tlipasek's Blog

I decided to create my own blog as I'm a newly diagnosed Celiac and have learned a lot in the last several months. I was diagnosed on May 22nd, 2009 when a nurse called me to tell me I tested positive for celiac sprue.... At the time, I was looking at a slice of pizza from Pizza Hut that I was about ready to eat I had not been feeling well for quite a few months which is what started me down this path - more on that in a future post....

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Little did I really know how much my life was going to change! None of my immediate family has Celiac Disease so I didn't know much at all. I began to read books, online articles and everything I could get my hands on... I cried when I was diagnosed but did feel relief that I finally did know what was wrong. Since then, I have bounced between relief and despair - it as only been 5 months and it feels like much longer than that... I have developed a list of staples that I've added to my kitchen and will share that in a future blog. All in all, I think I've handled this well although there are still some days when I have to talk myself out of eating food with gluten; my husband and children eat some meals that are gluten free but I do frequently have 2 different meals on the table - one for me and one for them. More on that in the future as well - some tricks that I have gotten down pat to make it a bit easier....