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Manna from Anna bread mix fan here. It makes the best textured bread I've found yet!

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Congratulations!!!

Are you normal?? Maybe not... (ha) but you sure are LUCKY!!

I was sick as a dog w/ all 3 of my daughters!!

I always described my stomach noises (pre-gluten-free) as wolverines trying to make thier way out of my intestines!! It didn't HURT... but it sure was noisy!!

Imagine waiting for 4 years to taste your first gluten-free beer and suddenly (a few weeks later) ALL forms of alcohol are shooting right thru me!! I'm giving my intestines a rest HOPING it's a temporary thing...

I can cook and bake w/ alternative flours... but there's no substitute for booze!!

I was thinking of a fondue party too, but decided against it when I realized no one would be able to dip bread or crackers. I thought the potential for CC was just too great. It's really hard to make an entire party gluten-free when you're the only one.

I agree... I've learned so much here and know I can ask anything and get experienced and tolerant answers!!

Hey... I thought Bleu cheese (and the whole bleu family) was NOT gluten-free??? I'll be really happy to learn that it is?????

I'll have to say I wasn't so impressed w/ Wegman's gluten-free section. They didn't have much that I can't find closer to home (our new Wegman's in Warrington, PA is about a 20 min. drive). Plus... I was getting their weekly emails w/ recipes especially for Celiacs. I started writing to them immediately cause the stuff they were suggesting could easily NOT be gluten-free and they weren't cautioning anyone to read ingredients (one being gorgonzola cheese)! I heard nothing back from them.

I hear you too! I'm off to our yearly office Christmas party tonight and there will be NOTHING there I can eat. I'll eat before I go!

Interesting topic, cause one of the side effects I noticed w/ Zoloft was the occasional having to run to the bathroom to have D... not often, but occasionally. My girlfriend, who was also taking it, and I called it the Zoloft sh!ts.

So... after a few years of that really only occasional side effect... all of a sudden, I started having it more often. After 2 months, I FINALLY realized that it wasn't the medicine... and was tested. Viola... Celiac disease!!

Been gluten-free for 4+ years and VERY recently, whenever I have a few drinks (be it wine, vodka and tonic, my newly acquired gluten-free beer) I am out of bed at least once a night with the wolverines trying to fight their way out of my intestines and then again several times in the early a.m.... with ... explosions is the only word I can think of... and a smell that (if it doesn't KILL you) is metallic in nature, if you can imagine that.

Never had a problem before.

Am I alone? Are my cocktail days over???

I'm w/ you, angel jd1... Analise Roberts book is the BEST.

When I was first diagnosed, I overdosed on all the yummy things I COULD have to compensate for all I felt I was missing... and put on about 30 lbs.!! I'm working to get that off... and am back to the sensible diet of lean proteins, fruits/veggies and small amounts of carbs.

After 13 years being tobacco-free... I "vacation smoked" and we all know what happens when you've had a glass or 3 of wine and completely believe that you can try "just one."

Could I be any more stupid???

Try Manna from Anna's bread mixes. They are darker than white and more rustic. They are also DELICIOUS!!

If there was a real cure??

First I'd have an ice cold Bud Lite w/ a Pizza Hut stuffed crust pizza w/ pepperoni and pineapple.

Then I'd go home and make a loaf of the country crusty loaf of bread I used to make and serve it w/ lasagna made w/ noodles that don't cost like $5./pound!

For breakfast the next day, I'd have probably 5 bowls of Cheerios.

For lunch I'd have a Subway tuna hoagie w/ the works!

I could go on and on...

Didn't anyone wonder when Jack cut Ben's kidney and told them he wouldn't fix it unless they let Sawyer and Kate go... why didn't Julia, who is also a doctor, step in and repair the kidney???

I make my pumpkin pie crust w/ crushed gluten-free gingersnaps... almost like a cheesecake... delish.

Never had any problems w/ unbaked shells.

I'm jealous too. We have Jules here in PA, but their crust isn't very good and their pizzas are VERY pricey... like $20!!

Duh to me... I glanced at the title and thought it said Portugese Man-of-War in Perth Amboy!!! ha ha ha... I thought there was one floating in the (cold) ocean...

I was actually going to come to your MIL's defense as being kindly ignorant. Can't tell you how many well-meaning friends have served me soup and proudly proclaimed "There's no wheat in it!" only to see pasta floating everywhere!

But your MIL KNOWS and tells you that it's worth eating even if it does make you sick??

I have no words for her brand of caring...

Same for me, ArtGirl... but sooner... tummy hurricanes and explosive D... but it's not so bad that I'm incapacitated.

I GAINED more than 30 lbs. after going gluten-free, but I blame myself only. I OD'd on foods I was allowed to have to make up for all I felt I was losing... like rice (risotto is my fav!!) and potatoes. Now I'm on a diet and have lost almost 20 lbs... only 30 more to go!!

Not a direct answer to your question, but we went to our fav Mexican restaurant and I asked the waiter to please confirm that the tortilla chips they put out w/ the salsa were indeed ONLY corn. He went, exasperated, to ask and came back w/ a sheepish look on his face. He told me that they had just switched to a brand of corn tortilla that was DUSTED w/ wheat flour!! AARRGGHHH!!! We don't go there anymore.

I've only had one and my doc warned me that he did not sedate much. Well, he didn't sedate at all... and it was no big deal. In fact, I watched the whole thing, asking questions as he went along. There was no pain or even discomfort. The prep sucks, but the test itself is so not a big deal... I tell everyone who's reaching that magic age of 50 to go for it!!!