Re: Can I still play in your back yard? Please?

January 6, 2006

Kathi I do too and my blood work is next Monday.

Mimi

Re: Can I

still play in your back yard? Please?

Oh...I forgot to mention I also have

Hashimoto's. Am due back for a check up in

March. Haven't had the blood tested since going

gf. T'will be interesting!

kathi

January 6, 2006

Kathi I do too and my blood work is next Monday.

Mimi

Re: Can I

still play in your back yard? Please?

Oh...I forgot to mention I also have

Hashimoto's. Am due back for a check up in

March. Haven't had the blood tested since going

gf. T'will be interesting!

kathi

January 6, 2006

Oh Laurie!! MY sleep is better now! It's amazing! I thought getting old was a crock! I just turned 45 and thought I was too old for this stuff!!! You know, the insomnia stuff, I hear it's a teenage hormone that won't let them go to sleep until 11pm.... My 14yr old (ok he'll be 15 NEXT friday-he keeps telling me) has been a nightowl for a couple of years now. I figure as long as he gets up in the morning, is coherent, and makes good grades, then I'm happy. Benedryl helps too. <snicker> He eats like a pig too. He's the one in the family that thinks gf is the antichrist. Pretty funny when I make something he can't get enough of!! That and he's progressively eating all the gf food in the house! At least I don't have to throw it away!! Good luck with your transition!

Let me know if you need ideas or help. OK I've only been doing this since 10/1, but I love to cook and am considering it a challenge!! kathiLaurie Bilyeu wrote: Oh, Kathy I have all the same symptoms and same diagnosis (doctor did diagnose CFIDS)! But my blood test was hugely positive-enough anitgliadin antibodies for the whole town. I am 3 days gf now and I do think I felt less like a slug today. Can’t wait for tomorrow! My 13 yr old is doing gf also—he’ll do anything to avoid the blood test. I’m hoping his insomnia recedes. Laurie lbilyeu@... From: SillyYaks [mailto:SillyYaks ] On Behalf Of Kathi SandlerSent: Friday, January 06, 2006 6:53 PMTo: SillyYaks Subject: Re: Can I still play in your back yard? Please? ahhhh Pizza?? What time is dinner?? I am UN officially diagnosed too! I thought I had chronic fatigue, was always tired, brutal mood swings, gained 20 pounds in a year, constipation, mouth sores, snotty nose, heel pain, always starving, migraines all the time....Three days off gluten and it was like night and day! I can actually be awake to SEE night and day!! : ) I was told "you're getting older now...you just can't eat like you used to..." Thought I would throttle the gyn who said that. Middle age spread my a**. Ok my spread is still there, but I can run circles around with the kids now and can laugh too. AND I'm putting Excederin out of business cuz I'm not living on them anymore. So there. <raspberry> It's ALL disappeared!! My only quandry is to what extent I'm hurting myself. What I mean is.... just one little grain of gluten can cause damage, serious repricussions for a

celiac. If you're Intolerant, then maybe you don't have to be so fastidius? So which am I? I just feel like an imposter. But I DON"T think, if anyone would believe me anyway, that I could go back to eating the way I did. There is just that much difference. <sigh> Did I say that my 10 yr old is "doing" this with me?? He even says he feels better and his head doesn't hurt as much. He has had terrible constipation since he was a baby! Not since going gf! And he says his headaches are less too! And when he DOES have one they're not as bad. So in closing.....THANK you for letting me "play in your backyard!!" I have learned a wealth of information as well as have had fun emails with some members! You all are the greatest AND the friendliest! Thanks for all. kathi in houston Donna Gillis wrote: I am officially undiagnosed as well. I had all of the symptoms except anemia (maybe because I always took a folic acid supplement?), as well as Sjogren's symptoms, but the blood tests came back negative. When I went gluten free they all went away. Now, eight months after going completely gluten-free, it is like I was never sick.When my blood tests came back negative, my doctor said she could refer me to a specialist but it would take several months. I really wanted a diagnosis since I have three children and four siblings, but I could not

face staying sick that long.Donna, with delicious pizza cooking in the ovenesther_p210 wrote:> Are "non-celiac gluten-intolerants" allowed to play in this> back yard?>

January 6, 2006

Oh Laurie!! MY sleep is better now! It's amazing! I thought getting old was a crock! I just turned 45 and thought I was too old for this stuff!!! You know, the insomnia stuff, I hear it's a teenage hormone that won't let them go to sleep until 11pm.... My 14yr old (ok he'll be 15 NEXT friday-he keeps telling me) has been a nightowl for a couple of years now. I figure as long as he gets up in the morning, is coherent, and makes good grades, then I'm happy. Benedryl helps too. <snicker> He eats like a pig too. He's the one in the family that thinks gf is the antichrist. Pretty funny when I make something he can't get enough of!! That and he's progressively eating all the gf food in the house! At least I don't have to throw it away!! Good luck with your transition!

