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  1. trents
    A delicious alternative IMO to oatmeal is buckwheat. It is also packed with nutrition. Takes about 10 minutes to cook. It is not related to wheat or any other cereal grain. It is actually the seeds of a plant related to rhubarb.
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    Look for the logo "Certified Gluten Free" when you have a choice. "Certified" would have been tested for sure. I see a lot of stuff on Amazon that is labeled "Naturally Gluten Free" and I'm suspicious of it as that would not seem to preclude cross contamination. I purchase a lot of "gluten free" products from Bob's Red Mill and even though not "Certified...
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    I think La Choy brand soy sauce is wheat free.
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    An endoscopy and biopsy will not yield valid results if you have been eating gluten-free for any length of time before it is done.
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    Did you mention to your physician that you had been making an effort to eat gluten-free for a week, two weeks before the test but that you had returned to eating gluten a week before the test? Not sure that brief hiatus from gluten would totally invalidate the test but it might have some mitigating effect on the actual scores. I would bring that up with the...
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    Yes, many of us suffer from migraines.
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    Aye! Discretion is the better part of valor. But your experience, Scott, makes me inclined to ask questions up front when I go to restaurants having gluten-free menu sections an/or to request the "gluten-free" food be cooked in clean and separate pots and pans.
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    I don't think there is anything that will eliminate migraines completely on this side of the grave.
  9. trents
    There is also at least one at home test kit available: https://www.imaware.health/at-home-blood-test/celiac-disease-screening
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    Sounds like a good, tactful approach.
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    It's called tact. When it comes right down to it, the physician is the one who has the authority to say yea or nay when it comes to ordering tests. It also recognizes the fact that many or most people uncomfortable with giving the appearance of upstaging a professional and the question I suggested may provide a way of making it easier to start the conversation...
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    The TTG is the most sensitive antibody test for Celiac Disease.
  13. trents
    You are absolutely correct. The testing done was much less than complete. The most important antibody test (tTG) for Celiac was omitted as were some others. Was this a primary care doc or a GI doc? You might go back to him/her and say something like, "I'm just not feeling good and there is significant history of Celiac Disease in my family. Are there other...
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    That's a bummer revelation, Scott. But unfortunately it's probably a normal occurrence in the eatery industry as there is such incomplete understanding about how little gluten it can take to initiate a reaction.
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    Essentially all meds that address autoimmune diseases will be immunosuppressants. There's just no other way to do it at this time.
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    Sam85, sorry. I made an assumption based on your user name that you were male and the dad. What I will say is that the celiacs in your home would be safer if you committed to eating gluten-free as well. Trying to keep gluten-free foods separate from foods that contain gluten, keeping cookware and utensils separate or at least thoroughly cleaned consistently...
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    Did they include tTG in the testing? But I think you have your answer if she is feeling better. Now you need to educate yourself on how and where gluten is found in the food system. You will be shocked at where it shows up, like canned tomato soup (and most other canned soups), soy sauce, chips, vitamins and supplements. And then there is the issue of cross...
  18. trents
    Yes, there are those eatery chains like Red Robin and Chick Fil A that do have gluten-free menu items but whether or not they are foods that will appeal to young children is another issue. If your two children have celiac disease, have you and their mother been tested? There is a pretty high probability that first degree relatives will have celiac disease...
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    So what I hear you saying is that you feel you are caught between the two horns of a dilemma. The medical community is refusing to explore other potential issues until you get your celiac disease under control and that is escaping you despite extraordinary efforts to eat gluten-free.
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    Bob, my feeling is something else besides gluten is causing these bowel issues. Either some other food in your diet or another medical problem. I'm with what others have suggested and would start by eliminating dairy and see if there is any improvement.
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    You're having 1-2 BMs per day 30-40 minutes apart but spending 4-5 hours in the bathroom? Do you mean occasionally or regularly? I'm just doing the math here.
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    1-2 BMs per day is not abnormal, at least for people getting plenty of fiber as long as the volume each time is not excessive or, on the other hand, is of diarrhea consistency. Budesinide is usually given for Crohns or IBS and is an immune system suppressant. You say the medication hasn't helped? If I am following the chronology correctly, it sounds like...
  23. trents
    Your tTG has remained low and it is the most sensitive marker for celiac disease. But I'm confused. Your first testing was done in May of 2019 but you were not officially diagnosed until late July of 2020? Is this correct? When was the biopsy done? So you have been gluten-free for about four months, correct? Is frequent bowel movements the...
  24. trents
    Good advice, Kate, about the excessive amount of processed food products the OP is using. Your admonishment about using the term "refractory" when responding to a newbie post is well-taken but my concern was that after making a serious attempt to eat gluten-free for five months there should have been some improvement in symptoms and blood work. Correct...
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    Because of damage to the small bowel villi and resultant "leaky gut syndrome," Celiacs often develop allergies/intolerances to non gluten foods. Allergies/intolerances to dairy and soy are very common but it can be almost anything, like corn, for instance. But since you are still producing celiac antibodies it would seem you are getting gluten from cross...
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