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    Whoops, sorry about the misunderstanding. Sounds like you've got your hands full, either way. Is she old enough to go on the colchisine?
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    In the US, 2 genes are recognized as being markers for propensity to develop celiac disease. In Europe and Asia, SEVEN genes are recognized as such. If you get a doctor who follows the AMA, they will tell you differently from the European and Asian doctors. There are quite a few members on this board who DO have biopsy-confirmed celiac disease, but...
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    I have never heard of FMF, so I googled it. I found this: Open Original Shared Link so it does sound like there might be a link with celiac. Many of us have weird redness on our faces. Rosacea is common amongst celiacs, and is autoimmune in nature. If your daughter is having loose bm's now, and wasn't before the challenge, I'd say that she IS...
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    They actually call this "toddler diarrhea???" I'm shocked. That makes it sound like something normal that toddlers just get. I guess the problem is, in our society, it is now "normal" to give toddlers lots of sugary juice drinks. A friend of mine, who is a nutritionist(!!!) (and her husband is a doctor!) was giving her toddler something like 40...
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    Welcome Ruthie! You are not crazy. You are not a crackpot. Most of us would like to give your doctor a good sock in the face for trying to convince you otherwise. Whether or not you have celiac disease, you obviously have a major problem with gluten. It sounds like you are on the right track, and are starting to get accustomed to the whole label...
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    Don't forget about yearly mammograms! If the older a woman is, the more mammograms she's had, and the older she is, the more likely she is to have breast cancer, isn't it logical that a yearly,HUGE hit of radiation directly to the breast tissue might have something to do with this???? Now, Big Pharma doesn't directly benefit from mammograms, do they?...
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    Isn't it possible that the amounts of gluten in these foods varies? Perhaps what Mike has been testing just happens to be from a batch that has more than usual? (All right, maybe it's a stretch, but it's possible, right?)
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    I am only now discovering this thread, and think it's very interesting. I'm especially interested that Kikkoman soy sauce--which the manufacturer claims is gluten-free due to the fermentation process-- tested negative. I wonder if Rice Dream milk--which the manufacturer claims is gluten-free--would test negative or positive? One difference is...
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    I don't know anything about the test strips, but thought it very interesting that they didn't work on soy sauce. Kikkoman claims that the fermentation process, as you describe, breaks down the gluten so that it doesn't affect those who are sensitive or allergic to gluten. I have a colleague who was diagnosed with celiac 50 years ago (amazing, when you...
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    But so many people are unaware that they have a choice with "mandatory" "health care," and many really DON'T have a choice--for example, immigrants applying for a green card are required to submit to several vaccines without even being asked what vaccines they already had had, and they are not given any information as to what vaccines they are being given...
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    Here is a link: Open Original Shared Link
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    From Wakefield's response to Brian Deer (Open Original Shared Link) "Any payment that I have received in the course of working over seven years as an expert to the UK courts ini the MMR litigation--substantially less thanthe sum Deer claims--was donated to the initiative to build a new center for the investigation and care of patients with inflammatory...
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    The oral Polio vaccine did cause polio, and still does where it is in widespread use in third-world countries, like India and China. Open Original Shared Link Open Original Shared Link
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    That's like saying that giving children gluten to eat should not give any of them stomach aches. I'm glad your child did so well with the biopsy, but what about the ones who don't? THERE ARE RISKS--it's low-risk compared with open-heart surgery, but high risk compared with, say, ear-piercing. There IS a risk of death. Tell someone whose child died...
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    Now wait a moment, sbj--are you saying that you've never heard of a court case where the judge/jury made the wrong decision? In this case, the plaintiffs WERE able to prove exactly what they set out to prove. The fact that the special masters disagreed with them is not proof of anything. As I see it, the fact that the special masters agreed with the...
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    Peter, I think you're coming down a little hard and heavy on controlling subjects discussed! I brought up the hepatitis vaccine as an example of how the pharmaceutical manufacturers (who are powerful enough to control the current mindset of the medical community regarding Wakefield (AND powerful enough to closely control the lack of information about gluten...
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    #1) My understanding is the sum of money quoted was the sum for ALL court cases in which he gave testimony, not just one appearance. Please remember that the media is distorting the facts. You seem bent on believing everything they report. #2) Avoidable measles epidemic threatening lives of children? Again, you are believing what the media is spouting...
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    #1) It is standard practice in litigation (in the US and in England) to pay medical experts (or any other experts) for their testimony. This is true for either side. It should be fairly simple for you to find out what Merck paid their medical experts. Find out their names from court records or from newspaper accounts, and check their tax records (should...
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    But Peter, the original poster never said nor implied that lawyers are trained by big pharma! (In fact, nobody on this thread said that they are, either.) I understand why you changed the title of the thread, but I don't think the current title is appropriate, either! Perhaps you could ask the OP for an acceptable title change? I would suggest "Rant...
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    Of course you are right, sbj. I'm sure that there are many doctors who SAVE lives. But even the doctor who performed the life-saving open-heart surgery on my oldest child totally blew me off when I asked about some MAJOR problems following the surgery. Those problems took over a decade to correct, and I had to practically stand on my head to get anyone...
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    The sad thing is, the doctors are so brainwashed by the pharmaceutical industry (amazing how $$ helps with brainwashing, isn't it?) that they actually believe that they are helping by giving you dangerous, poorly tested, side-affect-laden drugs that never address the cause of the problem in the first place. I often wonder if the doctors would prescribe...
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    Personally, I think we should all be bringing printouts of this form to our next appointment. It would be interesting to compare notes on the reactions of the doctors to reading this. When you think about it, they tell us to sign a form saying that we have been told of the risks--but we are NEVER told of ALL the risks. The only risks I've ever been...
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    IBS is a syndrome (that's what the "S" stands for--"Syndrome). A syndrome is a collection of symptoms whose cause is not yet known or understood. If you compare the symptoms of IBS and the symptoms of celiac disease/gluten intolerance, you'll find that the symptoms are identical. Not similar. IDENTICAL. Unfortunately, your experience is the norm...
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    Hey, Irish Daveyboy, If you haven't published a cookbook yet, you should! And you should also consider starting your own gluten-free foods company! I'll try your pizza crust recipe next time I make pizza (which will be soon)! Thanks for posting it.
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    I'm sorry, I DON'T know anything about any of the oral birth control pills. I've never bothered to look into them, as a good friend of mine nearly died from a blood clot caused by birth control pills (and no, she was not in ANY of the high risk groups--she was young, she was a non-smoker, she was healthy, she exercised, she ate healthy--and now she is on...
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