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As if diabetes weren't enough.

 

Lately, it seems like everything I eat sends my stomach into some weird, horrible feeling torrent of yuck. It turns and gurgles and hurts. It's particularly bad when I eat something higher in carbs.

 

And I won't share the other gastrointestinal issues that accompany the sick stomach. It's just plain gross.

 

So, after about a month and half of this, I called the endocrinologist. I know what the symptoms indicate. And I knew what he'd ask. And I knew what he'd probably say.

 

What kind of stomach issues?

 

Are you doing your business (read: more grossness not for print)?

 

Any history of Celiac in the family?

 

And there isn't any history of it. Not one, not even a far-distant relative.

 

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I'm waiting for the call from Susanne to tell me how awful it was.

 

Charlie is getting blood drawn as we speak. It's been a while since he's had to do this and I think he's forgotten how painful it could be.

 

Susanne reminded him yesterday that she was taking him for blood work.

 

"Is that the one with the needle in my arm?" he asked.

 

"Yes," she answered.

 

"That's not so bad," he said bravely.

 

I was pretty shocked by his response. Typically he would cover his arm with his hand, throw himself down on the floor and stage a minor tantrum while spinning in a fetal breakdance position.

 

He's come a long way since December of 2006.

 

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One of the traditions leading into Passover is purging one's house of chometz, or leaven — those foods which have been, or could be, transformed by leavening (primarily packaged or wild yeasts). Except for those grain products which have been specifically watched over, in both a religious and a production sense, to make certain there has been — and can be — no leavening, preparing one's house for Pesach means purging it of all grain products. (In recent years this has become more symbolic than actual, but that's a long digression.) Except for the shmurah ("watched over") matzoh and matzoh products, it's not unlike what many households do when there's a new diagnosis of celiac, or an anaphylactic peanut allergy.

 

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I had to pick Olivia up from school again today because her stomach was nauseous again. She's been on a course of Zantac for a couple of weeks now and it seemed to work for a while. This is the first time she's felt this bad. She told me last night that her stomach was a little sore, but not queasy.

So, I'm off to the store to get more Zantac (and pump batteries, which seem to have disappeared - I'm blaming my husband and all of his electronic gadgets) and I'm logging (I know!!!) all of her food. I haven't logged actual food in a while - just carbs. Thank goodness I have a good spreadsheet for all this. I'm just going to leave it open on the computer all day. Hopefully that will prompt me to get the stuff in there on a daily basis rather than slacking and then playing catch up. She's never going to remember what she ate yesterday and I certainly don't expect her to.
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It seems that everyone has some sort of allergy or food intolerance nowadays. Many of us with diabetes try to avoid sugars (or carbohydrates in general). Those of us with hypertension must restrict sodium intake; those with high cholesterol, saturated fats. The incidence of anaphylactic peanut allergy seems to be increasing so rapidly that restaurants are putting peanut warnings on the doors to their premises. And then there's the most prevalent food allergy of all, wheat.

 

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Back by no particular demand, I bring you diabetes headlines.

 

 

Eat slowly, stay away from diabetes - Times of India

 

Don't look directly into its eyes, no sudden moves and for heaven's sake, keep your distance

 

 

Ontario Optometrists Help People with Diabetes See into the Future

 

"See" into the future. Get it???

 

 

DIABETES IS WEIGHING HEAVY; Obesity epidemic feeding a national crisis - Daily Examiner

 

"Weighing heavy." Get it???

 

 

Landmark Group opens registrations for 'Beat Diabetes' - KWT

 

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Sounds like a bad sitcom destined for cancellation, but seriously … what is up with Charlie?

 

He has had chronic stomach pains for weeks and we don't know what's causing it. We thought maybe he had a bug after he woke us up at 5 am last Saturday to tell us that he was about to vomit. Which he did. Once.

 

If it is a virus, it's the longest one ever. His blood work came back negative for Celiac disease, but Susanne's gluten-free gut tells her otherwise. The peds want to take him off dairy for a week or two to see if the issue lies there.

 

He has just been very un-Charlie like and I'm getting concerned. Where is the Charlie that harasses us until submission? That begs us to stay up late and devours everything on his plate? He's not eating because he feels sick when he does.

 

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On one of my recent posts about Olivia and her stomach issues, Cathyiowa asked if I got an answer from the doctor about Olivia's stomach pain. O's pain is in her rib area as well as in her stomach. I don't have a specific answer just yet, but we did talk to the endo about it yesterday, at length.

I told the endocrinologist that Olivia's pediatrician had ordered another celiac test in addition to a full blood workup. Once those results are in (March 3rd, if you're keeping score at home), I should have more information. The endo didn't seem overly worried, but she did want to know the results. She mentioned h. pylori as a possible culprit, but after telling us the symptoms (which are really quite disgusting), she didn't think that was the problem.
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There's no such thing as a single "diabetes diet". -- Diabetes proverb.

 

One of the challenges in preparing food -- or treats -- for a group of people is accommodating everyone's likes, dislikes, and dietary restrictions. Sometimes this is straightforward -- a packaged salad with OU (U in a circle) markings will be acceptable to most observant Jews; similarly, a vegan-certified product will work for most types of vegetarians. Preparing the same food from scratch poses other issues. If all my ingredients are kosher pareve (non-dairy, non-meat) but I cook those ingredients in a pot that once held pork roast, that food is no longer acceptable as kosher -- it has been "contaminated" by whatever molecules of pork that might have remained in that pot (even after a thorough washing).

 

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From deep in the throes of pre-Passover cleaning and shopping, old questions are renewed and new ones added to the litany.

 

As part of the seder (ritual Passover dinner), a child makes four observations, called Ma Nishtanah, starting with the question, "Why is this night different from any other night of the year?" He goes on to ask about the foods and rituals of the seder, leading the group into the maggid, or story, of the Israelites' Exodus from Egypt.

 

My questions may be more secular in nature, and may change from year to year, but they are no less perplexing to someone who was not brought up in a Kosher home, and whose sympathies lie with those of us whose lifestyles are dictated -- at least to a certain degree -- by our personal health.

 

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