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  1. NicoleAJ
    Thanks everyone for your replies. I'm really excited about this trip and can't wait to try Cotto. I'll definitely check out the Whole Foods and the other places mentioned. The last time I was in England (in Leeds) I had good luck getting breakfast and lunch at grocery stores and then going out to dinner. And actually La Tasca's little chicken skewers...
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    In just over a month I'll be spending some time in London, and I have not yet booked a hotel. I have multiple food intolerances, so I generally try to avoid eating at restaurants. Usually when I travel in the U.S. I make sure that a mini fridge is put in my hotel room so that I can bring my own food, but I'll be gone for a while and going through customs...
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    I make risotto at least a few times a month. Every time I roast I chicken I end up making a large stock out of the carcass, so I use most of the stock to make chicken soup, but then I always reserve about 5 cups or so for risotto. It actually doesn't take much time at all, but the key to a good risotto is the order in which you add the ingredients--you...
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    I have to second the endorsement on Pizza Fusion. I emailed them to ask about the handling of the gluten free pizza, and this was their response: Hello Nicole, Thank you for your interest in Pizza Fusion! We take the safe preparation of gluten free pizza very seriously, and instill that care and attention to detail in our franchisees and employees...
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    Is this "electrical charge" pain on only one side of your face, or only on one side at a time? It actually sounds a lot like trigeminal neuralgia, and there's a fairly high correlation between trigeminal neuralgia and untreated celiac disease. Often people who have trigeminal neuralgia also get migraines since both seem to result from a functional problem...
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    I know a few people have mentioned Zadin in San Francisco in some recent posts. I just wanted to add some background that I found out during a recent visit. One of the co-owners Bao, is the sister of my friend Hai. So we just went to Zadin on Saturday night and had a great meal where I ate chicken pho (a noodle soup), calamari, and a Redbridge beer. Bao...
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    Bluesman, Thanks so much for the information on Beresford's. I hadn't come across it in my searches, but it sounds like a great option. I just checked out the menu online, and it looks absolutely delicious!
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    Hopefully it's nothing, but it's always good to get it checked out. I go through periods where I have significant amounts of blood in the stool--sometimes bright red and other times black. They never find the source of the bleeding when they scope (upper and lower), so generally I just have to wait for it to go away on its own. The GI always thinks its...
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    Bluesman and GeordieLass, Thanks for your insights. I'm actually really excited about going to the Cook House. I had heard about St. John's Lodge, but honestly I got a little turned off some of the reviews of tripadvisor.com. The owner had written several snarky comments in reply to some of the travelers' reviews. And though I'm sure some of the negative...
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    My only experience with antispasmodics are when I was misdiagnosed with IBS. The Levsin actually dehydrated me and masked some of my celiac symptoms for several years--it wasn't until I got so sick that I had to be admitted to the hospital that they realized that it was celiac instead of IBS. I'd just be careful since the drug doesn't actually heal anything...
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    I do a lot of the same stuff as everyone else--wine, tequila in margaritas, rum in pina coladas. I also really like Fox Barrel Cider--it's quite tasty and not as sweet as Woodchuck. But for an occasional treat, I make a really mean sangria. In fact, I'm inviting several friends over for a Mexican feast on Saturday, and I'm going to make some pitchers of...
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    has anyone ever frozen fried fish? If so, how did you reheat it. I just made the most delicious fish and chips for dinner tonight with wild cod, but we couldn't finish it, so I stuck it in tupperware in the freezer. I guess I was just hoping that it would be a bit like fish sticks--that it would hold up to freezing and then heating back up in the oven...
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    I tend to agree that it's odd that he doesn't brush his teeth before going to bed, and while it's not a good sign that he whines about not eating crackers in bed, it takes some people a bit more time to adapt than others, especially if all of this is happening at once. Tell him if he brushes his teeth, you'll make it worth his while, and then follow...
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    Good luck in TTC. I also have very irregular periods, but I haven't yet discussed it with my new doctor. I use Country Life Maxi Pre-Natal vitamins. They are batch tested to be gluten free and they don't contain wheat, soy, gluten, milk, salt, sugar, preservatives, or artificial color. You have to take 2 tablets 3 times a day, but they don't hurt my stomach...
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    I was diagnosed with osteopenia at 27 and the doctor put me on Fosamax for a year. A year later my osteopenia had gotten a good deal worse, so the doctor wanted to switch me to Boniva. I took it once or twice, but it caused major upper GI problems for me. Then I started to read how bad it could be to conceive a child with these types of drugs in your system...
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    I actually had a very easy time being gluten free both in State College, Pennsylvania, and to some extent in Miami, FL. Surprisingly, I now live on the Central Coast in California, and I find the knowledge of celiac and the access to products to be the worst I have ever experienced anywhere that I've lived. It's nice to have a Trader Joe's around, but the...
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    Thanks for the recommendation for the place in Mendocino--I'll have to check it out some time soon. The place I actually ended up staying, The J. Patrick House, was completely clueless about gluten free issues, and they wouldn't even heat up the food I brought in a separate container for breakfast or dinner in the microwave. In fact, I have no idea how...
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    Thanks SGWhiskers. I definitely should be more consistent with times of day that I check my cervix. I'm sure I'll become a lot more familiar the longer I do this. I just hope that my periods start coming a bit sooner together. It's funny that during my teen years I wished I would never get my period because it was so intense and frequent, and now I wish...
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    Stress can push back the time when you ovulate, and as a result you can get a little break through bleeding. If the problem were persistent every month, then certainly you'd want to have it checked out, but for right now, try to do something to cope with your stress. If you have not been 100% gluten free for a while, you can definitely have some odd menstrual...
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    I do all the same sorts of things as all of you on flights themselves, but I have another idea if you are going to a place where you will be unable to cook and need to make sure that you're not relying on questionable restaurants or energy bars for days. I've done this a few times now, and it's worked out really well. I'll make several meals that are...
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    I'm really hoping it isn't PCOS--I have looked into that before, but I don't have a lot of the symptoms and none of the women in my family have ever had it. It'll be a few months before I can get in with a new gyno, so I'm hoping things start to regulate on their own.
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    So I've had "lady issues" since I was 12--first with violent, long-lasting painful periods that would last over 14 days, give me a few weeks off and then return with a vengeance. My doc put me on low dose birth control at 15 to control the symptoms and to get me to have more regular periods. I stayed on it until I was about 21 and then I went off of it...
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    I had no problems at all going to Maggiano's on the the strip and asking for fettucine alfredo with gluten free pasta. It was yummy. I would, however, call the hotel ahead of time and be firm that you will need a mini fridge in the room for medical necessity. All hotels should be able to accommodate on that issue--the one issue that gets tricky is...
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    Gemini and Nikki, Thank you so much for the info and advice! I had found Lucy's in my research, but there are just so many other places out there--it's good to know that I shouldn't have much of a problem. I went to Leeds last February and really didn't have a problem eating gluten free and finding free from foods in the grocery stores, but I just wasn...
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    Open Original Shared Link She does call it an allergy and say it can be diagnosed with a blood test, which could be slightly misleading, but anyone who's heard about it for the first time can go and get the info they need.
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