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Planning a huge wedding can also be super stressful so a small affair I think is a great idea. Some people do a small wedding and then a reception/party for everyone a month later. The masses can still offer their well-wishes, but it moves some of the planning stress until after the wedding. I have a friend who was engaged when her now-husband got called up to go to Iraq. They ended up having a small wedding two weeks later. They are planning on having a vow-renewal and reception for everyone next year (he's back now), and she's so relaxed about the whole thing because they're already married. It's so unusual to see someone that relaxed. This wedding and marriage is all about you, so do what you think is right for the two of you.

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The pans and griddle are dishwashing as we speak and I wiped off all around the drawer. We are getting a George Foreman one of these days.

I just saw an ad for the new interchangeable plate George Foremans. It's got the regular grilling plate, a waffle iron, pancake griddle and two other styles you can change in and out. Seemed like a great idea to me.

I would not make regular cookies, mostly because of the wheat flour. That stuff gets all over the place - I don't think you can avoid CC if you use wheat flour in your kitchen.

Try altering your old cookie recipes. Here's what I do: replace wheat flour with a gluten-free flour mix (I use the ones in A Gluten Free Gourmet cookbook, if I remember I can try to post the mixes when I get home. Or search for flour mix on this site - I know I've seen some posted). Then add 1tsp xantham gum to make things stick together and maybe 1tsp egg replacer if you have it (not sure what this does, but I always use it anyway).

Most of the time I can't tell the difference between gluten and gluten-free cookies this way. My mum and I did a lot of experimenting with recipes when we first went gluten-free - some weren't as successful as others, but it was fun to try! My only comment is that gluten-free cookies tend to be more runny than gluten cookies.

I think this is absolutely worth it. The first few months are definitely the hardest, so hang in there. If you can get past the HUGE learning curve on what brands are ok and how to order at a restaurant, hopefully you'll feel well enough to feel the same way. Sometimes it helps to have external motivation for difficult situations like this - maybe being healthy to take care of your daughter can be your main motivation to do this.

Don't feel guilty for wanting your brother to find the answer to his health problems and get better! Since you have celiac it's very likely that's what he has, too. And in terms of diseases to have, I have to say celiac is one of the better ones. If you say gluten-free, you can lead a very healthy, drug-free life.

Would your brother consider going gluten-free even if the blood test comes back negative? There's a high rate of false negatives so it's worth trying the diet to see if he feels better.

I'm certainly not an expert, but here's what I know. I take them AFTER I take antibiotics. The antibiotics will kill all bacteria in your gut (good and bad) so you want to replenish the good after a round of antibiotics. If you take them during, you'll continue to kill the ones in the pills you take, so I'd wait until after.

Not sure about whether you should take a bunch after antibiotics and then stop or keep going. If you've got a healthy gut, you can probably stop, but I wonder if things like Candida would eventually take over if you have a problem with that if you don't keep going. I also think I read somewhere that birth control pills can alter bacteria in your gut so that might be another reason to keep taking them. Not sure if getting glutened would affect the bacteria in your gut - I lean towards no, but I have no idea.

You can get some from yogurt, but I don't think it's as many as in the pills. And Activia yogurt is not gluten-free so you can't take that.

I get the kind that go in the fridge. I read that you want the "active" cultures. If you take the ones that are just sitting on the shelf, they're not still alive so they won't offer the same benefit. I'm not sure if that's what you meant by freeze-dried. Although I was at Target the other day and their ones on the shelf said "refrigerate after opening" so I don't know if that means they're good or not. I wish I could remember where I read all this and the details, but you know how brain fog is...

Here's a pretty recent thread about potentials places for CC and how to avoid it: Open Original Shared Link

My first thought was maybe it's school-related? Do the kids eat in a cafeteria or a classroom? Could she be touching a desk that has gluten crumbs on it? Does she protect her food during lunch so it doesn't get contaminated? Does she clean the table before eating? Is she a nail-biter or pencil-chewer? That would certainly increase her chances of gluten-exposure.

What about soap at school? I think a lot of soaps contain soy so it's something to check.

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I think your doctor is a keeper! People have varying degrees of symptoms so it's not at all unusual for the lady you know with celiac to have worse symptoms than you. You may be less symptomatic, you may have had celiac for less time and there fore have done less damage to your body, or you may have symptoms that you don't realize are symptoms until you go gluten-free.

If you just go wheat-free, you probably won't feel completely better. You will have been consuming some gluten.