Let me know if you need ideas or help. OK I've only been doing this since 10/1, but I love to cook and am considering it a challenge!! kathiLaurie Bilyeu wrote: Oh, Kathy I have all the same symptoms and same diagnosis (doctor did diagnose CFIDS)! But my blood test was hugely positive-enough anitgliadin antibodies for the whole town. I am 3 days gf now and I do think I felt less like a slug today. Can’t wait for tomorrow! My 13 yr old is doing gf also—he’ll do anything to avoid the blood test. I’m hoping his insomnia recedes. Laurie lbilyeu@... From: SillyYaks [mailto:SillyYaks ] On Behalf Of Kathi SandlerSent: Friday, January 06, 2006 6:53 PMTo: SillyYaks Subject: Re: Can I still play in your back yard? Please? ahhhh Pizza?? What time is dinner?? I am UN officially diagnosed too! I thought I had chronic fatigue, was always tired, brutal mood swings, gained 20 pounds in a year, constipation, mouth sores, snotty nose, heel pain, always starving, migraines all the time....Three days off gluten and it was like night and day! I can actually be awake to SEE night and day!! : ) I was told "you're getting older now...you just can't eat like you used to..." Thought I would throttle the gyn who said that. Middle age spread my a**. Ok my spread is still there, but I can run circles around with the kids now and can laugh too. AND I'm putting Excederin out of business cuz I'm not living on them anymore. So there. <raspberry> It's ALL disappeared!! My only quandry is to what extent I'm hurting myself. What I mean is.... just one little grain of gluten can cause damage, serious repricussions for a

celiac. If you're Intolerant, then maybe you don't have to be so fastidius? So which am I? I just feel like an imposter. But I DON"T think, if anyone would believe me anyway, that I could go back to eating the way I did. There is just that much difference. <sigh> Did I say that my 10 yr old is "doing" this with me?? He even says he feels better and his head doesn't hurt as much. He has had terrible constipation since he was a baby! Not since going gf! And he says his headaches are less too! And when he DOES have one they're not as bad. So in closing.....THANK you for letting me "play in your backyard!!" I have learned a wealth of information as well as have had fun emails with some members! You all are the greatest AND the friendliest! Thanks for all. kathi in houston Donna Gillis wrote: I am officially undiagnosed as well. I had all of the symptoms except anemia (maybe because I always took a folic acid supplement?), as well as Sjogren's symptoms, but the blood tests came back negative. When I went gluten free they all went away. Now, eight months after going completely gluten-free, it is like I was never sick.When my blood tests came back negative, my doctor said she could refer me to a specialist but it would take several months. I really wanted a diagnosis since I have three children and four siblings, but I could not

face staying sick that long.Donna, with delicious pizza cooking in the ovenesther_p210 wrote:> Are "non-celiac gluten-intolerants" allowed to play in this> back yard?>

January 6, 2006

An 11:00 bedtime would be fabulous. He

lies awake until 5 or 6 a.m. some nights, though. We homeschool, so there’s

not an early bus. It does help if I don’t let him sleep in too late.

Benedryl doesn’t help, nor melatonin or valerian. Ambien kept him awake. He’s

missing a lot of life. Got to change this and I’ve tried most of the usual

suggestions. Today I told him no dairy either for a couple of days.

Laurie

lbilyeu@...

From: SillyYaks [mailto:SillyYaks ] On Behalf Of Kathi Sandler

Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006

10:04 PM

To: SillyYaks

Subject: RE: Can I

still play in your back yard? Please?

Oh Laurie!! MY sleep is better now! It's amazing! I

thought getting old was

a crock! I just turned 45 and thought I was too old for this

stuff!!! You know, the

insomnia stuff, I hear it's a teenage hormone that won't let them go to

sleep until

11pm.... My 14yr old (ok he'll be 15 NEXT friday-he keeps

telling me) has been a nightowl for a couple of years now. I figure as

long as he gets up in the morning, is

coherent, and makes good grades, then I'm happy. Benedryl helps

too. <snicker> He eats like a pig too. He's the one in the

family that thinks gf is the antichrist. Pretty

funny when I make something he can't get enough of!! That and

he's progressively

eating all the gf food in the house! At least I don't have to

throw it away!!

