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  1. GFBetsy
    Ditto!
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    Welcome! Check the "Associated Disorders" page for links to the information about Tuberculosis. It appears that folks with celiac have about a 4 times higher risk of getting TB, evidently due to lower levels of vitamin D (because of malabsorption). When you ask how long you should wait before getting a biopsy, what exactly do you mean? Biopsy...
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    I got that same canned response. THis is the email I sent back to them: Thank you for your prompt reply to my question. However, I find it humorous that you suggest that I should "review the list of ingredients on the package prior to purchase to assure that you are meeting your specific dietary needs," as the list of ingredients on the package was insufficient...
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    Check out the cookbook "Saving Dinner" by Leanne Ely - it's a great book. It wasn't intended to be a gluten free cookbook, but many of the recipes are naturally gluten-free. Also, the website www.eatingglutenfree.com has a lot of "normal" recipes (like soups, main dinner dishes, etc.) that don't require a lot of strange ingredients. I would also...
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    I'd definitely toast your bread crumbs to avoid the "mush" problem. If you are making your own bread in order to make stuffing (not using store bought bread), I have a great way to make bread cubes for stuffing. Spread your bread batter in a greased 9x13 cake pan or a 13 x 18 jelly roll pan (use the smaller pan for a one loaf bread recipe, the larger one...
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    I don't know of anywhere in this area that still makes potato doughnuts. And (though I hate to be depressing) there is a Spudnut shop (potato doughnuts) in my hometown in Washington, and all the doughnuts have wheat flour in them, as well as potato flour. Sorry! I also haven't heard about a place around here that makes gluten-free pizza . . . though...
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    Somebody tell Lynne! Doesn't her daughter have latent TB?
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    Lonewolf - Give it one more year or so. I wet the bed until I was 12 . . . tried all sorts of things, but nothing worked. My parents actually used to come in my room beating pots and pans with wooden spoons in an attempt to wake me up, but it never worked! I'd sleep right through it after the first night or two. One of the doctors my mom took me to...
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    Check out "Saving Dinner" by Leanne Ely . . . it's not a gluten free cookbook, but many of her recipes are naturally gluten free or very easily modified. And they are all really good. She's also got a website, which I think is www.savingdinner.com Good luck!
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    Pinnacle Foods just informed me via email that Log Cabin Syrups are gluten free, but Mrs. Butter-worths is not.
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    As far as getting bread all over your hands goes, try getting your hands wet with water before you spread it out in the pans. And just re-wet your hands if the bread starts sticking to you. It works well for me!
  12. GFBetsy
    I think they also believe that the deer developed this disease from eating the bovine "cake" feed (including animal protein) that hunters were leaving for them because it helped them to develop bigger racks. Oops. It's called Fatal Familial Insomnia, and in middle age about 1/2 of the family members just lose the ability to sleep. Their adrenal...
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    Actually, I think that the current belief is that the cows developed the disease so widely because they were fed animal protein in order to increase milk production (ie, when there were sick cows, they'd put them down and use them for cow food). So there was one sporadic "mad cow", which was then put down and included in the bovine food chain. They used...
  14. GFBetsy
    Have they very thoroughly checked your gall bladder, too?
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    Sorry, I feel like I'm bursting in uninvited, but all this talk of mangy deer reminded me of a book I just read. It was about Prion (malformed protein) diseases (like mad cow), and it was fascinating (it was called "The Family that Couldn't Sleep", but that's beside the point). Anyway, evidently deer and elk and moose in the US are starting to have prion...
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    Welcome! An answer you didn't ask for is: your GI doc is likely to want to do a biopsy, which is less likely to be accurate if you are on a gluten free diet. (As you can tell by the way you are feeling, going gluten free when you've got celiac can lead to some very rapid healing.) So, if you are feeling like you really need that Biopsy proven positive...
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    Looks like you're doing better! And, yes, going gluten-free for even 3 months can make that much of a difference (and you've stuck with it for 5 already). Hooray! As for eating ice being dangerous . . . not really! It's just a sign of other problems. Though my Dad always did threaten my mom with broken teeth . . . but she never did end up with any...
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    If I were you, I'd tell the doctors office that, if they are unwilling to accede to your request, you will be putting them in contact with your lawyer. I'm not a real fan of lawsuits, but this office needs to know that they are putting themselves in danger of legal action. Besides, I wouldn't be surprised if the threat is enough to make them reconsider...
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    One of the things that my mother thought was oddest about going gluten free was that she lost the urge to chew ice. She always thought that she "Just liked" to chew ice, and didn't realize that chewing ice is a sign of Pica, which comes from low iron levels. When she first asked for a glass of ice water, drank all the water, and then asked for more water...
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    In my opinion, it's the cocoa ones all the way. The fruity ones are just too sweet. And the cocoa "rice crispy" treats are FABULOUS if you add a 1/2 c. of coconut to the marshmallows after they've melted (at the same time you add the cereal). It tastes a lot like the Girl Scout Samoas cookies. Yum!
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    Here's the one I use all the time. We freeze leftovers in ziplocks and then reheat them in the toaster. They are great either way (fresh or re-heated). You do want to be sure that your waffle iron is CLEAN, CLEAN, CLEAN. If it doesn't have removeable plates (and mostly only the older square waffle bakers DO have removable plates) you may want to get a...
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    I missed it! Totally forgot! I also had family in town, so that is part of the reason I forgot, but I'm kicking myself anyway. Our last class went okay. There were 11 people there (including my Dad) and only one had to cook gluten free . . . most were just there because the soup recipes sounded good! (And they were!) We told everyone why we cook...
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    I can't reach my cervix . . . not that I can tell, anyway! And I've tried! I really would like to use the NFP methods, but I think my fingers are just too short . . . I can never tell what's going on in there! Edited to say: Right after posting this, I checked my "View new Posts" list, and saw my name on the "CBS celiac Story" thread . . . for a...
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    There's a gluten free store in Taylorsville, UT. It's called Against the Grain, and they only carry gluten-free stuff. The owner's not making a ton of money for herself, but she is able to pay her rent and keeps up the store so that when others are diagnosed they've got a resource to help them out as they start the diet. It's great!
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    I missed the GIG meeting . . . we had someone come to our class who had also been at the meeting, but she said she thinks the dietician got to the stuff she really wanted to hear after she left to come to our class. I look forward to seeing you at our next class! Have you made bread on your own since we practiced? Chrissy called me a couple of times...
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