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My 10 year old son was officially diagnosed in Jan. 05. We are still in a stage of shock. He had been having some stomach pain for awhile but nothing major. One day he had some blood in his stool so I made him an appointment. The doctor asked a lot of questions and told me that he wanted to do a couple of screening tests on him. I was scared to death of course. When the tests came back he informed me that he might have Celiac's. I had never heard of it. From what I have read though unless it's already in your family it can take awhile for a doctor to test for it, so I guess in that aspect I was lucky with our doctor. Although I've learned a lot the past couple of months I'm worried that he might still be getting some gluten through things. I am a single mom that works full time, goes to school part time and on a very fixed budget. Can anyone give me some suggestions on some cereals that are gluten-free that I don't have to pay $5 a box for. Also are there any good gluten-free breads that make a good sandwich. I bought the tapicoa bread and he hated that. :( Anything will help this newbie. :D

Renee aka mom of Cameron

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