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    Does anyone know why UNINVOLVED, apparently healthy skin should be biopsied? I know Peter Green is the reigning deity of celiac MD's, but he also says the gold standard of diagnosis is the intestinal biopsy, and I certainly don't agree with him there!
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    I just saw this in today's newspaper--I haven't tried it yet, so I can't vouch for how good it might be, but thought I'd post it immediately! COCONUT PIE CRUST Mix together 1/4 cup softened butter and 2 cups shredded coconut. Press into a 9-inch pie pan. Bake at 300 degrees or until crust is lightly browned. Cool before filling. This is...
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    I've had 3--shortest labor was 18 1/2 hours, longest was 30 hours. I was VERY VERY lucky in that my OBGYN was very cool about letting me stay home until the contractions were about 3-4 minutes apart and too strong to talk through(which was still a good 4 hours before the baby was actually born). With #1, I pushed for 3 1/2 hours--and as long as I was...
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    Wonderful news, Tanya--you and Megan are both amazing! Would boosting the immune system be a BAD idea for a celiac? Our immune systems are already TOO good, aren't they?
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    If you are drinking any caffeine (sorry if I missed whether or not you are), DON'T! Yes, it is possible to get through the day without it--in fact, you will probably get through the day better without it. Be prepared for a couple of rough weeks getting off of it, though. Can you get outside for a good hour every day? And an hour of mild-to-moderate...
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    I was full-term. My first (4 1/2 pounds) was induced 3 weeks early because I had pre-eclampsia that was progressing quickly; I also had hyperemesis, and left the hospital after he was born 10 pounds under my starting weight. My second (8 1/2 pounds) was 2 weeks late; I also had hyperemesis with him, but took meds and managed to gain 12 pounds. He is...
  7. Fiddle-Faddle
    Gluten-Free Baking Classics by Annalise Roberts has some marvelous bread recipes--you can have REAL sandwiches again--and they taste good, not like hockey pucks! The cookie recipes are fantastic, too!
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    I think eating spelt might be a way of forestalling gluten overload in non-celiacs (the gluten in spelt has a different molecular structure)--but for those of us who are already celiac or gluten-intolerant, the likelihood is overwhelming that our immune systems will react to spelt gluten the same way as the react to wheat gluten. Sorry. On the...
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    Good questions, Doll! The best hypothesis I can think of is that, when our immune systems are set off by gluten, they run amok and destroy all kinds of things in our body that we would prefer they NOT destroy (say, our thyroids, for example). When we are gluten-free, our immune systems calm down and stop targeting everything in sight (unless we are...
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    Is there a Dean of Student Affairs or a Dean of Student Life or something like that? That is who you should go to?
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    My daughter had black, tarry stools, and I called the pediatrician in a panic. He calmly asked if she'd been eating blueberries. She had--lots and lots of blueberries! Turns out, she gets black., tarry stools every time she has a bowl of blueberries. Of course, this does not mean that you DON'T have a problem. Only you and your doctor can figure it...
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    Just in case it takes you as long as it took me to REALLY figure out the gluten-free diet--it took me a good 6-8 weeks to figure out that there is "hidden" gluten in unlikely places-- such as most brands of soy sauce, "light" ice cream, some seasoning blends, and even the glue on envelopes!
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    Very enlightening, clix--thanks for posting this. Just curious--are you sensitive to caffeine as well? (I am.) My own pet hypothesis (totally unscientific and unproven, I'm just following my "gut" here, pardon the expression) links baby formula (not having been breastfed) with digestive disorders, auto-immune diseases, and psych imbalances. Unfortunately...
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    Just so you know--"Irritable Bowel Syndrome" is how doctors classify a list of symptoms that they don't know what to call. Amazing coincidence--that list of symptoms is pretty much identical to those of celiac... As far as test results are concerned--do you care what the label is for YOUR symptoms? Because it sounds pretty much like you have already...
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    Does the iodine test have anything to do with the DH, or is it just an allergic reaction ot the iodine?
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    It's not like anyone suddenly hijacked the thread--it was a relatively smooth and relevant transition from the moms to religion. If the moms in question would like us to start another thread, then I would wholeheartely concur, but as things stand now, many of us are either enjoying this discussion or at least getting something out of it. And I haven't seen...
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    I've made carob brownies for my kids when one of them seemed to react to the caffeine in chocolate (he would stay awake at night for hours if he ate a chocolate brownie). I didn't tell them it wsn't real chocolate, and they didn't seem to notice!
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    Nicely illustrated, gfp--although I'm sad that your mother went through that.. How awful for her! I always find it very upsetting when Person #1 tell others with great confidence what God's plans or motives are for Person #2. I don't doubt #1's own relationship with God--but God's relationship with #2 just might be entirely different--and #1 is not...
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    Isn't full-blown celiac what happens when someone who is gluten intolerant continues to eat gluten? And, by the way, you are NOT nuts!
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    Hi, Isabella, I have had 2 scopes done (fro GERD, way before I had any suspicion of celiac, so they didn't look for it), both without sedatives by my request. I tend to over-react to all medications (though nothing like what you went through, at least not yet!), and I figured that I'd rather deal with 5 minutes of discomfort than a day or 2 of feeling...
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    Found this--don't know if it sheds any light (sorry about the pun): How accurate is the skin biopsy? The skin biopsy is a specialized test using immunofluorescence. A patient needs to find a doctor and laboratory experienced in the procedure. If the correct immunogloblin is found in the skin then it is almost 100% certain that a patient has DH, whereas...
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    It depends on how you define a "real diagnosis of celiac." If you go by the AMA's "gold standard" of positive biopsies and bloodwork, than you may not be--but we already know that it takes an average of 11 years in this country to be correctly diagnosed with celiac. If you go by positive dietary response, then you obviously have some kind of problem...
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    Doesn't DH fluoresce under black light?
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    Carob is a surprisingly good substitute for chocolate. I CAN eat chocolate--and I like carob very much.
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