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  1. NicoleAJ
    Anello's hours are limited 11-5 and I believe closed on Monday or Tuesday? However, if you can get there when they are open, it is totally awesome! It's such a relief to walk into a place and not have to watch out for cross contamination or ask whether something is safe. I was visiting family in York Beach, ME and went here twice to stock up on a ton of...
  2. NicoleAJ
    Well done! More must be done to make universities aware of the need for accommodating celiacs--even if that accommodation consists of an exemption from dining services. I'm really skeptical about their supposed understanding of cross contamination. Just because you can see them cook the food doesn't mean that there's nothing in it, the pans, the utensils...
  3. NicoleAJ
    Good luck to you too!
  4. NicoleAJ
    Yeah, I usually don't get sore breasts before my period, but this is definitely mostly located in the nipples as well. I'm usually a stomach sleeper, but I just can't sleep that way now because of the discomfort of it. I'm on day 10 of high temperatures and 3 days after potential (?) implantation, so I'm going to wait so as not to be disappointed by results...
  5. NicoleAJ
    I'm sure that early pregnancy symptoms differ greatly among women, but I was wondering if any of you who have gotten pregnant after diagnosis have noticed or found any research on early pregnancy symptoms in celiacs--are there any discernible patterns to expect except that "everyone's different"? Sorry if this is TMI. I ovulated 9 days ago and had temporary...
  6. NicoleAJ
    I actually don't know the answers to your questions since I've not had either of those particular GI problems before (just all of the other ones imaginable), but I just wanted to say Congrats!
  7. NicoleAJ
    When I was in the hospital for 8 days, I was assured that I would have gluten free foods. I even talked to the nutritionist on staff about it, but as she said, her orders do not always go through, particularly when it comes to issues of cross contamination. They kept sending me pasta, bread, rubbery-looking salisbury steak. Of course I was also on a liquid...
  8. NicoleAJ
    Unfortunately, going gluten free doesn't necessarily regulate cycles--sometimes they are just off for different reasons. My cycles are 42-59 days long if I ovulate at all, and I've been gluten free for over 5 years now.
  9. NicoleAJ
    I have moved into many apartments since my diagnosis, and some of them end up being filthy when I move in. Cleaning out and lining the cabinets and drawers in the kitchen and scrubbing the fridge/freezer is important--you'd be surprised what can be left in a fridge after someone moves out--I once found a pubic hair in one of the apartments I rented in grad...
  10. NicoleAJ
    There's an In-n-Out right off of 101 near the Gilroy outlets. I've never had a problem with their fries--I'd just ask, if getting a burger with lettuce wrap on in that they change gloves when handling the meat.
  11. NicoleAJ
    If you can't tolerate the sublingual B-12 because of the additives you find in them, then the injections are not a big deal at all--if you are low in B12, the doctor can either have you come into the office to get the injections or can have a nurse teach you how to do them at home and write you a prescription for the B-12 and the needles. Unfortunately,...
  12. NicoleAJ
    There were definitely some intentionally inflammatory or confrontational statements in this article, which, cumulatively take an adversarial tone towards those who go gluten free for reasons beyond an iron-clad celiac diagnosis. And I could have done without those diagrams since discussion of the Atkins diet does not have a causal effect on the coverage...
  13. NicoleAJ
    I get severe bleeding, clots, mucous, occasional black stools after I've been glutened, but I also get these symptoms at random times when I know for certain that I have not been exposed to anything glutenous. I will generally bleed for weeks or months at a time, and then it will go away as mysteriously as it appeared. Every time I go to a new GI, they...
  14. NicoleAJ
    Every time I have ever had an ultrasound for any reason, the doctor has found one or more very large cysts on an ovary. Women frequently get cysts when the ovary releases the egg--it's just that some get bigger than others, and they generally dissolve on their own, unless there's some sort of underlying problem like PCOS. I have never had any symptoms from...
  15. NicoleAJ
    For a while I thought I was having problems with sulfites because I was having reactions to a lot of wines, especially imported red wines. But I wasn't having reactions to any other sulfite-containing products. All of this wheat paste stuff is news to me, but it actually makes some sense. Several months back I tried the Tolosa no-oak chardonnay (a San...
  16. NicoleAJ
    The problems may not be related to celiac at all. I'm 29 and used to have regular periods, but then I went on the Nuvaring when I started to have ovarian cysts bursting frequently. I've been off of birth control for about 9 months, and in the past 110 days, I've only ovulated once. I just went to my obgyn two weeks ago, and she said everything looks normal...
  17. NicoleAJ
    I have an alium intolerance/allergy. Sometimes my symptoms are different--if I've been exposed to high quantities, I might actually feel constriction in my chest, extreme abdominal pain, dizziness, etc, but if I have an occasional small amount of alium, I generally won't have symptoms, or I'll just have an upset stomach. It's annoying because a lot of the...
  18. NicoleAJ
    Gastritis doesn't necessarily have to be related to gluten. In the fall of 2007, after I'd been vigilantly gluten free for three years, I was having several GI problems, and I had an upper endoscopy. Among other things, they found severe gastritis (but no presence of H. Pylori or any direct cause of why it might be happening). The doctor tried me on a few...
  19. NicoleAJ
    I use the tube kind and cut it into little circles and either bake them on a sheet pan, fry them in olive oil, or grill them on the grill pan. Then I slice some mushrooms up and put them in a skillet with salt, pepper, and fresh thyme or rosemary, and when they are looking juicy and close to done, I deglaze the pan by splashing some wine on it and letting...
  20. NicoleAJ
    It has not been my experience that South beach is very celiac friendly, but maybe some of this has changed more recently? In fact, even before I went gluten free, I was never really impressed with much of the food on Lincoln road and some of it on Ocean Drive. However, all of the Publix grocery stores that I've been to have had at least some form of gluten...
  21. NicoleAJ
    my white blood cell count has been low for years (I'm 29), and to the best of my knowledge no one else in my family is affected. I've been gluten free for five years now, and my wbc is still low--not dangerously low or anything though. I've never had a doctor worry about it, and I haven't shown awful symptoms related to it, so I just don't worry about it...
  22. NicoleAJ
    I'm flying to London from San Francisco this Wednesday--you don't want to know how many hours that takes. I'm going to fry up some chicken tenders, roast some potatoes, and steam some green beans. I'll put it all in a little mini softsided cooler I have. I do a few things to keep things cold. 1) If you tell them it's for a medical condition, they let...
  23. NicoleAJ
    I'm fortunate to have a husband who is willing to have a fully gluten free household and kitchen, and who can even shop and cook food for me, knowing what I can and cannot have. My mother is also really understanding. Unfortunately, it's my mother-in-law who, at times, tries to act understanding and then at other moments, when she's stressed or needs someone...
  24. NicoleAJ
    In case this helps anyone in the future, I wanted to let people know where I'm staying in London. I took Gemini's suggestion of going through citybaseapartments.com to find a reputable apartment in London with a kitchen. This is especially important to me for my trip back to the states, as I live in CA, so my travel time will be upwards of 13 hours. I...
  25. NicoleAJ
    Gemini--thank you so much for this reference. This place looks great! Air conditioning would probably be nice, but I'll look around the website to see what else they have that's available.
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