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    Happy birthday and may God bless you today!

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    Thanks Vicky - I suppose I'm still in a bit of denial and hoping for the best. I wouldn't wish food allergies even on my worst enemy! Courtney
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    No one? I'm so confused because we just had the most perfectly pleasant day with none of the troubles we had over the weekend...wouldn't it be more consistent if it was a food allergy?
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    Hey all - I'm hoping someone on here can give me some more information on all this. My daughter is two and a half weeks old and up until about two days ago, it was all smooth sailing. I am breastfeeding her and she's been eating fine and gaining weight normally. Two days ago she started getting extremely fussy, crying until she's hoarse, she vomited...
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    I've never seen or read about a correlation between the two. A good friend of mine who is Celiac had her appendix out several months ago. Really, the Celiacs just made it harder to diagnose because she spent hours convinced that she'd just eaten something wrong and her stomach was acting up again. It wasn't until the pain became intensely localized and...
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    Oh Sweetfudge, I cried, too!! The Progresso's Cream of Mushroom was just way too thin and watery to make casserole with!! I know there's ways to thicken it up, but nothing is the same as Campbell's gelatinous mass of can-shaped soup... Anyways, I had a can of the Chicken and Corn Chowder last nite and it didn't appear to affect me adversely, so that's...
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    Thanks Laura - That's my logic, too. Plus after I put my post up I started to do some more Google-Research and it seems that Progresso is quite good, in fact, about listing gluten ingredients. I guess all my questions will be answered in about an hour or so!! Courtney
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    I was just at the grocery store staring longingly at the ease of the canned soup aisle when I decided to pick one up - Progresso's Chicken Corn Chowder and Progresso's Southwestern Style Chicken both have no gluten ingredients listed. While checking other varieties I realized that they are good about listing the main allergens at the bottom of the ingredient...
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    I know I've read on several occassions that Johnsonville brats are all gluten-free - except, of course, for the beer brats. We just got a new, fancy, shiny grill and I had a brat today for lunch. The kind that has cheddar infused into the deliciousness of the bratwurst ...ooooooooh, but it did NOT sit well. I don't know if I feel like I was glutened...
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    Seriously...I'm 25 and I've never even heard of this concept! I checked out the Diva Cup and the Instead online and found stores locally that carry it. I'm SO giving it a try! - Courtney
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    I know a lot of people have had problem's with Amy's products. I've personally had problems with some of her frozen entrees. But I had a can of Amy's tomato soup a few weeks ago and had no problems with it. It was the first time I'd ever tried it and YUM! Based on my experience, I'd say it was the candybar -Courtney
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    Anyone see Scrubs on tonite? They mentioned gluten in a one-liner and my boyfriend and I couldn't stop laughing until the commercial break...fabulous. It may have been an insignificant joke, but at least they said gluten!
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    Hey Jen I can SO sympathize. I've been gluten-free for 7 months now, but I still feel like I need to find a doctor who will prescribe me valium specifically to be taken before going to the grocery store. It's so frustrating! Especially because before all this happened, I used to LOVE to cook. Now it's a huge daily struggle just to figure out what I'm going...
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    I have been hypothyroid for over 13 years. And just in the last few months I have finally found a competent doctor. I would highly recommend that you find a doctor who prescribes and understands Armour thyroid. For a lot of people it makes a HUGE difference. You can find doctors that prescribe this type of med several ways: 1. ask your local pharmacist...
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    I always thought my thyroid was the problem. And it IS a problem. It's just that it all links back to my adrenal glands failing. From what I understand, anything you do for your thyroid without helping your adrenals is like a band aid and it will never really address the real problem. I have just started on AdreCort and several other supplements to help...
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    I'm here in Columbia with Turtle! Courtney
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    I just started seeing a specialized nutritionist and he put me on, among other things, digestive enzymes. He gave me a chart of when to take what, but he told me that you can't take enough digestive enzymes. And that if everyone would eat them like candy, we'd all feel a lot better. It's been about two weeks and my stomach has definately felt a lot better...
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    Try taking some L-Lysine. You can find it at any drug store. I just take a whole bunch of it all day long until they start to fade away. Courtney
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    Hi Lynne - I did the same thing you did. I went gluten-free and had a negative blood test but decided to stick with the diet. Several months later I decided that I did, after all, want some sort of proof. For myself. So I had the Enterolab test done. I did big test they offer - so I was also gene tested and casein tested. It was worth it for me to have...
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    I have the most awful story about birth control.... I went on the pill around 15 to help with heavy cramping. That was fine and good. Switched brands a few times. No big deal. Until about 3-4 years ago I started trying differnet TYPES. I went on the patch for a while, and that was a disaster. Damn thing kept coming off! So I went on Depo. That's the shot...
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    I grew up in Milwaukee/Wauwatosa and moved down here to SC about four and a half years ago. I know what you mean about ice cream - I am DYING for some chocolate custard right now. Ahh, frozen custard. I really need to start up again with the journaling. It started way back when with just trying to control how much I ate. I LOVE food, but didn...
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    Hi Sarah, Wow - your symptoms are almost identical to mine. For me, it's my big toes that go numb. Does that really happen to other people? I thought it was one of my special quirks!! Anyways, I had been gluten-free for two weeks when I had my blood work done and it came back negative. My doctor also said it would be okay that I'd already gone...
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    I have been an on/off food journaler for years. Even before I found out about my intolerances it helped just to physically write down what I was eating every day. Anyways, after I found out about the whole gluten thing I became REALLY anal about it. I wrote down EVERYthing. What I ate. Alcohol. Caffeine. What time my headaches started. How much OTC...
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    Open Original Shared Link You can also go straight to their website! They have a physician locator. This is the website that Mary Shomon started. Open Original Shared Link I found my doctor off this website (click on top doctors on the upper lefthand side). She has a list of patient recommendations a mile long, and now I know why! It also gives...
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    So did I...doctors test irrelevant thyroid hormones and base their diagnosis on an inaccurate and outdated range...then when you tell them you're still feeling classic hypo they tell you that it's either all in your head, or that something else is causing it. Finding a doctor that didn't think I was crazy has been the best thing I've ever done. Also...
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