angel-jd1

I was just curious what you ended up doing for the b-day party??

-Jessica

That is a SUPER list for newbies. It gives them a direction to go and "hope" that turkey day isn't ruined!! Thanks for posting it for everyone!!

-Jessica

I also am VERY bummed about this change. I went to buy some more noodles about a month ago and noticed the "new" ingredient (wheat). BLEH!! I LOVED those noodles. They were SOOOOO yummy. I just don't understand why they have to go and add wheat to them!! BOOO!!!

-Jessica

I know you said you are wanting to avoid the food.....but I say do an icecream sundae party.

Big bucket of ice cream

Whipped Cream

Sprinkles

Cherries

spoons and bowls

enjoy!!

If not, then

-if they have lockers (lots of elementaries do these days) you can do magnets for their lockers.

-glow sticks (light up in the dark)

-wierd yo-yo noodle ball things (look like a plastic sea urchin)

-trading cards (baseball, dinosours, harry potter etc.)

-hats

-some sort of craft or art project that you could do with the class, decorate hats or small bags with things

I hope your kiddo has a great b-day!!

-Jessica

I like Mission White corn tortillas. The white seem to be a bit more tender than the yellow corn. They are more bendy......more like wheat (but not exactly like).

-Jessica

I'm sorry you had such a bad day. I hope today goes much better!!

-Jessica

Wilton is great about giving information if you call them. They have TONS of different kinds of sprinkles and jimmies.

-Jessica

I know how bad it can make people feel when one of our board members singles out 1 person to post a "happy birthday" to. I think it is pretty mean ...in my own opinion. Soooooo on MY birthday I wanted to make sure that ALL of us get a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! So here's a shout out to:

angel_jd1(ME), cdford, brite500, Ashley, Tracykobegf, yunalesca, Aimee D., Tigger7022, Flitter30, ajsmom514

I hope that we all have an awesome day full of gluten free cake!! Enjoy your day!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOOOO YOUUUUU! HAPPY BIRTHDAYYY TOOOOO YOUUU!!! Happyyyyyyyy Birthdayyyyy dear friendsssss. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

-Jessica

I completely agree!!!!

OMG - - don't even get me started on Grey's. TOTALLY LAME. A DEER????? oh, yeah, they'd let Izzy defibrillate a deer.

and George and Izzy - - EWWWWWWWWWWWWW!! it's so NOT right!!! I don't get it. And what's with all the interns? last season - six - this season - about 30 of them with nothing to do? and.......Meredith has a sister?!! oh yeah, out of nowhere she shows up.........

and speaking of Meredith - WTH? WHO would break up w/ McDreamy? Oh I am SO annoyed with that whole story line....but I guess she's been kinda messed up ever since the near drowning, maybe?

Highly annoyed wtih whole show.....

I am at peace with my tv again.......Grey's is back on

Would it REALLY be typical Derrick/Meredith relationship if they weren't in CONSTANT turmoil?? ha I was cracking up when they go "break-up kiss?.......break-up sex?" ha Typical THEM! I did read/hear somewhere that Meredith will have some new love interests this season.....soooo that means More Mchotties

I am also not a huge fan of the George/Izzy story line. It just isn't normal.

I thought the deer was a little out there........however I was cracking up when they used the paddles and shocked it back to life. It just got up and looked around like "HUH?" lol

I am SO glad the show is back on..........YEAH!!!!

-Jessica

YEAH for starbursts!! I love companies that clearly list on the labels!!

-Jessica

The last time I checked they were gluten-free. I eat them occasionally. Good stuff!! It just has something to do with that plastic sleeve lol.......not like it's "good" chocolate!! lol

-Jessica

Happy Birthday!!

Hey guys,

I had a severe bout of food poisoning (not gluten) on Sunday and ended up in the ER. Now my tummy is killing me, and my gastro appt isn't for a week. I was going to buy some prilosec oTC, but it's not on the gluten-free drug list on glutenfreedrugs.com and I cannot reach the company (no phone contact listed on their website and they haven't replied ot an email from days ago...). I am almost positive it is gluten-free, but dont want to take any more chances!

Thanks

Kathleen

Kathleen-

I just called on it yesterday. It is gluten-free.

-Jessica

Redbull is gluten-free.

