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  1. tom
    Hi kbh75, Agreeing w/ the 2 above, I think you should prepare to insist on the full celiac panel at Friday's appt. I've missed getting what I wanted out of appts while forgetful & irritable more than once. Then I brought lists & went over how to say it & how to get conv back to what mattered to me, not to him. The combination of tests...
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    I agree completely. I don't get how it's possible the oft-quoted U of Chicago skips over half of what we call a full panel.
  3. tom
    Wait, what?? So all the posts here specifying FULL Celiac Panel would all be wrong per UofChi? No IgG, AGA, DGP??? what's going ON over there? Did I read all that wrong? Maybe it explains still doing 12wk challenges? (I hope THAT'S wrong - that'd be ridiculous)
  4. tom
    That "billyclub" is looking more like a gluten-free pepperoni from here. (don't-pizza-w.out-me) Done! (Ooooo power going to me 'ead)
  5. tom
    Did the migraines go away while gluten-free? Are other foods perhaps involved?
  6. tom
    Hey Gian-knit did I miss how Smackl's Jazz Band audition went? Is he on alto sax? (Feel like I'm guessing but maybe the back of my mind already knows )
  7. tom
    No doubt! Now . . .just how psilly can a badge get? Pretty sure the Deputy post also comes w/ a bullet to be kept in one's pocket. Pads' shirt have a pocket? Might be required while on duty anyway. Pretty crime-free around here, so it's not we need the long arm of the law, unlike the mean streets/aisles of CVS. Ricky Russell
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    Skiing feels like a lifetime ago. Love that spot at Heavenly where while crossing from CA to NV side you see the lake & peaks of the Sierra on the left & the wild contrast of flat high-desert to the right. Into it enough to work at a ski shop in HS, but other priorities dropped skiing weekends to 2 or 3 or even none. (Wish there weren't any nones...
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    Here's a nice one, by my little brother's old house.
  10. tom
    http://www.nature.com/ajg/journal/v107/n1/full/ajg2011311a.html Be Happy, camper!
  11. tom
    I don't think it'd be unusual for a glutening reaction to last 5+ days. I've read of several here.
  12. tom
    "The cure"? Pretty off topic but I say don't hold your breath - or make decisions today based on hopes of autoimmune diseases having cures. It looked to me that VeggieGal was more concerned w/ the continuing gluten challenge than w/ the endoscopy procedure itself. Some replies seem to be running on the opposite premise. Hi, VG, I see you're reading...
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    I called the endoscopy valuable & worthwhile, for the record. My point was that dx already happened & more gluten isn't necessary now.
  14. tom
    I wholeheartedly disagree - and there is a growing movement to dx by pos bloods & skip the biopsy. (As referenced above) It'd be ridiculous to say "well it's not celiac then" just because the right spots weren't biopsied. You don't really think a UofChi Dr would do that, do you?
  15. tom
    The tests are certainly specific enough when 2 come up positive. You have celiac disease.
  16. tom
    Oops I was too slow to get this in before your new post . .. I'm not sure I understand the situation. A dietician is involved w/ an endoscopy/biopsy? You already have a positive dx. An endoscopy/biopsy isn't diagnostic at this point, as that ship has sailed, but it's still certainly valuable to have a GI have a look. I think the dietician...
  17. tom
    Whoa not so quick! Tissue damage doesn't heal overnight or even quickly. You may be thinking more of antibodies?
  18. tom
    I don't think we should convict tomatoes so quickly. Ketchup has more than a couple ingreds, incl corn syrup often & it's probably been awhile for a lot of those ingreds. Jarred sauces have long lists too. And organic non-GMO tomato sauce/paste/etc is a gamechanger for some.
  19. tom
    It makes me think 'additional intolerance' too. For me, soy was doing that & I first had the notion through keeping a food/symptom diary. The thing that *really* surprised me was that it turned out that the previous 3 or5 day soy-free trials just weren't long enough. It took ~2 wks soy-free before I really knew how great I could feel. So many products...
  20. tom
    Yes, and especially, like shadow noted, you never really were 100% gluten-free, true? (Though 8 wks is also a common duration for those whoe were gluten-free) A bigger factor will be that if the damage is spotty, whether the Dr biopsies (that's a verb 'round here isn't it?) enough areas enough times to get a diagnostic piece. Have you been having symptoms...
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    The credit goes to Emmmerley for that one. Grabbed the url right out of her congrats post.
  22. tom
    It's decided. In honoUr of the admirable efforts & all-around eptness of The Ripper & cohorts in the production of Woody Allen's Don't Drink The Water [ohbummeritwontshowimg]http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151309767266043&set=a.10150151170591043.343333.558001042&type=1&relevant_count=1 ******PROCLAMATION FIVE...
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    Hmmmm . .he's certainly got me all jacked to wield some power. I may quite well be apt to opt for ept. On a related note, our clement bayarea weather takes a 5 day break tomorrow.
  24. tom
    These people that insist on chasing celiac-"safe" wheat make me think of the Boy Scout 's merit badge pursuit leading to "helping" a little old lady across a street she didn't want to cross. It's only when a celiac is new that they imagine a future of being able to eat how they always had, whether via new "safe" wheat or a pill, but then once used to gluten...
  25. tom
    I think I'll make that PROCLAMATION FOUR.
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