Re: New Member (for Donna)

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Hi Donna,

Welcome! Please post your recipes to the message board and I will

be happy to take care of getting them into the FILES section (under

RECIPES) for future reference. Only moderators can post to the

FILES section.

Thanks! Looking forward to your recipes!

Melonie

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> Hi,

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> I'm new to this group. I have several autoimmune diseases and

after reading so much about Celiac Disease decided to put myself on

a GF diet. Within a couple of days I started feeling soooo good!!

I told the doctor I go to for Osteoporosis and she did blood work

that came back positive. I was supposed to have the biopsy this

week and wouldn't you know I caught an infection from my son, who

caught it from his 8 year old daughter and I had to cancel! It's

now rescheduled for January 25th. What is so annoying is that I had

to do this on my own. You would think that at least one of the

doctors I've been going to would have at least given it a thought.

The bad part is I had to go back on gluten and haven't had a well

day since. Now I have to continue for another three weeks. I can't

wait to go back to gluten free. I used to wonder why my stomach hurt

so after eating only toast for breakfast. Or how come I ate dinner,

went to bed and woke up to run and vomit. I wasn't sick, I would

just throw up and then I'd be fine. I look at food and think how

bad it makes me feel to eat anything with gluten. It hasn't been

difficult for me to change my way of eating because I'm allergic to

Soy, so I have been already reading labels for 25-30 years. I'm

used to making everything from scratch and it's kind of fun because

I like a challenge!

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> My acid reflux is back, waking up every two hours is back, sores

in my mouth, headache every time I eat, and the D within minutes

after I eat anything. Boy do I feel good!!!

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> I like to experiment with recipes although I did recently buy four

GF Cookbooks, and use them as a guideline. I have a really good

Quinoa Bread Recipe that I changed a few ingredients in, and a

Buckwheat Pancake Recipe I took from a camping book and changed it

to GF, that's really good. My question is, " Do I post them on this

message board or go to the recipe file? " Now that I'm back eating

gluten, I can't stand the bread I used to buy! I always bought a

sour dough wheat bread, or Oatmeal and Nut bread by Orowheat. I

think my Quinoa Bread Recipe has much more flavor to it. Also,

Buckwheat is not a real wheat, I believe it's from the Asparagus

family. My mother always cooked from scratch, and I loved Buckwheat

Pancakes.

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> I bought one GF bread and also one mix to make bread with and

I " hated " both of them. I made bread crumbs with both of them using

them in meatloaf and to top off any casserole with bread crumbs and

butter. I never use any package " stuff, " so that might be one

reason I don't care for any of these mixes.

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> When my husband retired three years ago, we sold our house, bought

a 39' motorhome and live in it fulltime. We are presently in

Northern California where we once lived. Our three sons and

grandchildren live in this area, or within 2-3 hours from us

depending where we are staying. One reason we decided to do this is

because when I got sick, we didn't know what would be happening with

my health, so we thought we would have some fun while we could. I'm

very glad I found out I have Celiac Disease, because I feel going

gluten free might extend my life. Everyone who has found out they

have it when they are young could quite possibly be saving

themselves from an autoimmune disease that could be fatal. So, this

is a good thing to find out early, and not a cross to bear. It may

seem likes it's bad, but the alternative is worse!

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> Stay Well!!

> Donna S--Home is where we hook up!

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