Carriefaith

Sterk's is hard to find. I used to be able to buy it in health food stores on Prince Edward Island.

I did a search on google and found this:

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Go to breads, buns and mixes and then look for Sterk's Sandwich bread. It should be on the second page.

VH soy sauce is gluten-free.

Sterks sandwhich bread.

I use Kinnikinnick Italian White Tapioca Bread.

Many people with celiac disease are temporarily lactose intolerant until their villi heal. The enzymes that break down lactose are located at the tips of the villi and when some of them are blunted from gluten, lactose sometimes gets through, causing problems. Maybe try taking lacaid with dairy?

This is my opinion: They are not sure where the blood came from. Your small and large intestine seem normal. They didn't seem to find any direct evidence of the blood origin (such as hemroids, infections, lesions, ect). The blood you had may be from something that they can't see or something that was there and is now gone.

I wish you luck at your appointment and I hope that they can help you find an answer.

So with the spice mix--are you allergic to all those spices, or only the combination? (Did they test for individual spices?) It just seems kind of odd to me, because those spices aren't necessarily related, are they? Ginger is a rhizome, but cloves aren't.

Marcia, thanks for sharing your story. So delayed reactions are common in your family? What has been the most delayed reaction that you have seen? Things are finally starting to make sense now. I really thought about the things that happened around the time I got sick and I really think now that I reacted to wheat. I also don't want to fool around with a peanut allergy either. I don't think there is a place where I'm from that gives free epi-pens, but maybe I just don't know about it.

lso, I've noticed that my allergies are less severe if I keep an handle on them. But, if I get into contact with things I am allergic too regularly then I react more to every little thing.

Food allergies suck. Mine are fatal too. Yes, keep an epipen. Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it. Keep the beadryl handy as well. I swear I should buy stock in the stuff. I suffer from asthma, hives, eczema, and reflux from my food allergies. I've been hoping that going gluten free would eventually make it better, but I don't know anymore. It's very depressing.

shai76, if you don't mind me asking, which foods cause your severe reactions?

Thanks Lisa,

That's crazy that your parents wouldn't take you to the hospital

I'm also thinking the same thing about my allergies some of the foods really affect me and other don't seem to at all. I guess an elimination diet will tell for sure.

Spice mix? What's that?

Marcia, thanks for your reply. Does your daughter know for sure what causes her reactions? This is all very confusing for me as I am not 100% sure what caused the reaction. I wish my epipen were free, I had to pay $140! And I don't have insurance! Ah!

I had a skin prick test and they tested for a lot of different foods. I'm not too concerned about the foods I'm allergic to since most of them are easy to avoid except potatoes. I'm not really sure what peanuts do to me since I eat peanut butter all the time! And peanut allergy was very high on the test

I just got my food allergy results today:

I am allergic to cabbage, turkey, peanuts, tea, potatoes, strawberries, blueberries, lamb, spice mix, and metabisulphite.

They said that wheat wouldn't show up because I'm not eating it and that I could still be allergic. I now have a presciption for an epipen, but I am still unsure what caused that reaction. I am going on a elimiation diet to see which foods cause the most problems. I have been adviced not to re-introduce peanuts.

We will miss you here

I haven't really been around enough lately to notice too many threads about paranoia and conspiracy theories so I can't really comment on that, but I've noticed that the board has changed over the past few months. I find that there are less threads for helping people with celiac disease and more threads on other topics than there used to be. I try and help when I can, but I really find that there are less and less threads where I can help.

I hope you decide to stick around.

My cat is all most gluten-free too except for the random treats he gets! He eats Science Direct Hair Ball treatment (He is a Himalayen) and Friskas without gluten in the ingredients.

There are recipes on this thread for a wide variety of foods: Open Original Shared Link

Have a fun party!

You can get a false negative result if you are gluten-free before the blood test. The blood test checks for antibodies and if you have been gluten-free for awhile the antibodies may no longer be present.

Yes! I had random stomach pain for up to 2 weeks after the fact once.

From the new Delphi list - I was horrified. ohmy.gif I loved Colgate Total and Softsoap!

"Colgate (ve=04/18/06) We do not

intentionally add gluten to the following Colgate

Palmolive products. However, we cannot

guarantee that the ingredients used are not

exposed to any glutens.

Afta Shave products, all variants

Cashmere Bouquet Bar Soap

Colgate Toothpaste, all variants

Colgate Shave Creams, all variants

Colgate Simply White Clear Whitening Gel, all

variants

Crystal Clean Stick Deodorant, all variants

Fluorigard Rinse

Gel-Kam Home Care Gel

Irish Spring Bar Soap, all variants

Lady Speed Stick Deodorants and

Antiperspirants, all variants

Mennen Speed Stick Deodorants and

Antiperspirants, all variants

Orabase Paste and Orabase Gel

Orabase Soothe-N-Seal

PALMOLIVE Bar Soaps, all variants

Peroxyl Gel and Peroxyl Rinse

Phos-Flur Rinse

Platinum Toothpaste

Prevident Gel

Softsoap Liquid Soap, all variants

Softsoap Body Washes, all variants

TOTAL Floss

Ultra brite Toothpaste, all variants

Viadent Rinse

Viadent Toothpaste"

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. That could explain a few things. I'm going to change to Crest Tommorrow. Thanks for the info. Has anyone noticed a problem?

I have read before that Sensodyne may not be gluten-free. But I've never looked into it.

Colgate will not guarantee gluten-free.

Wow! Happy Birthday

I miss being able to go to any restaurant and eat with everyone else. I always try and recreate the foods I miss myself in a gluten-free and casein free way.

When you are on a gluten-free diet, results from celiac disease tests are likely to be false negative. Meaning the gluten-free diet is working! I persoannly would go with the opion of the doctor that orginally treated you and tested you. I would also ask for allergy tests such as a skin prick test or an allergy blood test.

I'm sorry that she is sick We all make mistakes.

Natur-a rice milk!

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Try adding Chilli powder, garlic powder, pepper, cayeene pepper, salsa and/or water.

Going gluten-free, dairy free, and egg free should clear up a lot of your problems.

Wow, good for her If she wants to be tested for celiac disease by blood test or biopsy, she would have to be eating some gluten.