August "Good Housekeeping" magazine...

[CAMary]

I picked this up to read on the road - since it has Rachael Ray (from Food Network) on the cover....interesting article inside about a woman "the simple foods that made her sick" It took seven years and 23 doctors before Alice Bast learned the cause of her frightening symptoms....

The woman was *finally* diagnosed with celiac after her nightmare journey with so many doctors etc....finally a VETERINARIAN friend recommended she be tested for food intolerances - that's how she got diagnosed! Amazing!! Anyways, Dr. Fassano is quoted about how underdiagnosed the condition is...

It is a sad story - she had a stillborn baby, several miscarriages, and finally a preemie because she was so malnourished - and the doctors kept telling her to see a psychiatrist!!

Anyways, she started the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness and helps to get the word out tot he public and health professionals about CD. Read it - even if you're in line @ the grocery store!!

Mary

[tex]

Mary,

That is a sad story. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that the vets in this country are much more aware of celicac disease and other food intolerances than most GIs are. Just look at the information available on the internet, and how readily vets address food intolerance issues, compared with GIs.

Those doctors who suggested that she go to see a phychiatrist should be required to seek treatment from a psyhchiatrist. Wouldn't it be great if she could sue them and have the judge sentence them to, for example, a year of treatment. LOL.

Tex

[barbaranoela]

Mary----Im not laughing @ that-----I have a few friends that say the same thing----*I think my VET. knows more that my GP*

for the organization she started----


Barbara

[mle_ii]

I'm seeing more of this type of reading in more common places now, which is one of the positives of this article. One of my wifes magazines had a similar article as well. The word is getting out, thanks to us and others like us out there.

One of the most interesting things that has been an aha recently is that I can now look at the symtoms of this disease even the symptoms of my anxiety and say thank goodness something is telling me I need to change something. Instead it could be the case that it's a silient killer and one day I die for "some unknown reason". This way I can change the things that cause the problem (treating the disease) instead of changing the outcome (treating the symptoms).

Thank God my body is working just fine and telling me that things have got to change. And change them I will.

Thanks,
Mike

[Peggy]

Here's another interesting article that has Dr. Fassano in it:

http://www.boston.com/ae/food/articles/ ... can_enjoy/

[annie oakley]

In my traning class we were talking about doctors at break and One guy said Vets aren't real doctors, I jumped all over him. Vets are too doctors. My vet would also treat me if I let him. Ha Ha ! Love Oma.

[kate_ce1995]

Vets do know more. When I got sick with my endometriosis, it was around the same time Tigger got pancreatitis. He was in and out of the hospital in 4 or 5 days...I was still 2 months from surgery to remove a cyst that "wasn't causing my nausea". HA (no, I'm not bitter).

Will have to pick up the article though.
katy