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  1. Ging
    I get so excited thinking that there might be a place or two that are safe for me to eat out - I get tired of doing all the cooking, all the time. However, I've worked in places where you had to understand sterile conditions and practices. That's really what's needed to get a gluten free meal in the sense that you cannot have any gluten contamination. ...
  2. Ging
    Well, son of a gun. The other day I had some pudding I had made and used for another recipe - this was leftover. Broke out. Supposedly it was gluten free - I did read the label - so I didn't suspect it. I'm getting really tired of the inability to use the simplest products and trust the simplest ingredient lists.
  3. Ging
    Excellent points and I'm glad you made the clarification on the purported methodology of the injection/s. I agree that the semantics are becoming an absurd sticking point.
  4. Ging
    Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that vaccinations do not equal immunity since in the common parlance (CDC included) vaccine and immunization are used synonymously. I was astonished by your comment that you would not consider a vaccine so you would not have to worry about hidden gluten. Hidden gluten is becoming a huge issue and making many...
  5. Ging
    Just wanted to give fair warning - if you really love and miss popcorn in all its incarnations, don't indulge in Herr's Fire Roasted Popcorn. It's labeled gluten free with a disclaimer on the bag elsewhere that says it's made in a facility with shared machinery that also processes wheat. They don't clean enough between runs, let me tell you. I had an awesome...
  6. Ging
    Wow, so relevant - particularly during this season. I've been telling family to just not attempt to make me anything. Not to bring anything 'gluten free' that they made to family dinners; just not to try at all. I've been clear about the near laboratory standards you need to be sure (as much as possible) of not having any contamination. I STILL...
  7. Ging
    Kind of sums it up right there. Here's to a more certain future for us all!
  8. Ging
    I'm not going to look at this as a fear mongering article, but a reminder to take control and responsibility for my own diet and push for responsibility on the part of companies producing these 'gluten free' products. We live in a society that's constantly seeking to place blame on others shoulders and so much of this rests with the individual... UNTIL someone...
  9. Ging
    Wow. Unbelievable behavior and I am so sorry you had to deal with that. If you kept your composure, kudos to you. Those are some great examples of things I think I, and maybe others, need to stand firm against. Politely, of course. Doctors, Religious leaders, and 'experts' like chefs are not infallible and we need to stand firm when we are told these...
  10. Ging
    My eyes have been opened to one big drawback from the 'fad' gluten-free dieters through reading these comments - the difference between products flooding the market that are marked 'gluten free' and those that are CERTIFIED gluten free. I'm still fairly new to this. If I see 'gluten free' I may believe it and end up getting glutened without realizing that...
  11. Ging
    What an excellent point. I wouldn't have trusted that either - in fact, I probably wouldn't have chewed on the 'lifeless' salad. I'm actually glad to see that so many places are no longer complaining about people bringing their own food. I was diagnosed just this past spring and I'm just beginning to comprehend what the disease means to me. Travel...
  12. Ging
    I found the Jimmy Kimmel video very telling. It exemplifies what happens to society's point of view when something becomes 'trendy' whether there is a genuine problem some people face or not. It can be bad enough when popularity of a diet/fad/idea/opinion causes harm to businesses and industry, but it's even worse when it gets down to an individual's health...
  13. Ging
    Oh, wow, I sure hope you are done with this soon - you're almost there as the post date implies! Don't give up after all this investment - maybe you'll get that positive result for the insurance coverage if nothing else. Best to you!
  14. Ging
    Could that be the source? Eating out? Every single time I've attempted it I've broken out afterwards. Then again, we have no dedicated gluten-free restaurants here. Just a 'for what it's worth' - my breakouts don't itch that horribly either. They seem very similar to what you experience.
  15. Ging
    Me too. Most of my talking is with face and hands.
  16. Ging
    No! I did not mean that - I meant amount. One symptom versus the laundry list some people have been dealt. I'm not bent out of shape about this or frantic. I like to lay out all the thoughts/questions/info so that there's less back and forth, so no worries about needing to be calm. I appreciate what you're saying and I'm not at all upset with your...
  17. Ging
    Okay, is that true for everyone? I've read some differing info and this is where I get confused. I thought the implication was that it varied from person to person. Some with more symptoms, some with less, some having more gut damage, others having next to nothing but rash. Conversely, I've thought the implication in some articles was that you had...
  18. Ging
    My understanding is, and I hope more experienced people will weigh in on this, that if you're like me with very little symptomology beyond the rash you won't be getting much damage. Everybody's different and I know probably some will be getting damage/need to watch for some complications, but it seems highly variable from person to person. My reading says...
  19. Ging
    Best. Post. EVER. Thank you all for your info - Squirmingitch, you're a hero. I'm new to this disease and you answered one of my biggest questions - why I was not finding more information on DH. I've gotten so used to finding answers at my fingertips that it's incredibly odd to hit these blank walls with no good results. So, the outbreaks...
  20. Ging
    Hi Pedro and congratulations on the improvement! Hope it continues and only improves. I'm so sorry I didn't see your reply - I will look into the whole 'notification' issue, but I did want to say that outside of the GI physician if you feel depressed again do look into some help even if it means looking outside of your family doctor. There are too...
  21. Ging
    See a doctor. I cannot stress that enough. Before I dealt with my Celiac diagnosis I had severe clinical depression. If you've not talked to a physician about the possibilities of treating the depression then you need to if only to know your options. There's SO much information out there and so many interconnected bodily systems that your doctor may find...
  22. Ging
    Thank you, Jean! Really enjoyed the article and learned a few new things. My doctor is unaware of some of the things I've been reading about (iodine, vitamin deficiencies) and since I'm newly diagnosed (approx. 2 mos.) I'm still winnowing fact from fiction. I was very lucky it sounds, to have been diagnosed with a bad biopsy where they took a blister...
  23. Ging
    Thank you for the reassurance! I find the amount of information mindboggling and there's so much anecdotal evidence... . Nice to know that the chances of scarring/permanent discoloration are slight. I apologize for the confusion on the test results. The dermatologist got the positives and now the GI doctor has run his own blood test that came back...
  24. Ging
    Fascinated by your response, squirmingitch (and what a great handle.) I'm very lucky that my tests (biopsy and bloodwork) all came back positive since I now know the biopsy was done incorrectly. They took that whole little blister. That was done by a dermatologist that has some familiarity with DH. He actually has asked to use my case for teaching. Here...
  25. Ging
    Hello everyone, Brand new to the whole disease - just got diagnosed with DH approximately 2 months ago. I'll be facing the 'I can't eat your food' issue with my inlaws before too long. There's absolutely no way they will be able to prepare anything gluten free - I know that kitchen well. In this case, I'm not saying anything about my diagnosis and...
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