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just me trying to figure out celiac disease, ra and hypo and still maintain my sanity :)

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January 08, 2006

oh, what a year! I've neglected my diet for celiac disease trying to get my RA straightened out. I was bedridden much of late summer and felt awful the rest of the time. I have never been in so much pain as I've been this year. In October I finally saw a rheumatologist who gave it to me straight, either take the meds or die about 15 years younger than the 'expected' life for a U.S. female. I am now on Methotrexate, prednisone (nice weight gain ), naproxyn, folic acid and he's now talking a
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August 26, 2005

today is going pretty well. I had my yearly mammogram this morning :(I hate those....I had to take a nap this afternoon but made a good dinner of ham, mashed potatoes and creamed corn. I was in a starchy comfort mood :)I am feeling a lot better eating gluten free. The doctor gave me a week to see if it would help my RA. I had to go stricter with my starches and meats along with the gluten-free. It has helped. Even though I'm stiff, I'm better.I have been craving some wheat foods but haven't
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August 25, 2005

I've been sooooo busy! Son is working in one town 70 miles away and playing football in a different town 65 miles away and we're in school already. I've not had much time for internet or anything else lately.Gluten free is going really well. I've been surprised at how easy it is once I got into it. I've shed some of my prednisone weight which is nice. The RA is doing better I believe. The first two weeks after going off prednisone were horrible. RA factor more than doubled and boy, could
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August 03, 2005

been doing well. got thru dh's birthday unscathed. it's been a very busy few days and I really haven't had time to do much other than chores and errands.I'm off prednisone for 3 days now and I'm already losing weight and my appetite has gone down quite a bit. yea!went to eat out yesterday and just about messed up, luckily I caught it in time and did ok. more later
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July 28, 2005

last couple of days have been good gluten-free-wise. ra has been awful. i've done some walking, that's always good. ds liked the gluten-free bread, I thought it was too heavy. we both liked the flavor of the pancakes but again, it was too heavy for me. I think I would prefer to do without the substitutes, ds would like them again.very tired this morning. ds worked the late shift so we didn't get home until 11:00 or so, I couldn't get to sleep until after 1:00. stomach has been feeling bet
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July 25, 2005

some people are brilliant..... i went to a fast food restaurant today, ordered a cheeseburger, no bun of course, with lettuce, onion, tomato. they bring it out in the little dish, and had placed the cheese on the bottom of the burger! so basically it was stuck to the dish and I had a hamburger. didn't realize I had to tell them how to do that even....had a soft stool this morning. that's unusual since I had one last night. I felt lighter in the stomach area last night but still bloated in
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July 24, 2005

had a good day today.I met gfinnebraska, (thank you SO much for all the information and mixes)what a sweetie!had turkey and vegetables for lunch,had a chocolate craving this afternoon, Mom suggested having a couple of chocolate chips with a few almonds. it worked, got the craving out of my system.dinner was a chicken breast, mashed potatoes, cucumbers, red pepper strips and kraft ranch dressing.hubby and I talked for a long time about this and how we both need to take it more seriously. He s
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July 23, 2005

today went much MUCH better!ate out for lunch but i had ingredients checked and had pork and cole slaw. dinner was a salad, beans, black olives, ...that's about it. had a snack at the movies, also gluten free.walked for 1 1/2 hours this morning before it got really hot.arthritis is hurting pretty badly tonight, right hip hurts and that's unusual, my hips usually don't bother me. left wrist is bad, left ankle was bad this morning but feels alittle better tonight.still have to work on husband.
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July 22, 2005

well, had a rough night. I had wheat yesterday and boy, did I pay for it. All night long my stomach ached and cramped. It's also kicked up my ra, could hardly get out of bed this morning. I can't wait to get off prednisone next month!I made myself some scrambled eggs with a little cheese. put a little miracle whip on that and had a glass of orange juice. oj won't help the hypo but i knew I couldn't handle milk and my wrists are too weak to lift a tea kettle this morning and water, well, wa
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