Looking For Anecdotes/funnies Re:celiac Disease

Looking For Anecdotes/funnies Re:celiac Disease any funny comments about Celiac: let me know Rate Topic:

#1 irish daveyboy

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Posted 21 August 2009 - 06:31 PM

Hi All,
I'm writing an article on the funny side of celiac disease and looking for all your
ideas.
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Anything you, a neighbor, a friend or the medical profession have said, that made you chuckle!
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He're an example of the sort of thing I'm after.
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I was in College a while back, and was standing in line at the dreaded food deli,

Waiting to hear that inevitable question that all Celiacs must endure

"What would you like?"

Ahead of me was a fellow student, and he turned to question me,

"So, what are you in the mood for today?

I replied
"I'm not sure"
not wanting to blab out right away that I had unusual eating patterns!

He persisted though.
"The pasta looks good!"

At this stage, I just thought I'd get it over with and said with as much gusto as I could muster

"I'm a Celiac".

He hesitated for a moment and replied

"Really, I'm a Sagittarian myself” !!!!

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so now you know what I'm after ?

Put on your thinking caps and let me know.
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Best Regards,
David

Chronically Ill and lost 56lbs in 3 Months Prior to Diagnosis.
Diagnosed in Nov 2005 after Biopsy and Blood Tests
Cannot tolerate Codex Wheat Starch.
Self Taught Baker.
Bake everything from scratch using naturally gluten-free ingredients.

#2 Fiddle-Faddle

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Posted 22 August 2009 - 06:14 PM

All I can offer is what so many of us have been told at one time or another after saying that we can't eat anything made from wheat:

"Oh, that's all right--all our breads are made from WHITE flour, not wheat! You can have them, no problem!"

At one of these episodes, I lost my patience, and said, "Okay, so you know that wheat flour comes from the wheat plant. Exactly which plant did you think white flour comes from?--the white plant????"

#3 Roda

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Posted 23 August 2009 - 08:34 PM

I'm not good at coming up with anything funny but I did find these links to be very amusing.

http://switch2glutenfree.com/celiac-jokes/...e-day-bus-ride/
http://switch2glutenfree.com/celiac-jokes/...ht-be-a-celiac/
http://glutenfreeoptimist.blogspot.com/200...free-jokes.html
http://glutenfreeoptimist.blogspot.com/200...ac-disease.html
http://www.cartoonst...ry/c/celiac.asp
http://www.cartoonst...ry/g/gluten.asp
http://www.cartoonst...gluten-free.asp

My favorite is the church one.

Enjoy reading! :lol:

Me:
Celiac disease(positive blood work/biopsy- 10/2008), gluten free oat intolerent, Hashimoto's Thyroiditis/Disease, Raynaud's Disease

DS2(age 7):
celiac disease(positive IgA tTG, no biopsy- 11/2010)

DS1(age 11):
repeated negative bloodwork and negative EGD/biopsy. Started on a gluten free trial(8/2011). He has decided to stay gluten free due to all of the improvements he has experienced on the diet.

#4 Jestgar

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Posted 24 August 2009 - 04:23 AM

We had a potluck at work, where everyone knows my ... unusual eating patterns (

good phrase) and most bring appropriate things. One guy came in and said "I brought something with no gluten" and dropped a bag of pita chips on the table. And he was a doc......from Ireland...

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#5 OptimisticMom42

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Posted 24 August 2009 - 04:47 AM

O.K. here's my favorite so far........Twice people have responded to my "I can't have dairy" with "Oh, then you can't have eggs!" The first time I was shocked but the second time I was ready with "What kind of cow do you get your eggs from?"

Dx Celiacs March '09

#6 Lisa16

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Posted 24 August 2009 - 05:34 AM

So I am on a plane to Hawaii and I am having an attack. The plane has been delayed and we are sitting on the runway (bad timing for the attack but what can you do really?) I make multiple trips to the bathroom and at one point it looks like we are going to take off for real and the stewardess comes and pounds on the door, yelling "you have to return to your seat immediately."

"I am in here getting violently ill!" I counter, between retches. "I have celiac disease," I offer, by way of explanation.

"You have to come out of there!" I do, but in good time. Something cannot be rushed.

As soon as I am back in my seat, she brings me a huge stack of air-sick bags and says, "While the plane is taking off, we want you to use these when you get sick instead of using the bathroom."