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It's possible your husband has the celiac gene but doesn't have celiac disease himself. If he was tested via blood test or biopsy that could easily be the case.

Sneak something in! If you have a doctor's note, you shouldn't even have to do any sneaking. I've never eaten at ballparks (even pre-dx) so I'm always a little confused when people want to eat there. The game's not that long, so you can easily make it through without starving and save some money. Maybe do a little tailgating pre-game so you're nice and full before you go in.

Done.

you are darkkhaki Dark Khaki is a color?

Your dominant hues are red and green, so you're definately not afraid to get in and stir things up. You have no time for most people's concerns, you'd rather analyze with your head than be held back by some random "gut feeling".

Your saturation level is lower than average - You don't stress out over things and don't understand people who do. Finishing projects may sometimes be a challenge, but you schedule time as you see fit and the important things all happen in the end, even if not everyone sees your grand master plan.

Your outlook on life is brighter than most people's. You like the idea of influencing things for the better and find hope in situations where others might give up. You're not exactly a bouncy sunshine but things in your world generally look up.

I had one friend who stopped smoking. A few months before, he stopped smoking in the house, which ultimately made it easier for him to quit. Once he quit, he was used to not having cigarettes as part of his indoor routine so the breaking-the-habit part of it was much easier. He was also motivated by the fact that Minnesota winters are COLD - he didn't want to go stand outside and smoke.

Good luck!

You might want to do a session or two with a personal trainer who specializes in osteoporosis. He/she should be able to come up with a challenging workout for you that builds bone mass. I don't know much about the 30-minute workout places. I just know I would get bored and want to vary my workout more.

You may not need a large amount to feel yucky. It's sort of a chain reaction in the intestines so one little bit can do a lot of damage. The butter is VERY suspect and I'd guess that's where the gluten came from. Not sure on the other ingredients. I tend not to buy Archer Farms or Market Pantry because their customer service is practically non-existent, but that doesn't mean the sauce has gluten. You could check if the chicken had any broth added to "plump" it up?

that made me feel alot better, having just products that are gluten free, even though i don't even eat them yet i know that they are not getting into my food, i.e. Lay's Stax are supposedly gluten-free, don't know if i react to them but my husband can have his snack and i'm not paranoid.

Lays Stax are made on dedicated gluten-free equipment so you'd probably be ok.

Well, it can really show up anywhere. Any food that has modified food starch is suspect until proven innocent. Some brands like Kraft will always label if there's gluten, but you really have to check on every one.

Soy sauce often has wheat.

Chicken/turkey may have broth added to "plump" it up.

Some doritos have gluten, Pringles have it (but Lays Stax do not).

I'd also check your kitchen - get a new toaster, wooden spoons/cutting board, strainer, any condiments that may have had a glutened knife dipped in it.

Then move on to your shampoos/makeup/lotions. There's gluten lurking in lots of those. You might want to consider tossing any lipsticks/chapsticks because it's likely you've eaten and then put them on and there might be crumbs lurking in them.

Pet food is another to check. I've never found a gluten-free fish or guinea pig food, but you can get gluten-free cat/dog/bird food.

It takes a long time to de-gluten an entire house. I'd just work on one area at a time and use this board as a resource. It's often much quicker to do a search on here than to call the company!

Welcome! When you say she can live on pasta - many celiacs are "addicted" to gluten. I've heard it compared to morphine in terms of how you body craves it, so loving carbs is really common.

Have you tried putting your daughter in ballet or gymnastics? Ballet is a nice, easy form of exercise that will help stretch the Achilles and gymnastics is just plain fun.

My favorite snacks are anything that can be dipped - chips/salsa, veggies/dip, hot dog/ketchup, cold pizza is delicious, Thai Kitchen "ramen" noddles.

My mum homeschooled my brother and was able to borrow textbooks from the local school so he'd be learning the same stuff. I think she was also able to take him in during standardized testing days just to see how he was doing.

