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  1. tessa25
    In case you need a new way to eat potatoes I'll include potatoes. One pot meal: Ham, cut potatoes, Cabbage cut in quarters in a pot with some water, salt pepper. Cook until potatoes are done. Add butter to veggies to taste. Can also be done with corned beef. Chicken, salt, butter cooked in oven on top of rice made with chicken broth instead of...
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    Bring a good sized cooler with you. One with wheels. Pack it with sandwich fixins, tuna macaroni salad, chips. Also bring along some Udi's frozen chicken florentine, white lasagna and spaghetti and meatballs(Udi's). You'll be stuffed and happy. An example of a good cooler. Open Original Shared Link Don't forget the ice.
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    It causes nutrient deficiencies which can lead to just about anything. My tendons tend to tear.
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    To my knowledge a deficiency only rules out a negative. >100 is very high to be anything other than celiac, in my opinion. She should stay on gluten until after the endoscopy, assuming the doctor orders one.
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    I wasn't talking about a reaction, I was talking about tomato sauce and spices being an irritant to damaged insides. Everybody is different though. Might not bother you one bit.
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    I can't answer your specific questions, but I thought it was one slice of bread per day for 12 weeks. A slice of bread would be way less irritating to damaged insides than pizza. Might hurt less.
  7. tessa25
    If you want to do the full celiac panel quickly, you can buy the test online at walkinlab.com and get it done at your nearest Labcorp today. You can give the results to your next GI. The downside of this method is it's not covered by insurance and costs $298.00. But it'll guarantee you get the full panel. It's called the "Celiac Disease Comprehensive...
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    Do you have a copy of the lab report. If you post it here, maybe someone can decipher it for you.
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    Weak positive means you should have an endoscopy done (with several biopsies) to see if you definitely have celiac. You have to continue eating gluten until the testing is done. If the biopsies don't confirm celiac you can always try a strict gluten free diet for a couple of months to see if you feel better.
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    Since you have to wait 2-4 weeks for the endoscopy and you have to be having gluten for it, I'd go enjoy the July trip and then go gluten free after. If you're currently on a meat, potato, and veggies diet then relax because this is gonna be easy. If not you might want to switch to a meat, veggies, and potatoes diet at least for a while. So...
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    I think she meant "require a patient to be on a gluten diet".
  12. tessa25
    I use Proactiv.
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    EMA is a test that comes back as positive or negative for celiac. Immunoglobulin IGA is used to see if your IGA levels are high enough for TTG IGA to be valid. Too low Immunoglobulin IGA means a negative TTG IGA has no meaning and TTG IGG neads to be used.
  14. tessa25
    Here's a list of my favorites so far: Note: insert the words "gluten free" in every item mentioned as some of the companies also sell non gluten free stuff. It's tedious to write that phrase all the time. Get a chest freezer to store all of your frozen gluten-free foods. Makes things easier. Bread: Canyon bakehouse without question is the most...
  15. tessa25
    For most people celiac is manageable by just removing gluten from the diet. Keep eating gluten until all testing is done. Your doctor will probably want to do an endoscopy to confirm celiac. What are your favorite foods with wheat? I can give you some equivalents so that you're not in shell shock. For example, Barilla makes a great gluten-free pasta...
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    My (not a doc) opinion of those tests is that your gastro should tell you they want to do an endoscopy to confirm a diagnosis of celiac. Keep eating food with gluten until testing is done. Good call on your part.
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    I would use Nima sensor for testing in a restaurant. Easy to do, low key as well. And I would make a paste like Ennis suggests.
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    I'm only getting better on a strict, unhealthy liquid diet. My TTG IGA started at >100 and it only goes down on my liquid diet. I'm at 24 at the moment. If it makes me nauseous, my numbers don't go down. I tried ensure since it's a liquid and I wanted more nutrients, but I wasted a month. So no changes to the diet this month. I get my numbers tested monthly...
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    Etalia makes a heavy artisan style bread.
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    Canyon Bakehouse. canyonglutenfree.com
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    I had food issues long before the celiac thing and I solved the whole explaining why I can't eat something by not explaining at all. I just say I have damaged insides and bring my own food. Although I've never really come across people who would care one way or the other. Maybe it depends on where you live. Maybe people in Colorado are more accepting of others...
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    Perhaps get a copy of the test results and post the celiac panel results here along with the ranges.
  23. tessa25
    If you had the full celiac panel as ironictruth suggested, there is nothing preventing you from going 100%, no cheating, no eating out, gluten free for a couple of months to see if your problems start going away.
  24. tessa25
    I take 2 Slice of Life gummy multivitamins and drink 2 Ensure high protein per day. Both are gluten free.
  25. tessa25
    Regarding sacroiliac joint pain - I went to physical therapy for it. They can check to see if there is a problem. If there is they teach you how to put yourself in. You do it many times a day. Eventually the problem goes away.
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