Good luck with your transition! Let me know if you need ideas or

help. OK I've only been doing this since 10/1, but I love to cook and am

considering it a challenge!!

kathi

January 6, 2006

An 11:00 bedtime would be fabulous. He

lies awake until 5 or 6 a.m. some nights, though. We homeschool, so there’s

not an early bus. It does help if I don’t let him sleep in too late.

Benedryl doesn’t help, nor melatonin or valerian. Ambien kept him awake. He’s

missing a lot of life. Got to change this and I’ve tried most of the usual

suggestions. Today I told him no dairy either for a couple of days.

Laurie

lbilyeu@...

From: SillyYaks [mailto:SillyYaks ] On Behalf Of Kathi Sandler

Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006

10:04 PM

To: SillyYaks

Subject: RE: Can I

still play in your back yard? Please?

Oh Laurie!! MY sleep is better now! It's amazing! I

thought getting old was

a crock! I just turned 45 and thought I was too old for this

stuff!!! You know, the

insomnia stuff, I hear it's a teenage hormone that won't let them go to

sleep until

11pm.... My 14yr old (ok he'll be 15 NEXT friday-he keeps

telling me) has been a nightowl for a couple of years now. I figure as

long as he gets up in the morning, is

coherent, and makes good grades, then I'm happy. Benedryl helps

too. <snicker> He eats like a pig too. He's the one in the

family that thinks gf is the antichrist. Pretty

funny when I make something he can't get enough of!! That and

he's progressively

eating all the gf food in the house! At least I don't have to

throw it away!!

Good luck with your transition! Let me know if you need ideas or

help. OK I've only been doing this since 10/1, but I love to cook and am

considering it a challenge!!

kathi

January 6, 2006

It's probably easy to oversleep being homeschooled!! And cudos to you for having the gumption to do it! Most people I know give up around this time!! Yeah I felt like he was missing life until I realized that he was goofing around on the cell phone and computer with all his friends who were also up all night. 5-6am on a daily basis though would be tough on anyone. Does he sleep a normal amount of hours when he does get to sleep?? Maybe it's like when they were babies and they had their days mixed up with nights! Good luck on no dairy! I'm keeping my fingers crossed we don't have to go that route! I don't know what I'd do without cheese!! : ) kathiLaurie Bilyeu wrote: An 11:00 bedtime would be fabulous. He lies awake until 5 or 6 a.m. some nights, though. We homeschool, so there’s not an early bus. It does help if I don’t let him sleep in too late. Benedryl doesn’t help, nor melatonin or valerian. Ambien kept him awake. He’s missing a lot of life. Got to change this and I’ve tried most of the usual suggestions. Today I told him no dairy either for a couple of days. Laurie lbilyeu@... From: SillyYaks [mailto:SillyYaks ] On Behalf Of Kathi SandlerSent: Friday, January 06, 2006 10:04 PMTo: SillyYaks Subject: RE: Can I still play in your back yard? Please? Oh Laurie!! MY sleep is better now! It's amazing! I thought getting old was a crock! I just turned 45 and thought I was too old for this stuff!!! You know, the insomnia stuff, I hear it's a teenage hormone that won't let them go to sleep until 11pm.... My 14yr old (ok he'll be 15 NEXT friday-he keeps telling me) has been a nightowl for a couple of years now. I figure as long as he gets up in the morning, is coherent, and makes good grades, then I'm happy. Benedryl helps too. <snicker> He eats like a pig too. He's the one in the family that thinks gf is the

antichrist. Pretty funny when I make something he can't get enough of!! That and he's progressively eating all the gf food in the house! At least I don't have to throw it away!! Good luck with your transition! Let me know if you need ideas or help. OK I've only been doing this since 10/1, but I love to cook and am considering it a challenge!! kathi

