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  1. DingoGirl
    Heidi, welcome to the board. First, please know that it is wildly bewildering at first, I even cried for three days, had the breakdown in Whole Foods (lots of people do), but that it gets SO much easier. Keep that in mind for the frustrating times. Do as much reading as you can on this board, and there are some good books - "Dangerous Grains" is one. ...
  2. DingoGirl
    Just two or three Doves a day! What discipline....do I get cravings?? Only all the time now. Hershey's Hugs for me, milk chocolate and almonds.....wish I could say I was like Patti, but am known to eat half a bag at a time.... Generally I don't keep stuff like that in the house as I just want to keep eating!
  3. DingoGirl
    I don't know how satisfying this will be for you....but, when I'm reading in bed or watching something, I eat low sodium sunflower seeds - lots of 'em! Just good to crunch and healthy too. Or, rice cakes, for something really bland adn uninteresting!
  4. DingoGirl
    No no, she has to give us the exact recipe!
  5. DingoGirl
    Can you even stand it, how Paula eats the food at the end of her shows - esp. the dessets - and you could just DIE from how good she makes it look??? I no longer have expanded cable, so I haven't seen her show since removing gluten...I think it would be a particularly heinous form of torture now... Eat up, Chelsea..... Great picture, Julie!
  6. DingoGirl
    So sorry about that, I just have to wait it out when it happens. BUT - - I have read about people using active charcoal when this happens - you could try that. Good thing he has you for support!
  7. DingoGirl
    Yup, Tika comes up with very exotic (read: expensive) illnesses and friends now call her The Dog Who Will Not Die (lymphoma survivor, pancreatitis, Cushing's, now what appears to be Celiac..... ) On a serious note, my Annie is quite sick, with symptoms that are not indicative of giardia, and I was informed of this by 2Kids4Me, whose husbnad is a vet...
  8. DingoGirl
    Ugh. Chelsea, so sorry you have to go through this. I guess I thought the gluten challenge would be more fun, because you could eat whatever you want, clearly it's not! Hang in.....
  9. DingoGirl
    Yes, she is a treasure! This is good info....when you go to most Celiac sites, the main symptoms discussed are intestinal, and I have had trouble finding satisfying research on neuropsych symptoms, so I stopped looking and went with the theory that it was malnutrition that caused depression and bipolar issues....I am really going to be researching now, thanks...
  10. DingoGirl
    I'd go the Paula Deen route, just sequester yourself, and figure ALL of it out WITHOUT gluten! It is true, in regular Cordon Bleu or whatever, you'd be contaminating yourself, and you DO have to taste everything, test everything, and you'd be around flour all the time. Jen's idea of goign to CO is great.....talk to some people there, see what is...
  11. DingoGirl
    My periods went from a lovely, three-day hardly there thing, to a very heavy seven-day event, and now they're in the middle. I am also, however, 44, so things could be changing anyway.... I am most interested in your last sentence. I thought that my increasing depression was due to increasing malnutrition, but, I've been staggeringly depressed in years...
  12. DingoGirl
    Welcome! Hmmmm....this is puzzling. All other signs could be many things, but are definitely indicative of Celiac. But the sighing.....could be allergy related. Sorry I can't be of help, but there are so many knowledgeable people here, and I pray you get some relief soon. blessings -
  13. DingoGirl
    Hi thx - - interesting point about the "fight or flight" issue.....I've been despressed since about age 7 or 8 - seriously. And then wild mania started in my early twenties....I think this is so exhausting on the body. Your doctor sounds brilliant - - are you looking into any issues of adrenal fatigue? Has he mentioned this? I brought it up to my doctor...
  14. DingoGirl
    From what you've written and how your intestinal issues are improving, I'd say there's a strong chance the removal of gluten will greatly improve your life! And yes, the psych improvements do take a while. my mental health gets better and better all the time, and without gluten clouding my brain, I've had the strength to make some significant changes, very...
  15. DingoGirl
    OH MY GOSH, I was dating a total psycho, the most crazy, controlling, EEE-ville bastard - please excuse my languuage but there is no other word for him.....for six months of agony when this movie was playing in the theatres. A friend, who couldn't believe how my behavior was changing, literally dragged me to this movie, and there was the guy I was dating...
  16. DingoGirl
    Hi Laurie - Welcome to the board. I just noticed that this is an old thread, but always timely. I don't know if you 've been following this discussion recently, but you can read about many of us who've really struggled and found relief (mostly) from removing gluten. It's truly been a miracle in my life, anyway, this six months gluten-free. Here's...
  17. DingoGirl
    Ursula YOU HAVE TO LEAVE THIS MAN!!!! He is making me FURIOUS and I don't even know him!!!!! Okay sorry for that angry outburst.....but this behavior is just outrageous and you deserve MUCH better!
  18. DingoGirl
    Ursula, your husband sounds quite difficult to live with (I have followed your other posts to this end)....you might quote to him verses from Proverbs relating specifically to the tongue and the poison it can emit ....and no, it doesn't sound like the two of you have anything in common! You are doing the very best you can, working with the brain and talents...
  19. DingoGirl
    I haven't tried any gluten-free baking at all yet, but, from my research, it seems that the xanthan gum is pretty crucial for getting any kind of chewy texture.....I think ChelsE posted something about this somewhere, she will know - she had a better description for it than I do, as I recall. I think it's really expensive, too, but kinda necessary, unfortunately...
  20. DingoGirl
    Chocolate chip cookies (with walnuts and oatmeal) - my mom's in particular - are my binge/to die for/all-time favorite thing IN THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF FOOD.....used to be that I could not make a batch as it was guaranteed that I would eat ENTIRE double-batch in two days.....(yeah, I had a really healthy diet before going gluten-free ) Chocolate chip cookies...
  21. DingoGirl
    DItto the above...no one will think you are stupid...Celiac can be a bewildering disease and we only learn by reading and asking questions.....stick around. Are you quite sure you've removed all gluten? Have you developed - that you can tell - other food intolerances? Might you have a dairy intolerance? I remember someone here recorded her entire...
  22. DingoGirl
    GFP I want to come eat at your house...... And how do you make garam masala? I use Patek's Vindaloo paste from a jar - throw a dollup of that in a pan wtih butter/onions and add some chicken - or - worse yet - throw a dollup of it, w/ a little chicken stock, on some chicken tenders and put it in the microwave Even easier and pour it over rice...
  23. DingoGirl
    I was losing a ton of hair - - my iron and other nutrients were really low. About four months after being gluten-free, it FINALLY stopped falling out. About one month after being gluten-free, I looked like a porcupine, as little hairs all over my head were sticking out from the longer hair. This made me very happy. How long have you been gluten-free?...
  24. DingoGirl
    I am a painter also, and am FURIOUS at the time that must be spent on the acquisition and preparation of food!!!! there are SO many more interesting things to be doing. Guess what, I also paint and refinish furniture, with many painstaking coats....yup, kind of tedious. Am about to undertake a three-panelled wooden screen....haven't decided on the...
  25. DingoGirl
    wow Phila, let's pray it's not a tumour. As far as lack of menstruation - that can be due to severe malnutrition, a result of untreated Celiac. And depression, of course - same thing. It's all connected. The ffect of long-standing malnutrition on the brain is pretty amazing and definitely not good....
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