

24. Restart stalled engine and pull off.

25. Redial person on cellphone.

26. Drive for two to three miles.

27. Release parking brake.

Well there is stuff missing from the mens side.

First men wiggle around in their seat looking for their wallet,

Then they take off the seat belt so that get said wallet.

Then man finds out he left wallet at home.

He goes back home to get wallet and asks wife where it is, he finds out he left the wallet at work and drives back to work without the keys to the office.

Now he drives back home to get the office keys but realizes he left the keys in the jacket he took to the dry cleaners.

He goes to the dry cleaners and gets them to find the keys.

He then heads back to the office and does not find his wallet.

He goes back out to the car and finds out his wallet is in the glove compartment.

He heads back to the bank machine and pulls his bank cared out of the wallet.

Then he gets the money and puts money in wallet.

Then he wiggles around trying to get wallet in back pocket.

He then undoes the seatbelt to stick the wallet in back pocket.

He then puts wallet in back pocket then puts seatbelt back on and drives home.

Upon opening his wallet again he realizes he left his card in the machine.

See they have considerably more steps in theirs.

I also research, I am a born researcher. When I figured I had hypothyroidism I researched that and things it was related to, I literally spent 3 full days in the medical library and photo copied the pages so that I would have things to back me up. I would strongly suggest doing the same and sending copies to your insurance companies, be sure to highlight the dying from parts.

I love children- but I couldn't eat a whole one !

They are especially good bbq'd. The ones that are tougher would have to be marinated and some remind me of fishes so, those get cooked in lemon garlic butter and lemon pepper seasoning. Why pay more for your meat.

What an absolute dumb-arse. This is where I say we should all see veterinarians. I would wish him to get Celiac disease and then I hope he gets cancer of the colon so that he will finally realize that is one of the ways to die from Celiac disease. It was like one doctor I had who said there was no such thing as hypoglycemia and when he was pushed into doing the test he learned there was such a thing. It would be nice if we could have their licenses revoked because they are morons.

Cheating...hmmm I guess it depends on whether you worry about things like pernicious anemia, stomach cancer, colon cancer, etc. If you don't care about getting any of these things or having cancer would not bother you then go ahead and cheat, not something I would personally do. It doesn't matter whether you asymptomatic or not, damage is being done. There is no such thing as a "mild" case. You may not have as much damage as some of us but it will become more with prolonged eating of gluten.

OMG Rusla!, good job you weren't running or you may have got 2 black eyes as well !!!!

And a concussion along with knocking out whatever teeth I have left after this disease took most of them.

Sounds like that nasty flu.

The only stupid questions are the ones that are not asked.

That is cool, I will see about picking it up and I will get my friends to also.

I think my freshman live in this!

Rusla- It's REALLY good to see you! Yes, the board has been awkward lately. But this thread is full of love!!!!! Do you have any good ways to celebrate Samhain? I want to do something to honor the earth.

STOP EATING CHILDREN- it's very very bad. Although, it is a Modest Proposal

You are right, eating children is like eating gluten. All that screaming inside of my stomach and their little claws pinching me hurts. It is great to see you again, actually great to see all of you again.

We as we celebrate the end of the year and our ancestors celebrate the eath. You can always do what I do, I do it for Yule also I leave seeds for the birds, stuff for the squirrels and on the hill I get on my vinyl gloves and leave out bread for the deers etc.

Due to probably weather and legal restrictions, I will dance naked in my house.

Alrighty, how many did I offend with that let me know if I didn't I will try harder next time.

Now on a more somber note I must report that my bra has died. It held me up for awhile but then it let me down. Which,it is responsible for breaking both my kneecaps and causing me to have whiplash.