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Thank you, Lisa! But, drat, there doesn't seem to be anything in this immediate area. Are there others around here who might be interested in something?

Hi all! My family and I are new to this area and I'm wondering if there is a support group anywhere nearby. All four of us (plus the one child off at college) have celiac disease and have been gluten-free for 4-5 years now. It's be nice to meet others in the area!

For me, reactions seemed to get continually worse till about the 7th month of being gluten-free where I seemed to be at peek reactivity to even the tiniest trace of gluten. Since then I seem to be reacting with less and less severity (I'm at 11 months gluten-free now.) One of my children still reacts strongly, but he gets over it much quicker (he's at 8 months...

This is a very interesting discussion! Pertinent to me atm, too. Just recently, on a diet board I frequent, there has been a huge discussion going on about IBS and hypoglycemia. Several of the people discribed their symptoms and, because it sounded so similar to how I'd been before I discovered my problems, I sent them private messages. Basically all I did...

Are the Nature's Path rice crispies more like the regular rice crispies? The Erewhon were a little too different when we first tried them for my kids to accept them (though they'd probably like them now.) Just wondering before I go and buy another box of cereal (so many rejects! )

I've read somewhere that people with celiac disease can also be sensitive to this ingredient (not that it contains gluten, but that we are more likely to just be sensitive to it, like to flavored coffee, which I am very sensitive to.) Anyway, my son is having a "glutened" reaction going right now (actually, just the DH symptoms and not all the GI and neuro...

Ugh. Thank you for this information. (Brb, I have to go scream in my pillow now.)

I often substitute all applesauce (natural kind, NO SUGAR ADDED) for the oils in baked goods. Always in muffins (I bake a lot of muffins .) I find that things turn out lighter in texture but will dry out quicker. Usually, nothing lasts that long to worry about the drying out bit, though. I wouldn't do this with things that are supposed to be moist and chewy...

Here's a menu of items that are all available at stores. I make a great deal of our food from scratch, so I thought this would be more helpful in this instance than posting 5 recipes. Also, I'm posting 1's and 2's because my two younger kids nearly never agree on anything, so 10 yr old son is #1, 7 yr old daughter is #2. Btw, I think this is an awesome...

Since the holidays I regained a little (5 lbs) I'd lost (I also never had the weight loss though my intestines were a mess ) Now I'm back on the South Beach Diet, Phase 1 (no white crap, whole natural foods, no sugar, no alcohol...) It's a very easy diet for Celiacs. Seems written for us! Anyway, if you're serious about losing weight and changing you way...

I thought others of you might be interested in a frozen dinner (okay, it's just the main course, you have to come up with the sides) that is totally delicious, MAINSTREAM (so it isn't any more expensive just because it's gluten-free) and you can find at Costco/Priceclub. In the frozen food section, it's in a blue box called Seasoned boneless Stuffed Chicken...

I'd recently gotten one of Bette Hagman's newer cookbooks, The Gluten-Free Gourmet Cooks Fast and Healthy. In it is a recipe for a Bean Flour Mix that I've started using with everything. 1 part bean flour (I use chickpea), 1 part tapioca flour and 1 part cornstarch. It's been working as well or better than Bob's, imo. (And cheaper!) There is also a recipe...

It also took several weeks for my son's DH to clear up once going gluten-free. He also had no GI symptoms. NOW, however, his DH is much worse when he gets into gluten and he's having all the other celiac disease reactions, too. He's 7 months gluten-free with an average of one slip-up a month. I think it's terrible that your doctor took it upon himself...

The little red dots aren't technically DH. It had been diagnosed as keratosis pilaris some years ago. However, since they flare up whenever he eats gluten, they are somehow gluten related (who knows, he may have a wheat allergy on top of celiac disease.) But, he does have the regular DH breakout reactions, too, on his hips, knees and "other areas." (I didn...

AustinDH, do you have to take the dapsone every day even when not having a reaction?