Security will let you bring all non-liquids on the plane so I'd try to pack mostly that kind of stuff. I believe they will let you bring some liquid if you have a doctor's note, but I'd call on that just to clarify the regulations.

Most airlines have gluten-free food available for long flights, so I'd call and see what they can offer.

Not exactly fast food, but Red Robin has a dedicated french fryer so they're gluten-free. Sometimes I go there just for the fries There's nothing wrong with ordering three baskets of fries and a water, is there???

Most meat is ok, but you do have to make sure that chicken or turkey hasn't had broth added to it to "plump" it up. I also notice that you're not buying packaged meat. The one problem here is that if they cut it for you and there are other meats that have been cut before you that contain gluten, you're contaminated. For that reason I buy only packaged meat (with the exception of deli meat from this one store that only sells gluten-free meat).

Heeehee, just noticed I had a typo in my post I meant to say I ate corn CHIPS with cheese, not corn TORTILLAS. So the corn chip brand is tostitos. Tostitos are made by Frito-Lay - here's a list of all their gluten-free food: Open Original Shared Link

Try Mission-brand corn tortillas, they are gluten-free. I buy more mexican-style tortillas ($2 for 36), but I can't remember the brand off the top.

Pace and Tostitos brand salsas are gluten-free.

For bacon, Oscar Meyer is gluten-free (they're owned by Kraft so they'll label if there's gluten. Most of their bacon contains caramel color, but it's gluten-free). Johnsonville brand is mostly gluten-free, too.

I remember the days of looking at things and just not knowing if I could eat it. It's pretty frustrating because it's impossible to make anything! I started putting aside all my "questionable" foods and calling one or two companies a day (or coming on here to research the brand). Just calling a few a day makes things more manageable. And don't worry too much about the mess-ups. We all had plenty of them in the first few months, but you learn quickly.

I was a kid who never ate school cafeteria food and I was always so embarrassed about my lunchbox that I often wouldn't even eat. I'd splurge a bit just so your kid is happy at lunchtime. There's nothing worse than being "different" and being self-conscious about it.

Cold pizza! I eat this all the time. I make a double batch on weekends using Jill's Quick and Easy crust in The Gluten Free Gourmet cookbook. It's quick and easy as advertised and tastes good, plus if you add lots of veggies to pizza and not *too* much cheese, it's actually a pretty healthy meal.

Chips and salsa

String cheese

Hot dog in thermos of hot water

Egg/tuna/chicken salad on a corn tortilla or lettuce wrap

Fruit snacks

Lays stax or doritos (although some do contain gluten)

I love Thai Kitchen "ramen" noodles, but he may not have access to a microwave

My mum's got it, and I'm pretty sure her mother had it, too. They're both English (I'm only half English ) which is interesting since practically everyone who's replied to this thread can trace their celiac to the English side of the family.

I'm sorry you're having such a tough time. You're right, a dietitian should be covered by your insurance if one for diabetes is. Not sure if this will help you, but most people here haven't found dietitians to be that helpful. As you know, the diet's harder than "don't eat WBRO" and that's a lot of what a dietitian will give you. To me, this site is far more valuable.

There is a HUGE learning curve to this diet, but give it a month or two and it will get much, much easier. Once you get your safe brands figured out, shopping won't be much of a chore. I do 99.9% of my shopping at a regular grocery store. Try thinking outside the box a bit - where you used to use bread, try corn tortillas (Mission brand are gluten-free) or lettuce (like egg/tuna salad lettuce wraps). Use potatoes and rice as a base instead of pasta. Use Thai-style rice pasta instead of buying specialty gluten-free pasta. Make friends with brands like Kraft who always label gluten if it contains it. And don't be afraid to eat very simple meals for a while until you figure this out. Try just plain meat and veggies, maybe some spices (McCormick is gluten-free).

The first few weeks that I was diagnosed, I ate corn tortillas (Tostitos brand) with cheese several times a day! That's certainly not healthy, but I figured if that's the worst thing I did in the first month while I was still trying to figure out what I could eat, that's not so bad. It's better than eating gluten.

