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I am gluten-free for 3.5 weeks now & have gained all of my lost weight back plus a pound. That was too fast! I was happy with the ten pounds I lost! Now I am freaking out that I have gained 11 pounds in 3 weeks! That must be off a little but still holy cow! I have this body type I have read others speaking of-larger belly with flat rear & skinny...
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ARCHIVED Medicines & Cosmetic Things
jaimi alderson posted a topic in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & Medications
Ok so I just found out that for real I can not have gluten in my lipstick or face wash or face lotion etc. so now I am sitting here amid a very expensive pile of lipstick, chapstick, face wash, face toner & birth control pills that I can not figure out if I can use or not!!!!! Screw these companies that say they are sorry but they can not guarantee their... -
ARCHIVED Healthy?
jaimi alderson posted a topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease
Ok I was only diagnosed a week ago but as I get time to research this disease I am feeling like I am not a healthy person anymore. Like I no longer have my health! I have always been extremely active fit & healthy with barely a cold all year! Now a month after intestinal symptoms began I am totally back to normal thanks to gluten-free but am reading... -
Is Crest toothpaste gluten-free? thank you!!!!!!!!!
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ARCHIVED How Does This Work?
jaimi alderson posted a topic in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & Medications
I am new to this-diagnosed last week. Do I really have to avoid toiletry items with wheat or oats in them? They just would not ever enter my intestines so I don't understand. Shampoo, hand lotion etc? Thank you!!! -
ARCHIVED Do I Test My Kids?
jaimi alderson replied to jaimi alderson's topic in Parents, Friends and Loved Ones of Celiacs
Thank you so much to everyone for replying & giving me your stories. I am definitely going to have my kids tested genetically next week when my pediatrician is back in town. I am really just taking them off gluten right now as they don't seem well to me but I am NOT RIGHT IN THE HEAD after doing all this research & stumbling into this new world... -
Does anyone know about the Great Steak & Potato company? I am going to mall tomorrow for first time since gluten-free & will need food! I called them & of course no clue about gluten but they said they just put their potatoes in an oven & bake 'em. Can I trust that? Or what about wendy's baked potatoes? Will they state gluten-free? Or I...
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ARCHIVED Joint Pain
jaimi alderson replied to jaimi alderson's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease
Please help me! My hips & legs hurt sooooo bad. Let me start at the beginning for anyone who has time to read this. No celiac symptoms until 2-24-06 when my whole household got an intestinal virus & mine never went away. Celiac panel abnormal 3-15-06 which is when I went gluten-free. Positive biopsy back last week. So totally gluten-free for ... -
Hello!!!! I was diagnosed last week with celiac disease & I am trying quickly to get my questions to all of you wonderful selfless helpers while my kids are still asleep. So this is my question. Can I go to any restaurant & just order a steak with just salt, a baked potato & a glass of wine and tell them to make sure it does not ever touch...
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ARCHIVED Joint Pain
jaimi alderson posted a topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease
Hi everyone! My hips have been hurting to the point of needing Ibuprofen for 3 days now. My kids & I have all had earaches so we may all have a very mild cold. I have been gluten-free for 2.5 weeks & was diagnosed with celiac last week so this is all very new. Because I am almost totally back to normal after being gluten-free for a few weeks should... -
ARCHIVED General Disease Question
jaimi alderson posted a topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease
I was diagnosed Mar 29 with celiac by bloodtest & positive biopsy. Do I say that I technically had the disease for 30 years before it was diagnosed being that I am 30 years old? I had no symptoms except anemia which I may never know if that was related as it was anemia due to small RBC's not iron-deficient & I don't have time to travel to the ends... -
ARCHIVED Do I Test My Kids?
jaimi alderson posted a topic in Parents, Friends and Loved Ones of Celiacs
I have a 4yo & a 1yo. I was diagnosed last week with celiac by biopsy & bloodtest. My kids have no symptoms. Except maybe my 1yo has had acid reflux since birth with no weight problems (he is in 50% and on zantac & reglan since 6 wks old) and my 4 yo does have tantrums a few times a week (I read someone said "outbursts" could be related but... -
ARCHIVED Weight Issues
jaimi alderson posted a topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease
Hi~ What can anyone tell me about the gluten-free diet & their weight? I got down to 95 lbs (i am also very short) & am only gluten-free since 3-15-06. I don't want to gain a whole lot of weight but also have been substituting vanilla ice cream when I would have used to have Special K! And 3 Musketeers when I would have normally had a cereal bar... -
Hi! I have been asked by several family members what happens to me if I accidentally eat gluten. The nurse said I do not have to go for zero tolerance as far as a gluten-free diet goes. How do I know if that is true (she did not know much about treating celiac disease only diagnosing it)? Are there varying degrees of celiac disease? Do I just wait &...
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ARCHIVED Help!
jaimi alderson replied to jaimi alderson's topic in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & Medications
Hi everyone/anyone!! These are my questions for now...so if Kraft says their labels will state if wheat is used is that really true? Truly their modified food starch is ok unless it says wheat was used specifically? Also, I have seen several soy sauces that were listed as gluten-free could this be possible? Does there really exist soy sauce or teriyaki... -
ARCHIVED Help!
jaimi alderson replied to jaimi alderson's topic in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & Medications
Thank you so very very much for your help! What you guys had to say helped me soooooo much I am going to go read some of those things right now. I would have starved in the next few days without your help! thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!! -
I have just been diagnosed with celiac disease & have a 4 yo & a 1yo and no time to research what I can eat! I have read that I can't have preservatives, caramel coloring, mono & diglycerides & vinegar. Is this true? Those are in everything I eat. I would have to cut out ketchup, margarine, salad dressing & coke. Or can I have just a...