Sweet Caroline

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1. Dropping out of 4th semester nursing

   Sweet Caroline replied to meghanlane's topic in General Nursing

   Vida, I got your pm. I had a reply all typed out and then I discovered that I am not allowed to send a pm until I have posted 15 messages. I don't normally write alot, I just like to read and soak up all the good information but at this rate I'll be ...

2. Dropping out of 4th semester nursing

   Sweet Caroline replied to meghanlane's topic in General Nursing

   Morte, You are lucky that your thyroid went back to normal, maybe because your body was functioning better? You were pretty close though. There are new TSH values but alot of the labs have not changed the ranges, they are now supposed to be 0.4 - 3.1...

3. Dropping out of 4th semester nursing

   Sweet Caroline replied to meghanlane's topic in General Nursing

   I'm sorry to hear that you dropped but at least you know you can return. You need to do what you believe is right for you. Please go to your doctor and insist that they test you for celiac and if they tell you "you can't have it because blah, blah, ...

4. Dropping out of 4th semester nursing

   Sweet Caroline replied to meghanlane's topic in General Nursing

   Vida, Yeah, I have some of that too. Hashimoto's/hypothyroid, creaky bones and joints, raynaud's syndrome and I still go through periods of extreme fatigue. I am always afraid that something else is going to hit me, they say once you have one autoimm...

5. Dropping out of 4th semester nursing

   Sweet Caroline replied to meghanlane's topic in General Nursing

   I have a book by Dr. Peter Greene, the Director of the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University, it is full of good and accurate information. According to him gluten must be eaten from one to three months before damage will show. He also quotes ...

6. Dropping out of 4th semester nursing

   Sweet Caroline replied to meghanlane's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, no wheat, barley or rye and no "grocery store" oats. Only 10% of celiacs react to oats but most of them are transported with other grains and get contaminated, there are brands to buy that have been grown seperately. A gluten free diet doesn't h...

7. Dropping out of 4th semester nursing

   Sweet Caroline replied to meghanlane's topic in General Nursing

   Vida, If you changed your diet before getting tested, you will test negative. You have to have the antibodies to gluten in your blood to test positive so if your are not eating it you are technically in remission and will not be able to get accurate ...

8. Dropping out of 4th semester nursing

   Sweet Caroline replied to meghanlane's topic in General Nursing

   Have you ever heard of celiac disease? Most doctors dismiss it because they are not up to date and don't know that there are hundreds of possible symptoms...including IBS. They also believe that you need to be extremely thin but studies have shown th...