BlessedMommy

We've tried the normal stuff, like snap traps and putting out new trays of poison under the house 1-2 times a year and we now have an outdoor kitty cat as well. What else can we do?

We live in a mobile home right next to a cornfield in a heavily wooded area and let's just say that using the normal means to try to control the mice population makes me feel like I'm trying to put out a house fire with a cup of water. LOL!

I think that maybe I need to set up some elaborate predator system or something. Has anybody tried making nesting boxes for hawks and owls to encourage them to come eat your mice?

Anything else that people have used with success?

i actually do that - the little kids think it's a symbol for 'gluten free' hahahaa (they can't read yet)  

 

across:  my bff does that hand in my snack bag thing allllll the time.  my solution is to get one for her, too.  if i buy chips, i get 2 bags.  if i buy lunchmeat, i have them divide it in half and mark my bag (yes, skull & crossbones )  before i started doing that, she would make a beeline for whatever i had that was 'safe' - not on purpose - but it got to be a joke.  i would buy a bag of (something) open it and eat some, and then we would watch her stick her hand into it lolz my bro-in-law used to bet on how long it would take her!  lolz

How do you do this? Are you a good artist or do you use skull and crossbone stickers? If it's the latter, where do you buy the stickers?

We get whole pineapple and use one of those nifty corer/slicers...mostly because I like large amount of fresh juice this method makes....which we use for marinade or rum drinks

Which tool do you use?

I'm sorry that you don't have a clear answer! Could you stay on gluten long enough to get the rest of the blood work run? It's best to run all of the blood tests, if only one is run, it may miss celiac.

If the doctor refused to order it, you can order it through a private lab and self pay. 

I'm glad that you're feeling well on the gluten-free diet!

Could you share your recipe and instructions on how to make a peach cobbler in a dutch oven? That sounds SO good!

I'm diagnosed with GAD with OCD symptoms and it could be just my imagination, but I think that my episodes of anxiety are much less since I became strict about cracking down on CC issues and making sure that trace gluten wasn't sneaking into my diet. 

This lasagna idea looks interesting!

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And a big " Across's stuff! Eat at the risk of death or dismemberment"? 

LOL'ing over here at that! 

Maybe put a skull and crossbones on your food? 

Plus, technically speaking, their employees shouldn't be giving out medical advice, right?

Imagine if someone was newly diagnosed and was ignorant of some of the basic facts of celiac and thought, "Oh, I must not have it then," and went home and started eating gluten and got seriously ill or hospitalized.

Frozen dinners are awesome!

Sure, they're a little pricey, but it's a great and safe solution when I need it. I love Amy's gluten free/dairy free macaroni and cheese and lasagnas.

Yeah. I asked what they meant by I look healthy so I don't have celiac, and was told they remember me a few months ago buying all kinds of bread and macaroni and stuff (which is true, and I'm sure they remembered it cuz I made a big deal about several things not ringing up the price on the shelf). In response I said "do since I didn't get diagnosed til recently I don't have celiac, huh?" And was informed that if I had celiac I would have had it since birth.

That's just plain ignorance speaking. If they knew anything about celiac, they would know that you can have the genes for it and have it activated later in life by a traumatic event (illness, surgery, pregnancy, etc.)

^Yeah, exactly Kareng.

I remember one of my celiac support group leaders who didn't have celiac--but her husband did and therefore she was heavily involved in cooking for him, etc.

Well, so far I've found almond flour lasagna noodles, but they're WAY out of my price range to say the least. LOL!

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These are rice free, but have milk in them, so that's a no go for me.

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And I found a blog post mentioning Living Bean brand lasagna noodles, but for the life of me, I can't find them anywhere.

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I think that I might go with zucchini slices in place of lasagna noodles. 

So, the employee didn't know your medical history, didn't know your testing history, didn't know your symptom history and they blurted out that line? WOW!

Sure, I look healthy. You can't tell by looking at me that I spent an evening in the ER with neurological problems due to gluten. 

I mean, the fact is, being sick or not is no proof of celiac. People who have been diagnosed with celiac as babies or toddlers and therefore have been on a gluten free diet nearly their whole life are usually quite healthy, since their parents caught it early and treated it.

I can't believe that a person would have the nerve to make a statement like that.

Trust me when I say the complaint will not stop at the store level. What really got me was I didn't say anything about celiac, the employee brought that up. Her exact words were "you don't look sick, so don't be acting like you have celiac or something".

Wow, that is just ridiculous! That is like saying that a person with a peanut allergy is healthy and doesn't look sick, so therefore they can go eat peanuts. It makes no sense!

Wow, seriously??!! 

I would not only take my business elsewhere, but I would also file a written complaint with the store. Their employee stepped way out of line. 

Last I checked, there was no law saying that you had to have documented celiac to buy gluten free food anyway.   It's not like the employees have to check your medical records before they show you where the gluten free food is. ROFL!!

I'm hunting for gluten free rice free lasagna noodles and that seems to be a tough one!

Anybody know of a brand that I'm missing?

LOL!!

Oops, I meant my daughter's new doctor, not her new daughter. Lol

It's good to be able to put all the info together for the visit with my daughter's new daughter. I feel strongly that my daughter needs to do a gluten trial and get properly diagnosed (with whatever she has, whether that be celiac or something else) and it's good to be prepared with information for any of her symptoms.

Anybody tried these? How do you like them?

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A good friend on mine (IH) just brought this Newsletter article from the Vitiligo Support International website to my attention.  It talks about research that DOES link Vitiligo with Celiac Disease.

 

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I stand corrected and grateful for her sending this to me 

 

Colleen

Thank you for sharing this. 

I go to church potlucks and bring my own food. Yesterday, I brought my own food and in addition, snagged a few pickles from the potluck line to throw on my gluten free burger before anybody else had a chance to CC them. Everybody there is pretty much used to me bringing my own food by now.

I came up with a new catch phrase to use to explain why I don't often eat stuff prepared by others. "You know, life is too short to spend time interrogating my friends over their ingredients or preparation methods and worrying about feeling ill the next day. I'd rather bring my own food so that I can relax and enjoy spending time with my friends without worries."

Hi BlessedMommy,

 

I've done a lot of research on it because I have it.  I have read no connection linking it to Celiac.  It is Autoimmune in nature.  The immune system destroys brown pigment in the skin.  It is associated with three other Autoimmune Conditions.

 

Hyperthyroid Disease

Addison's Disease

Pernicious Anemia

 

Hope this helps.

 

Colleen

Thanks for sharing Colleen! It is good to be aware of what other AI conditions might pop up.

The last thing I remember reading said that vitiligo and celiac do share genetic markers. But having one doesn't guarantee that you have to other, just are at greater risk statistically. Plus there is more than one type of vitiligo.

What do you mean? Does that mean if you have vitiligo, then you also have the genetics for celiac?

My oldest has vitiligo and we will be pursuing a more firm diagnosis for her gluten issues, so I'm trying to make sense of this. Thanks for any info that you can share!