-Jessica

I only caught the last 10 minutes or so, but the first thing I heard was Holly Robinson-Peete say "gluten" and how when they removed wheat from her son's diet, he improved greatly (words to that effect).

I wish I had seen the whole show...

I was actually super disapointed in that part. I hated that she said that they had to remove gluten and then only mentioned removing wheat........bummer for the mis-information!!! Hopefully she knows that gluten is in more than JUST wheat....

-Jessica

Thanks for the advice and encouragement. It helps!!

-Jessica

Okay, today on Y&R at the coffeehouse, it has Nick handing a strawberry smoothie over to Daniel (who is gluten intolerant), and said "Here, it has wheat grass in it, I promised your Mom I would look out for you"......

Huh? I know there is controversy over whether or not wheat grass is safe for us, but of ALL things for the writers to put in there, why did it have to be "wheat" grass?

Sheesh!

Oh geesssssssssssshhhh....how did I KNOW they would screw it up haha Go figure.....

-Jessica

As you may, or may not know, I had upper and lower scopes done yesterday. I have been having tons of trouble for several months now. I finally got the scopes scheduled and had them yesterday. Other than being a bit tired today and having a sore jaw....I feel good today.

I believe that I might have an answer to some of the pain I have been experiencing over the last few months. I have a hiatial hernia. The doctor said that my esophagus was erroding due to the acid. He had put me on prilosec otc (still need to check to see if it's gluten-free).

He also found some polyps in my colon. I find that pretty scarey for someone in their 20's. It is being sent off for testing.

He also took some biopsies of my small intestine. I guess he figured while he was in there, he would check things out.

If anyone can offer any advice on hiatial hernias or anything else. I'd love to hear it. I mostly just wanted to update the folks who have been so supportive and have sent me kind wishes and such. Thanks everybody for the kind words, they DO help!! I am hopefully now on the road to feeling a bit better again!

-Jessica

I LOVE lemon desserts...this sounds excellent!! I'll have to try it sometime.

-Jessica

I purchased some gluten-free graham crackers at Vitamin Cottage (a store in CO) from a new local company called Out of the Breadbox. I was pretty excited about them and so was DD, but alas, they fall into the nasty buscuit category. They tasted burnt, not sweet at all.

I figure with a little butter and some added sugar, though I could probably make a pretty decent gluten-free graham cracker crust. That is the easy part.

What the heck should I put IN the crust???

I have some over-ripe bananas I've been saving for gluten-free banana bread, but maybe I should go for a gluten-free banana cream pie?

We don't have any dairy or other sensitivities to speak of and the words "from scratch" aren't a regular part of my vernacular.

Philadelphia cream cheese makes a "ready to go" type of cheesecake filling. It is in the dairy section right by the cream cheese. You could fill your crust with that and then top with some strawberries or blueberry pie filling mmmmm It is SOOOO good!! Enjoy.

-Jessica

I guess I dont know how to use this site as i have yet to have anyone reply to a question that I have had! Is there a short course on how to use this site?

Your 1st post was at 10:41 and the second post asking if anyone was going to answer was only 10 min later at 10:51. A lot of people work or are busy during the day, so it will most often take longer than 10 min to get a reply. Be patient and hang in there!! Someone will post soon.

-Jessica

a celiac.com board moderator

The problem is not so much being in the same room as a gluten product, but being in the same room with gluten flour. Flour is notoriously bad at flying all over the place, getting inhaled, getting stuck in small places and being impossible to clean up, etc. I have no problem sitting next to someone eating a wheat-bread sandwich, but I would not want to be anywhere near wheat flour.

I totally agree. Flour hangs in the air FOREVER and is terribly hard to clean up. I have gotten sick before from being in the room with some students who were making wheat bread in class. It was NOT a good feeling. It just isn't something that I can or will risk anymore. I stay away from flour and people baking with it.

-Jessica

Deb-

Sorry to hear you are still feeling yucky!! I hope you get to feeling better soon.

-Jessica

Yes, the tabs are gluten-free. I forgot to post...sorry The reason they made me call was that "they don't give out medical info in e-mails".......uhhhhok whatever lol So after 10 min making my way through their phone system and people I was told "yep gluten-free"

-Jessica

Thanks for the number. I had an e-mail in to them. They wrote me back today saying that I needed to call a certain number and give them this case # and then they will talk to me haha. This could get interesting....stay tuned. I'll post what I find out

-Jessica