OT: colonoscopy

On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 16:24:54 GMT, "Karen R." <krez56@gmail.com> wrote:

>> Earthlink has been having problems with these newsgroups for a long
>> time...and they won't own up to it

Have you thought of switching to a service where you pay extra? I
used Earthlink for 3 years and finally figured out I was getting any
binaries. I pay $2.95 a month for about 7 gig. I can't believe the
difference. You really miss alot of posts.

I have been using offline readers since the internet was an infant. I
started with BBS - Bulleting Board Systems.


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"Karen R." <krez56@gmail.com> wrote in message >
> My mother was one of the first to use that a few years ago. That was
> the final proof that she had celiac. This was dine with her doctor, and
> I don't think it was part of a trial, so it seems to be available....Karen
> R.

Karen, Didn't they have to do a biopsy on your mom? The reason I am asking
is because recently had my 50 year checkup of both colonoscopy and endoscope
and the doctor saw what he thought was a classic case of Celiac Disease but
after sending in biopsy's and doing blood tests, he found that it was not
Celiac Disease. Kathy J

Kathy J wrote the following on 12/28/2006 7:35 PM:
> "Karen R." <krez56@gmail.com> wrote in message >
>> My mother was one of the first to use that a few years ago. That was
>> the final proof that she had celiac. This was dine with her doctor, and
>> I don't think it was part of a trial, so it seems to be available....Karen
>> R.
>
> Karen, Didn't they have to do a biopsy on your mom? The reason I am asking
> is because recently had my 50 year checkup of both colonoscopy and endoscope
> and the doctor saw what he thought was a classic case of Celiac Disease but
> after sending in biopsy's and doing blood tests, he found that it was not
> Celiac Disease. Kathy J

They did every test. The numbers were so high that the doctor refused to
believe it -- he felt that numbers that high must indicate something
else. It was the camera test that cinched it. The gluten-free diet has
helped, but so much damage was done (and I doubt that her age -- 80 --
helps) that she is not yet completely healed. Also, with the dozens of
medications she is on (a whole other issue) she could still be getting
glutened.

Karen R.

"Karen R." <krez56@gmail.com> wrote in message
> They did every test...It was the camera test that cinched it. The
> gluten-free diet has helped, but so much damage was done (and I doubt that
> her age -- 80 --
> helps) that she is not yet completely healed. Also, with the dozens of
> medications she is on (a whole other issue) she could still be getting
> glutened.
>
> Karen R.

Hope your mom continues to heal, sometimes it does take awhile. Here is a
site listing gluten free medication
http://www.alamoceliac.org/acrxdruginfo.html I did a lot of research I was
first told that I probably had Celiac and this is a really good website:
http://www.celiac.com On one hand I am relieved that I don't have the
disease but my dilemma now is trying to figure out what the heck is causing
my intestinal disorder. Kathy J

Kathy J wrote the following on 12/28/2006 11:49 PM:

> Hope your mom continues to heal, sometimes it does take awhile. Here is a
> site listing gluten free medication
> http://www.alamoceliac.org/acrxdruginfo.html I did a lot of research I was
> first told that I probably had Celiac and this is a really good website:
> http://www.celiac.com On one hand I am relieved that I don't have the
> disease but my dilemma now is trying to figure out what the heck is causing
> my intestinal disorder. Kathy J

Thank you. Mom has all of that, and is subscribed to the Celiac list at
ICORS. There are lots of people on the list who have tested negative for
Celiac, yet do much, much better on the gluten-free diet. Not that I
would wish that diet on anyone who does not absolutely *have* to follow
it. Not that it tastes bad, but because it is almost impossible to remain
uncontaminated (at least in the US) unless you prepare all of your own
food from scratch and can be assured that your raw ingredients have not
been cross-contaminated.

I don't have any digestive issues, but one reason I started milling my
own flour (besides the incredible taste difference -- whole wheat challah
is in the oven now) is in the hopes of preventing Celiac. If frequent
exposure to rancid wheat can build up an intolerance to any wheat (and
most wheat that is commercially available was milled long before the
consumer sees it), then it makes sense to limit my exposure to old flour.
Anyway, I guess I'll know in about 25 years...

I hope your digestive issues are solved soon.

Karen R.

"Karen R." <krez56@gmail.com> wrote in
news:79flh.4301$pQ3.45@newsread4.news.pas.earthlin k.net:

> I don't have any digestive issues, but one reason I started milling my
> own flour (besides the incredible taste difference -- whole wheat
> challah is in the oven now) is in the hopes of preventing Celiac.

How do you do it? In a coffee-type grinder?

That's how I mill my flax seed, but there are some things that if you try
to mill them you end up with butter.

Chak



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Chakolate wrote the following on 12/29/2006 6:29 PM:
> "Karen R." <krez56@gmail.com> wrote

>> I don't have any digestive issues, but one reason I started milling my
>> own flour (besides the incredible taste difference -- whole wheat
>> challah is in the oven now) is in the hopes of preventing Celiac.
>
> How do you do it? In a coffee-type grinder?

No, I have a Nutrimill. That can do several pounds at once (I think up to
ten, but I haven't done more than two pounds at a time -- only what I
will use in the next few hours). But oily grains like flax can't be
milled in it. I do flax seed in the blender and softer grains such as
oats in the food processor.

> That's how I mill my flax seed, but there are some things that if you try
> to mill them you end up with butter.

Recipe for peanut better in the food processor:

Dump peanuts into food processor. Run until cohesive. Refrigerate before
the oils separate. :-)

Karen

Karen R. <krez56@gmail.com> wrote:
> Kathy J wrote the following on 12/28/2006 11:49 PM:

>> Hope your mom continues to heal, sometimes it does take awhile. Here is a
>> site listing gluten free medication
>> http://www.alamoceliac.org/acrxdruginfo.html I did a lot of research I was
>> first told that I probably had Celiac and this is a really good website:
>> http://www.celiac.com On one hand I am relieved that I don't have the
>> disease but my dilemma now is trying to figure out what the heck is causing
>> my intestinal disorder. Kathy J

> Thank you. Mom has all of that, and is subscribed to the Celiac list at
> ICORS. There are lots of people on the list who have tested negative for
> Celiac, yet do much, much better on the gluten-free diet.

I was one of those. I felt so much better avoiding wheat that I was
convinced for years I was wheat-intolerant. It was years later that I
discovered what my real problem was. I was diabetic, or maybe
pre-diabetic, somewhere on the slippery slope where I had first
developed insulin resistance, then exhausted my pancreas trying to
produce more and more insulin, and then my insulin-producing cells
started dying off under the strain.

At that point any meal or snack which quickly boosted my blood glucose
levels was poisoning me with a combination of high blood glucose &
high insulin. Bread & pasta were major culprits in my diet at the
time. I felt so much better when I stopped eating bread and pasta
because I had cut out about half of what was poisoning me. The other
half was potatoes and rice.

It wouldn't surprise me at all if some of those who feel much better
avoiding wheat, or on a paleolithic hunter-gatherer type of diet, are
in fact undiagnosed diabetics or pre-diabetics.

--
Chris Malcolm cam@infirmatics.ed.ac.uk DoD #205
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