Hello I'm 10 and yesterday I was diagnosed with celiac disease. My parents said I handled it fine. About 3 months ago my dad was diagnosed with celiac disease, and about a month later I started getting stomach problems. My parents put me on that diet were you eat toast bananas apples and rice, and a week ago I went to the doctors and had some tests taken. Yesterday they called my parents and said I had tested positive. It's really my first day with celiac and its not that bad. I see no reason to feel worthless and/or useless because you are not alone. I see some good posts and some bad posts but all should be good. Please take note that we don't have cancer and may die--this should make us feel better. My grandparents told my mom that my dad looked kind of pale before he got celiac disease, and now they say he looks great and he's grown about 1½ inches. I'm scared with this too, but it's something that all of us are going to have to overcome. Check and see if there's a R.O.C.K. club in your county (Raise Our Celiac Kids) and if your new to this I recommend you read Living Gluten Free for Dummies. I tried gluten free pizza and gluten free cookies and they tasted no different than regular cookies and pizza. Thanks or listening to my post--God Bless. Joshua.

My name is Sharilin. My 8 year old daughter, Lauren, was just diagnosed with celiac. She is also a diabetic. We have 5 children all together and I plan to have all of us tested. We are from Nampa, Idaho but are currently living in Maryland. We want to come home badly. Although we are not there, maybe you and Lauren could talk by e-mail? I think that would be nice. Would you like that? Also, we are looking for support here in the DC Metro area. We currently are without transportation, so e-mail is awesome. Thanks and God Bless. Sharilin

Yes, there is a celiac support group that meets , like every other month in Meridian at St. Lukes. Jakes Gluten Free store is where we found out about a group. 322-5935. also, Cliff's in Caldwell sell gluten free & posted a letter from the support group. My husband been diagnosed about a month. We went to the last meeting--very helpful.

Hi Sharilin, I would not mind talking with Lauren through e-mail. I will talk with my aunt and see if she knows of any support groups in the DC Metro area. She has had Celiac for 10 years now and has been my number one support group. Back home I have a ton of resources, and as soon as I get back from family vacation I can e-mail so information to you and your daughter. Take care, Jessi

Hi Jessi, I don't have any information on support groups (glad to see others are helping you with that), but I wanted to let you know that Market Limone in Nampa carries a lot of gluten-free products. I even tried some cinnamon raisin bread from a Nampa company, Hydroblend, yesterday and it was pretty good. We're going to start carrying it next week, I think. Good luck with everything. Lora