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  1. eleep
    I was once told that my on/off issues with sinusitis were based on allergies and not bacteria because the "filters" in my nose were bluish (took a while for me to figure out that this was a medical term for boogers). This made no sense to me at the time because I grew up in upstate New York where I'd had horrific hay fever in the summers and I hadn't experienced...
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    It gets better with time and you'll adjust to the new habits. I had the same whinyness myself and it's subsided a whole lot -- although it pops up in spurts now and again -- like the other weekend when, determined to eat dinner out, I took my dining cards and a friend and we ended up trying four restaurants before there was one that could comfortably serve...
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    It's not confusing at all. This is very much resonant with my situation right now. The "wanted to get me pregnant" idea is a little scary, however.....(where are those emoticons?)......
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    Well -- there's always my own personal goal: I want the be the first celiac to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail. Somehow I don't think I'd be the first, but it might be good to be the first group of celiacs to do so! I don't know whether anyone would give us money for that or not -- seems too selfish, somehow!
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    Yes, I really do think this is -- at least in part -- very much about a toxic relationship situation. The same goes for my ex-boyfriend -- although I fear that we're going to spend some time together at some point soon (the subject has been broached -- he's leaving town soon and we may never see each other again) and I'm going to see that he's been a fabulous...
  6. eleep
    Oh, indeed they both have a point! I've been disastrously irritable in ways that were probably only evident to those closest to me for a while now. Since the fog has started to lift, however, the limited contact I've had with both of them has been weird (he's stubbornly refusing to talk to me, although he's been sleeping with a former "friend" of mine...
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    Oooh. A travel possibility that involves a chance to hobnob and eat with people in the know? An opportunity to connect voices and bodies with avatars? Hmmmmmm. I've got a friend in Berkeley who's been asking me to come out....
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    Yeah -- between losing the guy and figuring out the celiac, I'm feeling like most of the reasons I needed advice are now gone. I've had to go through some pretty intensive grieving on both issues to get to where I felt this way, but that's starting to clear up -- now I have to pick up the wreckage of my dissertation and teaching load. By the way, Berneses...
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    Well -- she is in Arizona and she teaches community college composition -- so email isn't totally cowardly -- she has a lot to say and may be concerned that I'm not going to listen. On her side, I have been leaning rather heavily on her over the past year especially because my relationship was in crisis -- my boyfriend was alternately talking about marriage...
  10. eleep
    A very good friend has just (after a long period of silence) sent me a lengthy email detailing all her complaints about me over the past six years to which I simply do not know how to respond. This seems to be another case where the people closest to someone with a celiac diagnosis react with anger and disbelief once the diagnosis comes in and the transformation...
  11. eleep
    I got the same advice about foot reflexology from a massage therapist a few weeks ago! She said it was the stomach area and I also had foot tension related to stress and anxiety -- not that I needed someone to tell me that!
  12. eleep
    I was just about to say the same thing that Julie did! Thinking of you!
  13. eleep
    Okay, how many of us just did google it? (raises hand).
  14. eleep
    That's because it's the barley malt that makes for that yummy dark beer flavor -- I wonder if there's anything that could be used instead? Molasses? Hmmm -- first instinct is ewwwww. Maybe some non-gluteny seed or grain or something could also be malted. I grew up with a father who homebrews and I've always appreciated dark beers the most as well....
  15. eleep
    2nd that -- I had my first beer since February a month or so ago and I was totally happy and giddy about it -- everyone at the party thought I was nuts!
  16. eleep
    I would say hang in there, don't make any rash or sudden decisions, get some distance if you can (if the stress between you is getting too high) and give yourself some time to heal. It would be good if you can agree upon this together, but I know that's not always possible. 2nd on the counseling and having him read up a bit suggestions. I did not handle...
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    I'm so glad you're feeling better -- I had one of those after my birthday two weeks ago (cross contamination at a picnic) -- wasn't fun and was combined with a very weird encounter with my ex -- I had two nights of total insomnia and I also unsuccessfully tried to meditate my way through them.
  18. eleep
    So, last night I rebelled when it came to cooking and called a friend to go out to eat at a Thai place -- armed with my Triumph cards. I ate at this place once shortly after going gluten-free, but before I'd really gone through and figured out that my vitamins, etc.... contained gluten -- I don't think I reacted, but I may have still not healed enough to...
  19. eleep
    I can say for sure that cross-contamination has done me in exactly like that twice since my diagnosis -- the last time was _not_ pretty because it came on my birthday, right along with some gossip about my ex-boyfriend -- most likely inaccurate and misleading because it came from an unreliable drunk of a source. I lost it, however -- I couldn't sleep all...
  20. eleep
    Thanks -- you're right and that helps -- I actually just got off the phone with my stepmom and I think things will be fine. I'm a little prone to freaking out these days -- it helps to be able to vent on this board.
  21. eleep
    I want to get out of town and have a vacation -- I really need to get away and I've got a week between summer and fall terms to travel. I want to go home and visit my family -- but my stepmother (who I love dearly) is really scared and concerned about all the cross-contamination issues and worried that she's going to gluten me. I'm trying my best to reassure...
  22. eleep
    I was just about to go out and buy myself a bread machine when my awesome stepmom offered up the one she's got since they don't use it much (she prefers to bake her own -- since it's more of a necessity for me now, I don't like baking by hand every week). I'm a graduate student and could definitely stand to save the cash, but I'm concerned about cross...
  23. eleep
    Oh silyactyuse -- you didn't share too much. I've been grieving the recent loss of my 5.5 year boyfriend -- to whom I was about to get engaged. Part of our problem -- my part (he had some of his own) -- had to do with my psychological celiac symptoms, which I've misunderstood for a long time because my mother had been diagnosed bipolar (now I wonder whether...
  24. eleep
    Has anyone else had problems with this supplement? Could I be reacting because I'm just not waiting long enough for it to break down before I eat dairy, or could it be a reaction to the supplement itself? I've had two lactose-type reactions both times I've used this stuff -- Lactaid works just fine for me.
  25. eleep
    Has anyone else had problems with this supplement? I had been using fast-acting Lactaid, but ended up with a bottle of this from a friend. I seem to react to it and I'm not sure whether I'm just not taking it early enough before I eat the dairy or whether I'm actually reacting to the supplement itself. Any guesses?
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