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  1. I'm shocked that they wouldn't make that one small concession and mix your salad in a clean bowl! How much time would that take - 10 seconds?
  2. Going gluten-free hasn't changed our Thanksgiving much at all. We usually have my family come to my house. Everything I make is gluten-free and nobody can really even tell the difference - gluten-free pecan pies, pumpkin pies, chocolate striped cheesecake, stuffing (made with rice bread), mashed pototoes (gluten-free gravy is the same as I've always...
  3. Nope, haven't had any experience with that. Check out the forums, though, you may be able to find some info on it there.
  4. I like to have lunch with my friends at La Madeleine's, but since so much of their food is bread based, I usually have the same couple of things over and over, which is kind of a drag. Before I was diagnosed with celiac disease, I used to get their mushroom soup every time it was the soup du jour. Oh, it is yummy! After I got my diagnosis, when I questioned...
  5. It takes some people longer to reap the benefits of the the gluten-free diet. I was better immediately as was my brother....I mean, like two days. Some people suffer longer. My guess is that you are getting gluten from a hidden source. Check your food carefully. Do you know what to look for? What kinds of foods do you eat - prepackaged stuff, fresh...
  6. I contacted Kimball Labs to find out how much their Celiac DNA tests are. They responded back: Thank you for your inquiry. The list price for the Celiac Disease DNA Test is $395. Patients who enclose payment with their sample receive a 10% discount (check or credit card) bringing the price to $355.50. In addition, we offer a family discount. After...
  7. Even though I already know my children and I have celiac disease, I'm thinking about having a DNA test done on all of us. I think it will be helpful for my children to know where they and their future offspring stand with this disease and the possibilities of future generations inheriting it. Here's the website for the lab I'm considering: http:...
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    Picture Time

    Hey! Red is "totally 80's"?! Absolutely not. Red is smokin' hot and the only color that roadsters should come in. Of course, they have to make other colors for those people who aren't quite as hip and leave the red to me. I had a RED BMW Z3 for nearly 10 years. When it was time to upgrade, it had to be the Z4...in red, of course. I test drove...
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    Picture Time

    I think it's time for more pictures! I got a new car in June. It's a BMW Z4. I had a Z3 for about 10 years that I sold...on www.craigslist.com , believe it or not. It sold the first week to the first person who contacted me. Wow. Anyway, here's my new car. Ain't it purty?! It has lots of cool features and I'm enjoying it very much. Well, crud. I...
  10. Some people are more sensitive to gluten than others. When I was first diagnosed and went on the gluten-free diet, I didn't feel sick if I cheated either. I would get a little acid reflux, but that was all. Now, after eating gluten-free for three years, if I ingest gluten (and I only have gluten by accident - NEVER intentionally) I do get sick. I...
  11. My mom, who has celiac disease (and passed it on to her children) just found out today that she has Dupuytren's Contraction (dew-pwee-TRAWNS). Of course, I'm wondering if there is some connection between the two. I've been searching the net and found one other celiac site in which two people with celiac disease also have Dupuytren's. Otherwise, I haven...
  12. We went to an out of town wedding this weekend. I was looking forward to some really good food, but was sadly disappointed. The first night we went out with a group of my husband's family to a supposedly very good restaurant - spent $80.00 on just my husband and myself. I had a salad with raspberry vinagrette, I could barely taste the dressing. Then a...
  13. I'm always interested to read about celiac disease sufferers with seizures. I have a friend who has a daughter with seizures. She had her very first on at my house (unlucky me). She's my daughter's age and had spent the night. We all got up very early to go to Sea World, San Antonio. I was in the shower and heard this big thump. I went upstairs to...
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    Ok, I'm Bummed

    It's a small thing, but I'm still bummed. I just found out that my favorite fish restaurant, The Flying Fish, puts beer in their hushpuppies. I thought I had been so careful asking about the gluten and making sure there was no wheat in any of the food. I was assured there was not and have been happily eating there for a few months now. I had noticed...
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    From Another Planet?

    I read all the blogs. It has been interesting reading about your experiences in your country. My experience with celiac has been similar to what you've experienced in your home area (I'm in the U.S.A). People usually say, "What? What's celiac? How can you not eat wheat?" My mother and sister have been very resistant to getting tested, too...
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    From Another Planet?

    It is very likely that your mother and some of your siblings also have celiac disease, especially if your mother has regular stomach problems as your post suggests. Since it's genetic, it's in your family. It came from either your mother or your father's family and it's not likely that it's just a rogue gene that popped up in only you...
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    Tempted? Nah.

    Kaycee, y es, I've written previously that I do suffer when I accidently get gluten. In fact, I'm much more sensitive to gluten now that I've been gluten-free for three years than I was in the beginning. My experience has been almost exactly like yours in that I didn't realize I had symptoms before I was diagnosed because I thought I was normal. It's kinda...
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    Tempted? Nah.

    Ha! I understand the bitterness. I was diagnosed with celiac disease before I had any noticeable symptoms, and I was not suffering either. Both of my children also. Earlier in my blog I told about how I was diagnosed. Your comment makes me wonder how old you are. For the people that I personally know with celiac disease, they didn't start getting...
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    Tempted? Nah.

    I don't understand my fellow celiac disease sufferers when they say that they're tempted to eat gluten, or that they just had to have a piece of cake, or a piece of bread. They say they know they'll suffer for it, but "it won't hurt to have just one piece", or "I just had to have it", etc. What are they thinking? I'm beginning to think that some people...
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    Eating Out

    I was so excited to discover that our local Thai restaurant, Samui Thai, is almost completely gluten-free. It's my new favorite place http://samuithai.com/ We went there on Mother's Day and took my parents. There were six of us and four of us have celiac disease. Everything breaded was gluten-free, even the fried calamari! YUM! As far as...
  21. I haven't heard of Ezekial cereal, but I know that the Ezekial bread in not gluten-free, so you should double check that cereal. Your questions: Question 1) Do you have an Outback Steakhouse nearby? They have a gluten-free menu. I've found that nearly all restaurants have something that I can eat and I rarely settle for just a salad. You can...
  22. Welcome to our gluten free world! Two things... You don't have to give up bread completely. Chebe Bread is very good and versatile. I use it for sandwiches, pizza pockets, dinner rolls, hotdog buns, etc. https://www.chebe.com/ There is a DNA test that is not outrageously expensive that you can have done without doing a gluten challenge...
  23. This is quite upsetting. The longer I'm on the gluten-free diet, the more sensitive I'm getting. Is it because my system is no longer accustomed to compensating for the gluten influx, or is it just the progression of the disease? I guess I'll never know since I discovered my celiac disease before I suffered many symptoms. Within the past several months...
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    Blood Tests

    I have celiac disease and so do both of my children. We were diagnosed with blood tests. But my mother got tested just last week and got her results back today. Her test was a simple mouth swab to test for a gene. If you're interested, I posted the interpretation of her results on my blog. I found it very informative. Be sure to get your kids...
  25. Whew! I got here just in time to save my blog from dropping to the second page. So...I've been telling my mom, who has had all kinds of intestinal problems and other celiac symptoms for years, that I think she has celiac disease. It stands to reason, does it not, that she would have it since two of her four children are confirmed CDers and one other...
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