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    Sorry to play armchair physician here, but is it black, tarry stools (which could be a symptom of something really really wrong), or is it bright red bloody stools, or is it huge poops with a bit of red blood at the tail end? I do think your doctor is most likely a total idiot in addition to being a jerk, but I'm wondering less about the hemorrhoids, and...
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    {{{{sending more hugs and positive energy your kitty's way}}}}}}
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    Ranch dressing is easy to make from scratch: 1/2 cup mayonnaise 1/4 buttermilk (plain milk works, too) garlic powder onion powder dried dill dried parsely squeeze of lemon pinch of fresh ground pepper Mix with fork, dump on salad, dig in! Judy,I think you could use rice milk, but I don't know what to substitute for the mayo--is there a rice...
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    Just wanted to send my best wishes to your kitty! I am also surprised that they gave him vaccines when he had an infection; that's the one time they hold off on vaccines for children (and you know how I feel about vaccines!!!!).
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    First--{{{{{HUGS}}}}}} Is your husband only recently gluten-free? Most of us had to eliminate dairy as well as gluten--dairy gave us the same symptoms as gluten-- but many of us were able to re-introduce it after several months. If it makes your husband happier if you buy new spices, and he doesn't mind paying for them, then go ahead and buy new spices...
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    Wow! Thank you so much!
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    Lisa, I think nuts and seeds are very difficult to digest. Moms are told not to give children nut and seed products until they are at least 3 years old. I'm worried that eating them will irritate your poor tender digestive tract even further. Have you tried eating baby food? Perhaps one of the ultra-allergenic baby formulas? What was the one TCA...
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    David, your pictures look insanely good! Does anybody know how to translate grams (which is measurement by weight) into measuring by cups and spoons (which is measuring by volume)? Or doesn't that translate? And is cornflour the same thing as cornstarch?
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    We have friends whose 13-year-old is the same way. I think that what is causing this is the addictiveness of gluten--remember, it acts as an opiate on affected people. Having gluten in the house is like having cocaine lying around but telling an addict that they can look at it but they can't have it. You can either lock up the gluten or just not have...
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    Just to play Devil's Advocate here, the labels on many food products have such tiny print, I can't read them myself without a magnifying glass--and I don't need reading glasses (yet) for anything else, like the newspaper or books! I can only imagine that someone older than I would just give up if he or she had to suddenly read labels. So, if you print...
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    Good advice so far from everyone! With your parents, I would tell them that you know that they have the best intentions, but that in your daughter's case, it is actually destructive. Give them guidelines as to what YOU KNOW works, and insist that they stick with it for a specified period--say, 2 months--after which point you will reevaluate and discuss...
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    {{{{{HUGS}}}}} and, of course, [[[[[PRAYERS]]]]]
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    Wow, there is so much just on this one site: Open Original Shared Link If you click on :"clinical studies suggesting an MMR-Autism Association, there are dozens of studies." And all those videos as well--I'm gonna be up late tonight!!!!!
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    Thank you, Rachel--that makes a lot of sense. I'm still not convinced that a genetic predisposition toward celiac is necessary for damaged villi. I'm glad yours are healthy, though! I am convinced that mercury AND other vaccines (like the MMR, whcih never contained mercury) are linked with autism. 80% of autistic kids can improve from a gluten-free...
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    Doll, what you say makes more sense than anything else I've read so far. Thank you for posting, and wow, I'm impressed how clearly you've put things. I still don't understand, though, why gluten seems to be the trigger (or at least the catalyst) for all my other autoimmune problems that have improved significantly (thyroid, joint pain, fibrocystic breast...
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    Oh, that clarifies things! (Though I disagree with their statement that 1% of the population is affected. That's all that's been diagnosed, but, as you say, it takes 11 years to get diagnosed, so the number of people affected must be substantially higher than 15!) My only positive bloodwork was the IgG, which was through the roof (64, with a reference...
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    I agree that there could be many different things causing one to produce antibodies to gluten. However, if continued eating of gluten leads to damaged villi or other damage to the body with or without the presence of the celiac gene, what are the situations where the difference is important? (I'm not disagreeing with you, I just need clarification to...
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    Your pediatrician ought to know about this, as there are many things that could cause this, including the formula (does he still get any?), what you eat, and mechanical problems. I had to give up Mexican food--for some reason, those spices consistently made my first baby colicky. Nothing else did. What I would suspect first is reflux (possibly caused...
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    Hi, Megan, welcome! I was told by the pediatrician that I did not have enough milk for my first baby. I went home, cried, and then called the lactation consultant, who told me to nurse every 30-90 minutes, and to let the baby stay as long as he wanted on a side (more fat content that way). She also told me to drink lots and lots of whatever I liked...
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    So we are now in what, the Bronze Age? The Ice Age? Middle Age?
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    How do you tell which is which?
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    Good example--thanks for posting this.
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    Is she still on the gluten-free diet? Because that will practically guarantee a negative biopsy. I've read here that 3-4 months of lots of gluten is necessary for a gluten challenge. Either way, I hope things continue to improve for her.
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    The thing is, the official "gold standard" (don't we hate that phrase by now?) of diagnosis of celiac is either damaged villi or confirmed DH. That can exclude bloodwork, symptoms, dietary response, even genetics--which is just insane. Getting back to Tom's analogy with peanut allergy (it's a good analogy!), it's like refusing to diagnose the peanut allergy...
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    I have a different take on it. I think that it is a matter of timing and severity. If you have gluten intolerance (as defined by antibodies to gluten) and continue to eat gluten, you WILL develop celiac in one form or another. Currently, celiac is officially defined as having damaged villi or DH. I believe that the definition of celiac will eventually...
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