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  1. eleep
    Now that the NIH has launched an awareness campaign, perhaps we could get more attention? I'm just thinking that it sometimes takes multiple tries to get the right kind of publicity. Actually, I might add that it seems like a lot of these kinds of public awareness campaigns seem to be tied to the release of specific pharmaceutical products. Depression...
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    I like the Newtree dark chocolate barsthey do have several "flavors", but the black currant (which is sitting in front of me right now) is completely fine for me. I imagine that a bunch of these single-source bean dark chocolates have very few added and possibly dangerous ingredients.
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    I think this is something I could only imagine using as a prophylactic against cross-contamination were I eating out a lot or travelling or something like that.
  4. eleep
    I keep dreaming that someone's offering me a giant platter of cookies and brownies and I have a panic attack because I'm starving but can't eat anything in front of me.
  5. eleep
    Leave it to a butter company to do this. Mmmmmmm butter....
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    Actually those muscles are the ones I've been skipping exercises for over these past few months! Ha -- I will make an appointment to get the knee looked at as soon as the infirmary re-opens. Tiffany -- I've got a Kelty coyote pack -- so there are a plethora of things to hang some collapsing poles from. That's good advice. I'm going to head out to...
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    Oh, I can never seem to find friends who won't see through to my true motives in no time! Yes, I'm procrastinating. However, I was supposed to be on vacation and travelling this week anyway, and that whole plan got squashed by a number of problems that have since been solved. I'm spending the week trying to gain weight, working for the union, getting...
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    Adventure! hmph! Excitement! hmph! A jedi craves not these things! Someone should put me down....
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    I could have guessed you'd bring up the trekking poles, Tiffany! I've actually been relying on my hobbit-esque walking stick -- picked up on the same trip after I'd injured my knee. There's quite a story there about my boyfriend taking my half of the food out of my pack and hauling it around a lake taking pictures for me while I scrambled my way along a...
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    Nars cosmetics are all gluten free and they have beautiful, highly pigmented lipsticks -- they're kind of high-end and an indulgence for me as a graduate student, but I don't wear lipstick that often. There are plenty of other gluten-free lipsticks out there, I'm sure -- and you can do a search on the boards for other people's favorites. Welcome! I felt...
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    Well, I was hoping to go on my first solo hike fairly soon, but I was having weird, wonky slight pain in my knee the other day and I'm pretty sure I shouldn't go out there alone if it's likely to get worse. I originally developed this on a hike in the Adirondacks when I was going down a mountain with no walking stick of any kind and a 32 pound pack on...
  12. eleep
    Avocados are great in scrambled eggs or omelets (I don't recall seeing eggs on your allergy list). I've also been eating a lot of avocados with a little olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper and cashews or other nuts as a salad. I also make chili and heap chunks of avocado on top (instead of cheese or sour cream). Actually, leftover bean chili and avocados...
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    Right now, it's looking an awful lot like my dissertation is about this board -- I must have posted enough on here already for at least a chapter! Gotta stop keeping this window open while I'm trying to write! I talk about my research a bit in this thread: Open Original Shared Link Thanks everyone for the great encouragement and advice! I think...
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    If I were doing this again, I'd just go for the Enterolab test first. I only lasted a week trying to "gluten challenge" before my blood test and it was inconclusive. I ended up paying about 2/3 of what the Enterolab testing cost even with the copay on my insurance (but I've got kind of crappy student insurance). eleep
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    I would suggest maybe seeing what happens when you taper off the Ritalin. A doctor put me on that stuff when I first thought I might have ADD (the symptoms have all gone now that I'm gluten-free), and I have to say I think it's a really gnarly drug. It actually made me more irritable and stressed than I was even with untreated Celiac -- it also caused me...
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    Well, actually, he was the one who moved out -- it was a complicated and messy and sudden situation I don't have time to go into right now. I have been a bit guarded in my posts about how deeply I care for him. I think the safest thing to say is that we had a really rough year last year -- we _both_ deserved better from the other, but there was a lot going...
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    I'm definitely glad I did the Enterolab thing -- I was only trying to "gluten challenge" myself for a week before the blood tests and those results turned up inconclusive. By the middle of that week, I could barely get up off the couch. Frankly I don't want to do any more damage to my body than has already been done and I don't have the time to put my life...
  18. eleep
    I posted it yesterday in its own thread -- do a search for "lobio" and you'll find it. Enjoy!
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    I was a sleeping machine -- my semester ended a few weeks or so into going gluten-free and I had a couple of weeks where I decided to mostly heal and rest. I would get nappish immediately after breakfast and sleep in the hammock in the backyard for a while. I think my body was just really using a lot of energy just to start healing. Now I seem to be...
  20. eleep
    You look great! That's a wonderful thing.
  21. eleep
    This sounds exactly like me on gluten! eleep
  22. eleep
    I definitely lost my sense of humor from brain fog! I was also really irritable and had trouble making decisions -- even at the most minute level. For instance, I would literally find myself occasionally getting into a tizzy about whether I wanted to make breakfast or shower first on mornings when I didn't have somewhere to be immediately! eleep
  23. eleep
    Dark leafy greens are a good source of non-dairy calcium -- it's easier to absorb as well. Collards are particularly cheap (can you tell I've been living in the South?), but other greens are good as well -- kale, etc...
  24. eleep
    I could pretty much eat this stuff for days on end right out of the bowl: Lobio (from one of the Moosewood cookbooks) 3 cups cooked red kidney beans (two 14-oz cans) 1 cup minced red onions 3 large garlic cloves, minced or pressed 3 TBL red wine vinegar 2 TBL olive oil 3/4 cup chopped, toasted walnuts 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro ...
  25. eleep
    Hah -- I must get off this computer. I confess that I did celebrate a bit too much at a wine-tasting party last night and I'm feeling the effects -- haven't been drinking anything lately, so it hits me hard if it's more than one glass. eleep
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