Amy,

true, but the friend likely is eating other carbs besides grains.

Erin,

is your friend getting enough iron and other vitamins?

She takes supplements, but I will ask her to check.

the iron (particularly) may not be absorbed well. some people don't take to iron supplements. she might try to get it in her food for awhile and see if that makes a difference.

Good advice, all! I will pass it on.

Buffistas: We should form our own think tank.

Oh, that's true, le nubian. See, non-scientific!

Sorry, was out at a ballgame.

Cutting out gluten can actually have a withdrawal-type effect. It can have totally weird effects.

Teppy, if you're still around can I ask you one more paranoid cipro question. I just took my first cipro, and it says not to take with anything with calcium in it. So, when can I take my calcium supplement, if I can at all? 2 hours later?

The drug info I found said that if it's a calcium supplement (as opposed to, say a glass of milk), take the Cipro 2 hours before or 6 hours after the supplement, because otherwise the calcium will interfere with the absorption of the Cipro.

I will at least back up Cass that it does happen, and I feel it is kind of creepy

Me, as well.

Me, too. I mean, I know Buffista intentions are nothing but love for the "wronged" Buffista, but sometimes it's offputting to call down the wrath of a thousand generations for the person who gave you an Americano instead of a frappe.

I also can back up Cass, but then again it's one of my Issues too. I acknowledge I might be overly flinchy to random rhetorical death threats.

Erin, I had to go on a no starchy carb/no grain/no gluten diet for a month or so. I didn't get light headed, but I did find there was no way to actually eat enough food to make me feel full EVER, and my reserves were so low I couldn't go more than 2 or 3 hours between feedings. For me, it wouldn't work as a lifestyle.

As someone who has to take iron daily, my doc told me to take it with Vitamin C as it would help with the iron absorption. I've never once had an upset stomach or any other iron-related issues so long as I take the C.

What do you think, Bitches? Am I off the mark?

No, I think that you're right. But, I'd rather that we err on the side of supporting each other.

do you just want validation here or can you hear some advice.

When I would vent at my dad, he would wait for a pause in my bitching and say "Do you want lip or ear?" If I said lip, he'd give me advice, tell me that I was overreacting, etc. If I said "ear", he'd say "I'm so sorry He/She/They are idiots, of course you're right." :)

And, actually, a Buffista wished death on someone just the other day, when I was talking about a friend of mine who used to insist on calling me Stephie.

I appreciated the hyperbolic support, both validating my issue and making me laugh.

I'm assuming that if you thought they actually wanted your friend dead, the reaction would have been different. That's what I can't remember-sincere death threats against strangers. Am I that numb?