January 6, 2006

It's probably easy to oversleep being homeschooled!! And cudos to you for having the gumption to do it! Most people I know give up around this time!! Yeah I felt like he was missing life until I realized that he was goofing around on the cell phone and computer with all his friends who were also up all night. 5-6am on a daily basis though would be tough on anyone. Does he sleep a normal amount of hours when he does get to sleep?? Maybe it's like when they were babies and they had their days mixed up with nights! Good luck on no dairy! I'm keeping my fingers crossed we don't have to go that route! I don't know what I'd do without cheese!! : ) kathiLaurie Bilyeu wrote: An 11:00 bedtime would be fabulous. He lies awake until 5 or 6 a.m. some nights, though. We homeschool, so there’s not an early bus. It does help if I don’t let him sleep in too late. Benedryl doesn’t help, nor melatonin or valerian. Ambien kept him awake. He’s missing a lot of life. Got to change this and I’ve tried most of the usual suggestions. Today I told him no dairy either for a couple of days. Laurie lbilyeu@... From: SillyYaks [mailto:SillyYaks ] On Behalf Of Kathi SandlerSent: Friday, January 06, 2006 10:04 PMTo: SillyYaks Subject: RE: Can I still play in your back yard? Please? Oh Laurie!! MY sleep is better now! It's amazing! I thought getting old was a crock! I just turned 45 and thought I was too old for this stuff!!! You know, the insomnia stuff, I hear it's a teenage hormone that won't let them go to sleep until 11pm.... My 14yr old (ok he'll be 15 NEXT friday-he keeps telling me) has been a nightowl for a couple of years now. I figure as long as he gets up in the morning, is coherent, and makes good grades, then I'm happy. Benedryl helps too. <snicker> He eats like a pig too. He's the one in the family that thinks gf is the

antichrist. Pretty funny when I make something he can't get enough of!! That and he's progressively eating all the gf food in the house! At least I don't have to throw it away!! Good luck with your transition! Let me know if you need ideas or help. OK I've only been doing this since 10/1, but I love to cook and am considering it a challenge!! kathi

January 6, 2006

It's probably easy to oversleep being homeschooled!! And cudos to you for having the gumption to do it! Most people I know give up around this time!! Yeah I felt like he was missing life until I realized that he was goofing around on the cell phone and computer with all his friends who were also up all night. 5-6am on a daily basis though would be tough on anyone. Does he sleep a normal amount of hours when he does get to sleep?? Maybe it's like when they were babies and they had their days mixed up with nights! Good luck on no dairy! I'm keeping my fingers crossed we don't have to go that route! I don't know what I'd do without cheese!! : ) kathiLaurie Bilyeu wrote: An 11:00 bedtime would be fabulous. He lies awake until 5 or 6 a.m. some nights, though. We homeschool, so there’s not an early bus. It does help if I don’t let him sleep in too late. Benedryl doesn’t help, nor melatonin or valerian. Ambien kept him awake. He’s missing a lot of life. Got to change this and I’ve tried most of the usual suggestions. Today I told him no dairy either for a couple of days. Laurie lbilyeu@... From: SillyYaks [mailto:SillyYaks ] On Behalf Of Kathi SandlerSent: Friday, January 06, 2006 10:04 PMTo: SillyYaks Subject: RE: Can I still play in your back yard? Please? Oh Laurie!! MY sleep is better now! It's amazing! I thought getting old was a crock! I just turned 45 and thought I was too old for this stuff!!! You know, the insomnia stuff, I hear it's a teenage hormone that won't let them go to sleep until 11pm.... My 14yr old (ok he'll be 15 NEXT friday-he keeps telling me) has been a nightowl for a couple of years now. I figure as long as he gets up in the morning, is coherent, and makes good grades, then I'm happy. Benedryl helps too. <snicker> He eats like a pig too. He's the one in the family that thinks gf is the

antichrist. Pretty funny when I make something he can't get enough of!! That and he's progressively eating all the gf food in the house! At least I don't have to throw it away!! Good luck with your transition! Let me know if you need ideas or help. OK I've only been doing this since 10/1, but I love to cook and am considering it a challenge!! kathi

January 6, 2006

Have you talked to a doctor about his sleep? My dd2 had to be 'trained' into a sleep pattern to break the insomnia this was when she was in 4th or 5th grade, from the time she was much younger she was the first one up and last one to fall asleep just about every day. After we tried all other options her doctor put her on Trazazone(sp) and clonadine to get her sleeping through the night and then weened her off the medication so she was sleeping on her own. She occasionally has a spell where she can't fall asleep on her own and she takes half a clonadine but not that often. Also it was recommended to not have any music playing about an hour or so before they plan on going to bed and same for watching tv as that can emotions that might make them more alert or awake. My dd didn't react to benedryl like I do (it knocks me out) and same with some of the other over the counter meds.

Good Luck!! Hope your son finds a sleep solution, a shame to miss out on so much!!