Hen23's Journal~Goodbye

[Henrietta23]

Forgot to say....your son is 4 decades younger than me, so his digestive system should heal right quick!

That's promising! He's 4 decades younger than me too. I've got a long haul ahead for myself.....
I go back in two weeks and he goes back in a month. My appt. will be to review bloodtest results and develop a plan. His will be to see how he did with the food eliminations.

 

[Farmfresh]

She hasn't made all that many changes for him, just eliminating those two foods. I left out a lot of our conversation don't forget. She is really quite confident that he is suffering for eating those two foods.

There is A LOT more elimination going on than just two foods. Take it from me. I have been gluten free for a couple of years now. To be gluten free means eliminating wheat, barley, rye, and most oats from the diet completely. Not to mention those hidden forms of gluten... soy sauce, modified food starch ... and the list goes on and on but those are biggies.

Being gluten free means no more commercial sour cream (unless it is Daisy brand), no more fried foods (almost all have breading of some kind), no Miracle Whip or most salad dressings, no meat with fillers (read hot dogs sausage etc), no gravy unless it is homemade and no french fries (they use modified food to keep the frozen fries apart.) They put modified food starch in EVERYTHING, from ice cream to candy bars to flavorings added to other items. Even canned chili beans contain gluten in the form of additives or thickeners.

He may HATE the needle, but it is FAR better to get a poke than eliminate everything you need to to be sure it is gluten. If he gets the poke and finds out he CAN tolerate gluten he may still have a problem with a certain grain. Maybe even wheat, but it is way easier than being gluten free.

IF you do the elimination diet for two or three weeks (this is how I was diagnosed) and you ARE gluten sensitive, the next time you eat gluten you WILL have a reaction. Personally I throw up and then have diarrhea for about 48 hours. My D2 actually goes into anaphylactic shock. She has to carry an epi pen. Gluten is actually a life threatening event for her.

 

[Henrietta23]

Well, it may help that we don't eat a lot of prepackaged things to begin with. We'll see how it goes.

 

[Farmfresh]

That will definitely help. I really make most things from scratch as well, but you REALLY have to read those ingredients.

 

[Henrietta23]

That will definitely help. I really make most things from scratch as well, but you REALLY have to read those ingredients.

Absolutely!

 

[Henrietta23]

Back from the lab. I had my bloodwork done. Back to the naturopath in two weeks for results.
We had a harrowing trip to WF last night. We hadn't been watching TV all day and had no idea the snow wasn't done. We didn't much at all out here in the east. Well it started up again when we were in Glastonbury and it took us 2 hours to get home when it should have been about 40 minutes. But we're fine. Passed a couple of minor accidents but everyone was being smart. Well, as smart as you can be when you're on the road in a snow storm! Got home and found we'd had almost no snow here again. Weird.
I did my weekly grocery shopping there plus got some things for DS. Didn't go overboard on GF stuff. I did get waffles because he's had them before and likes them. They had grass fed ground beef!! I got some uncured bacon too. I love their bacon! Some fresh veggies and fruit. Good trip. There's a gluten and dairy free bakery on the same road so we stopped in. All their stuff is gluten, dairy, soy and nut free, except for one pizza they make with sheeps' milk cheese. DS got a cupcake and the woman packaged it all up for him. He felt so special and the cupcake was actually delicious. He's thrilled and will be saving his egg money to buy a treat there the next time we go to WF.
He's already eaten twice as much fresh fruit as he does in a normal day. If nothing else, that's good!
Anyone have suggestions for what I can give him instead of butter? I haven't used margarine in so long I don't even know if there's anything acceptable out there!

 

[Wifezilla]

You are avoiding butter because of a dairy allergy, right? Coconut oil? Some people who can't tolerate butter can use ghee (clarified butter) since it removes the milk solids.

 

[miss_thenorth]

In what way are you using the butter? As a bread spread? for baking? Coconut oil, which is actually hard like butter, flavoured olive oil, lard, and bacon fat could all be used.

 

[Henrietta23]

You are avoiding butter because of a dairy allergy, right? Coconut oil? Some people who can't tolerate butter can use ghee (clarified butter) since it removes the milk solids.

Right, because of the dairy free trial. Thanks! She did mention coconut oil now that I think about it. I'll have to go back through the paperwork .......again....

 

[Henrietta23]

Sorry, somehow your second email didn't show up until after my last one. I'm looking for a spread, for the occasional GF waffle or pancake. Sounds like coconut oil is a good choice.