The other thing to note is that blood tests aren't accurate once your go gluten-free. You've been "gluten-lite" with not eating wheat so I would be surprised if you got a positive blood test. Your body won't be producing as many antibodies to gluten now that you're eating a smaller amount so the blood test won't detect the high amount that you need for a positive. Don't worry about it, though. I would try the gluten-free diet and see how you feel. If you feel better, you've found your answer!

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England has much better labeling laws than the US so regular grocery stores have lots of food with a gluten-free logo. They also have tons of great tasting sweets! I bring cookies back with me because they're much better there.

I usually fly American Airlines. They have gluten-free meals. Just watch out because they have a habit of including a five-grain cracker with the meal with four of the grains being WBRO! Writing a letter to them about this issue is on my list of things to do...

I always take a batch of those easy peanut butter cookies (PB, egg, sugar and vanilla). They're a bit crumbly but they last the whole trip and I find one of those is enough to keep me happy when I'm really hungry.

I'm sorry you have to deal with all this. Seriously - hiding a bill so she can blame you??? That's messed up. And the month-to-month lease is fantastic for you. I'd consider moving out at the end of November if I were you I've had really bad roommates in the past before and they added so much additional stress to my life and made it so that home wasn't at all a relaxing place. I now live alone and will never go back. Good luck.

I have eaten at Ruby Tuesday's a few times. Both times I got a grilled chicken breast with swiss cheese, lettuce, tomato and pickle and a baked potato (requested for it not to be cut open) and sour cream. I treat it like any other restaurant that has a burger-style menu.

Could you go along to help cook the breakfast and make sure nothing gets contaminated? The principle could do the cooking, and you'd just be there to supervise?

I've never heard of it, but it sounds interesting. Amazon has a couple of editorial reviews of the book: Open Original Shared Link

Looks like the theme of the book is "where does your food come from?"

I think it depends on the person. I'm one of the lucky ones whose reactions have decreased since going gluten-free. I have a hard time knowing if I got glutened or if I just have a bit of an upset stomach.

From personal experience, my brain fog has never completely gone away. I keep notes, I write things down that I don't want to forget, then sometimes I forget where I put my notes. I think many of us celiac's also have ADD. I see many of the characteristic's in myself and now, over the years, I can look back and see them. I have 2 son's with ADD and I thought they inherited it from their dad!!! OOPS. Don't tell him, ok!

I don't feel my brain fog ever went away completely, either! It's very frustrating because I just can't remember things that I should know. I wish there was something I could do about it. I'm an engineer, I work with tons of smart people and then there's me who completely blanks on the basics.

The only things I stay away from are beer, whiskey and malt beverages. I also get nervous with the not-so-common alcohols like brandy or fancy liquors, so I don't drink those until I google. Vodka, gin, rum, tequila, and wine are all fine Have a fun weekend! Oh, I should add that the first time I went out I took a print-out of the safe list with me. Super nerdy to be pulling that out at the bar, lol.

You could ask the nurse for the name of the drug and the manufacturer and call yourself.

If you have a virus, it won't show up on a bacteria blood test. They're two different things. And depending on how much you've healed or if you've gotten glutened recently, your immune system may still be a bit weaker than your coworkers so that could be why you're more sick than them. I wouldn't be too concerned right now. Keep eating healthy, getting lots of rest, and you'll get better soon.

If she's been eating gluten-free for a while (i.e. fully healed) and hasn't been glutened, I don't see why this would be celiac-related. I guess there's a possibility it might be, but I always figure that a gluten-free celiac is just like a non-celiac.

Woah, I assumed that kind of stuff only happens on the black market Borat is a really easy DVD to fake because it's meant to look like someone just burnt it and wrote the title with a Sharpie. I thought the movie was funny, but I'm not sure I'd want to watch it more than once or twice.

I've never been a morning person, so I tend to do things like salad, baked potatoes, grilled cheese sandwiches, etc for breakfast. Why not eat leftovers from the night before?

Maybe a list of all the potential complications of untreated celiac? That's not just a little stomach ache, that's cancer in the making. Untreated celiac does kill people. I have no idea what other advice to give you - seems like a tough situation. Has your husband done any of the research on the disease himself or has it been all you? Maybe getting him involved in grocery shopping, calling companies, doing the cooking would help.

I don't see any reason for a biopsy, either. You've got a positive blood test plus dietary response. Biospies aren't 100% accurate, either, so you'd also have to weigh what you'd do if you got a negative biopsy - would you keep her gluten-free? If you do want to get a scope she has to be on gluten which it sounds like you'd be reluctant to do.