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  1. squirmingitch
    If you aren't too embarrassed, go to your local drug store (CVS, Walgreens) & ask one of the ladies in that department to help you pick one out that is appropriate to your skin tone. Or you could go to somewhere like Sephora & do the same but Sephora is just going to be more expensive & not any better.
  2. squirmingitch
    Good deal. Keep eating gluten every day until then.
  3. squirmingitch
    Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Mini Blender Muffins https://www.averiecooks.com/flourless-peanut-butter-chocolate-chip-mini-blender-muffins/# Toasty Coconut Macaroons https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/toasty-coconut-macaroons-recipe-1912139
  4. squirmingitch
    The one taken adjacent is the only one done properly for a dh biopsy.
  5. squirmingitch
    If you are a vegetarian & adamantly opposed to changing that then yes, you're going to have a harder row to hoe than most of us & a nutritionist versed in celiac would be a great idea. Did she take the biopsy ON a lesion or did she take it on clear skin ADJACENT to an active lesion?
  6. squirmingitch
    You won't need cosmetic surgery for the spots as they will completely fade away into nothingness with time and no, I've never heard of anyone getting minor cosmetic surgery for dh. I agree with RMJ about using some concealer.
  7. squirmingitch
    Taking him to the doc with you & having the doc explain how serious it is is a good idea. It would be great to get sister to go along as well. BTW, have you explained to sister how it's genetic & she might end up with it?
  8. squirmingitch
    NO, scratching did not improve my rash.
  9. squirmingitch
    Oh I DO know what you mean! It gets so hard to know what's fake & what's real ingredients in which food & what those ingredients will do to you. It's a virtual maze. Yes, the salmon. I keep wanting to eat some but I just can't bring myself to do it. After all I've read, the pesticides they are fed, the coloring, this, that & the other. I grew...
  10. squirmingitch
    And gluten-free pasta?
  11. squirmingitch
    Posterboy, I truly appreciate your trying to help and this info. may be helpful to someone who reads this but as for me; I don't like Gatorade in the first place. It's not as if I want to drink it. I only tried it to help me keep electrolytes during that time I was on the Fasano diet. I figured it wouldn't hurt to have those. I drink water, water, water,...
  12. squirmingitch
    Thanks Posterboy but it was not the BVO Gatorade that bothered me b/c this was in 2017 which would have been well after the 2014 replacement date. I do appreciate you posting your research though.
  13. squirmingitch
    Oh no! I am so sorry! That was a 14 there & I mistook it for an H. It's blurry & pretty small. Oh my gosh I'm so sorry. Also, somewhere along the line I lost sight of the fact that she'd already had an endoscopy. Listen to cycling lady -- she has her head screwed on right lately whereas I sure screwed UP today.
  14. squirmingitch
    OK, these are the celiac tests - there are 2 more test in the full panel & those 2 are DgP tests but it really is a moot point here b/c she is showing positive on the TtG IgA & the Ttg IgG. According to the Mayo Algorithm the next step is to proceed to an endoscopic biopsy. See: https://www.mayomedicallaboratories.com/it-mmfiles/Celiac_Disease...
  15. squirmingitch
    Well Ennis, if he did a colonoscopy on you then you did need to go through that prep (ain't fun is it?). Maybe he did a colonoscopy?
  16. squirmingitch
    This part is incorrect info. This is info. that only pertains to a colonoscopy. This is not applicable to an endoscopy. For an endoscopy, you only need to fast from midnight the night before. You do NOT have to take laxatives or miralax & clean out your bowels.
  17. squirmingitch
    An endoscopy requires fasting after midnight & the next day you get the procedure. Easy procedure as gluten-free-Cheetah Cub explains above. This is NOT a colonoscopy which would require the laxatives & so forth. A colonoscopy is used for an entirely different reason & is not used for diagnosing celiac disease.
  18. squirmingitch
    Ask anything anytime hon. That's what we're here for. That's what people on this site did for me when I found it & came on asking 1,001 questions. Unfortunately, by the time most people figure out they might have dh, they have taken the steroids prescribed by the doc or dermatologist. Sigh. Hey, I did. I didn't know. Yeh, some people find...
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    Oh you're welcome! The pictures aren't really that helpful except the elbow ones. The others I think are taken too close? I can't make much out of them. But the thing is, there are lots of skin conditions that can look like that. What matters more is the way it presents, the way it acts. I always put more weight in what people describe about the rash...
  20. squirmingitch
    OOPS! That should have said thyca.org for low iodine diet. Darn spell check changed it on me!!!! Grrrrrrrrrrr Back after I read your post.
  21. squirmingitch
    You want to be off oral steroids 2 months before getting a blood test, dh biopsy or endoscopic biopsy. Off topical steroids about 2 weeks before getting dh biopsy. 60% of those with dh test negative on the celiac serum panel b/c the antibodies are concentrated mostly under our skin although we do experience the villi damage like other celiacs. A dx of dh...
  22. squirmingitch
    Oh my gosh! You are so right; you would have driven yourself crazy trying to figure out how you had gotten glutened. I'm glad you saw it happen & were able to retrieve it before the doggies could get it. Now that the danger is over; it is a funny story.
  23. squirmingitch
    Welcome to the club you never wanted to be a member of. First & foremost, there are NO dumb questions especially when you are brand new to all of this. The learning curve for the gluten free diet is quite steep and you will make mistakes. When it happens, don't dwell on it & flail yourself; just learn the lesson & move forward. The...
  24. squirmingitch
    If the rheumatologist ordered a celiac panel then he ordered a celiac panel b/c as Ennis stated, there is no such thing as a non celiac gluten intolerance test. So the rheumy was saying you have celiac disease. Yes, you really should get an endoscopic biopsy so you will need to see a gastroenterologist. YOU NEED TO CONTINUE EATING GLUTEN EVERY SINGLE DAY...
  25. squirmingitch
    Yes, large lesions are possible. Yes, they leave scars -- colors range from purplish to tan to white - they will all fade away eventually. Eating out is like playing Russian roulette. Follow the suggestions given by apprehensiveengineer in this thread.
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