Are there certain meals or foods that you're having trouble finding? We can maybe help you out with brands so you don't have to go to so many grocery stores. Good luck - this does get easier.

There's plenty of normal food out there! I rarely buy gluten free substitutes.

Kraft brand will label gluten so you can feel pretty safe buying that. Frito-Lays are mostly gluten-free - try tostitoes, most doritoes, (some do have wheat labeled), lays stax, cheetos.

Candy's great, things like dove chocolate, 3 musketeers, M&Ms, Andes, etc

Kemps Ice Cream and sherbet is ok (except the obvious flavours like cookie dough!)

For quick, boxed meals, try Thai Kitchen - they will label gluten or check if you have boxes Indian food - that's usually gluten-free.

Actually most generic brand stuff is alright, too, but you do have to call on it.

Some people are paranoid.

I wouldn't consider myself paranoid I think of it as one more risk, one more opportunity for me to accidentally ingest gluten. And this is a risk I can easily avoid. I'm going to save my risks for things like restaurants.

I'm a huge hair twirler so I know if there were gluten in my shampoo, I'd get it on my hands during the day. I'm also eat most of the day so there's a high likelyhood that I'm going to eat right after I touch my hair and I don't always wash my hands if I'm just snacking at my desk.

The new dress is beautiful! Good choice. You'll be miserable if you aren't comfortable in your dress and your wedding day is not one that you want to spend being miserable. And if buying three dresses is the most bridezilla thing you do, you're not doing so badly. Besides, this is all about you and your soon-to-be husband and the marriage and the rest of your lives, not your silly coworkers who clearly have their priorities all wrong. Who are they to say what you and your finance should spend your money on?

And I agree that I absolutely would not take the cashier's check. Sending a cashier's check for more than the amount of the item is a classic scam - it's happened to me, too. Someone else will buy the dress, it's not like you have to sell it today.

When I referred to getting worse it was in regards to being more sensitive to gluten and/or dairy (like the carrot cake or my fiancee's food which I used to lick knives off or sneak a bite) when I go back to it.. that and the fact the family and work stress is at an all-time high level and I do not do well with arguments.

It is pretty common for your reactions to gluten after being gluten-free to get worse. I figured my immune system was so overloaded before that one more bite of gluten didn't do much. Now that the immune system is back to full strength it's able to fight off gluten with a vengeance!

Are you gluten-free now (or at least partially gluten-free, I know you said you had pancakes, but I get the impression that you're not eating a lot of gluten)? If so, the GI's probably not going to get you positive biopsy or blood test results. If you want to stay gluten-free, you probably will have to do something like Enterolab if you want a positive test. I would still go to the GI - there may be other things going on beside celiac. Maybe after you talk to him you can judge how helpful he'll be and whether you want to pursure conventional or Enterolab testing.

I think the difficulty in sticking to the diet is more related to how sick you were before diagnosis and how well you react to the diet (i.e. how well you can correlate gluten with being sick in your mind), how supportive people around you are, and your general outlook on life rather than age.

I was diagnosed at age 23 (almost two years ago now). I was very, very sick (like dropping out of grad school, lying in bed all day sick). Going gluten-free gave me very quick positive results - it was 100% obvious to me and everyone around me that gluten was causing my problems. My parents and friends are fantastic about accommodating me and being supportive so being gluten-free is never a negative force in my life. It also helps that I am naturally an upbeat, positive person. To me, eating gluten-free isn't an inconvenience, being sick all the time and not being able to do what I want is.

That said, I think it would have been a lot harder to be gluten-free as a kid or even in college. Being 23 I was old enough to not care about what other people thought and be able to do the right thing for my body. I don't have the same desire to "fit in" as I did when I was a kid so the fact that I'm eating differently doesn't bother me. I'm also in a position where I can easily keep myself safe - I wouldn't have nearly that much control over my food if I still had to eat dorm food.