Celiac Disease &amp; Gluten-Free Diet Blogs

Coincidence Or Fate?

Things are moving more quickly than I thought they might. I just started glutening myself two days ago, and I got a call this morning on an appointment with the GI specialist. It is in 3 1/2 weeks and is a "consultation" so I am assuming will just be a review of my medical history, symptoms and previous testing to decide what to do next. However, I am okay with it...gives me a chance to keep glutening myself with hopefully enough time for more symptoms and reactions to be noticeable. I am c

February 20, 2008

Back To Gluten

So I decided to take the plunge and go back on gluten while waiting for the GI appointment. I was going out of town this weekend and figured this was a good time to fall off the wagon. Yesterday, breakfast glutens included a piece of toast, lunch glutens included fried sweet potatoes that had been dredged in flour and a little slice of carrot cake. This morning I had 2 baking powder biscuits with my boiled egg, and at lunch some turkey soup (had noodles in it) with my salad. My stomach doesn

February 18, 2008

Mosaics' Blog

Excellent Recipe

I made this recipe a couple of nights ago and it was wonderful! It's a salmon topped with crab-cake. I got the salmon part of the recipe from the Dallas Morning News. It called for store-bought crab cakes, which of course, have bread in them, so I looked on www.allrecipes.com for a crab cake recipe that I could make myself and tweak to make it gluten-free. It was super easy to make. The recipe said to serve it with a tartar or roumalade sauce and I usually do have to have some kind of sauce

Mosaics

February 18, 2008

Celiac Makes Strange Bedfellows

Remember that Billy Joel song, "In the Middle of the Night?" I have had a very unwelcome night visitor many times in the past few years. It is the typical dermatitis that goes hand in hand with Celiac disease, or better stated, "hand and nail," because the uncontrollable compulsion to rub and scratch cannot be contained. Here is the sequence. I awake from a sound sleep - conscious of a localized hot spot which is red and round and very visible. Quickly it becomes pimply and extremely itchy.

February 18, 2008

newby to celiac?'s Blog

How To Get Better?

Wow! Diagnosed in January by a letter. Could not get an appointment with GI until March? Very overwhelmed. I have been on the diet for 3 weeks. Still not feeling better. How long does it take? I have had bone and joint pain, numbness, fatigue, GI symptoms, nausea, sleeping problems, sinus problems, dizziness, weight loss. I have been sick for 9 mos and have been told I was crazy and there was nothing wrong with me. Every test has been negative except my small intesting biopsy. If any on

newby to celiac?

February 16, 2008

List Of Symptoms That I've Noticed Have Disappeared.

I am into about week 4 or 5 of gluten free again. I am still waiting to hear when my specialist appointment is and know that I might be doing the stupid thing by staying gluten free in the event they are going to biopsy. I keep telling myself "tomorrow I'll go back on", but then I just can't stand the thought of it, and dealing with the symptoms again....so, having said that, here is the list of symptoms I have noticed that have disappeared since going gluten free. 1. Canker sores gone.

February 16, 2008

I Had My Cakes and Ate Them Too

I've been rice-free for eight years and suspected rice as a problem just as I discovered I was a Celiac. However it apparently is not and in fact I show almost no sensitivity to it when compared to nuts and treated dairy, which I tolerate but occasionally react too. I tried two types of rice. One was a processed white rice which was combined with vegetables. It tasted like chlorine or iodine so I don't plan on that again. However, brown rice cakes were a limited success. I say "limited" beca

February 14, 2008

Confessions Of A Carboholic

I love my carbs! I love toast, muffins, bagels with peanut butter and cereals (hot or cold). That is why I was so disappointment at my first venture into gluten free breads. Being new to the whole gluten free world I started off buying the frozen, pre-made loaves. The slices were all frozen together, so there I stood in my kitchen when I got home, chiselling bits of "bread" off this frozen loaf. Toasted...not bad. Made a sandwich for lunch the next day. I was so looking forward to eat

February 13, 2008

The Beginning

Here is my story. I don't know if I am celiac but am in the midst of the process. Being in Canada with our "universal health care" system, it may be quite a long while before I get any diagnosis. I probably had symptoms eons ago, just never really realized they were symptoms. The first GI issues I really remember having was when I was pregnant. I would get these really gassy, bloated bouts and just figured it was a pregnancy thing...I became gassier than normal. I mentioned this to my d

Gluten Free Breeze (formerly Brendygirl) Blog

February 11, 2008

Alilbratty's Blog

Need Some Help?

Hello everyone..I am suffering right now and all confused as to what is going on with me.I have been diagnosed with celiac and Fibromyalgia and Hypothyroid disease among other things like arthritis and tons of tummy troubles.My main concern right this moment is that I am losing my hair rapidly.All women out there know this is one of the most horrifying things for us to have happen.I can not seem to get any Dr to listen to me about this.I feel like I am dying slowly and no one will listen to me a

Alilbratty

February 11, 2008

Musings of a Celiac

The Beginning

So the doctor has diagnosed me with Celiac disease, though I have yet to have a colonoscopy or biopsy to see how bad it is... So far I have visited Vitamin Cottage and recieved a list of all their products that are gluten-free. Wow, what service! Whenever I shop there, I always get a feeling that they care. Rare nowadays. I have a couple of cookbooks for gluten free cooking. Good ones, too. I also had to clean out my cabinets and fridge. My poor cabinets looked so bare when I was do

Safiyah

February 11, 2008

Bread And Jamnesia

Revelation: I know why it takes 3 years to get a hang of the gluten-free diet-- Because it takes about that long to forget how real bread tastes! And when you've been NOT eating the real thing for two years, like me, you DO forget what the real thing tastes like. And THAT makes the fake versions much more palatable! Now the newbies at the celiac support group meeting will look at ME like I have three eyeballs when I join the "old, wise ones" and proclaim, "it tastes just like the real thing

brendygirl

February 9, 2008

Dr Rodney Ford's Blog

I have launched my "The Gluten Syndrome" on YouTube. Open Original Shared Link I have got heaps of great feedback. In 2 minutes you can hear my theory on how gluten causes its harm. What do you think of this video? Please “rate it” and make a “comment”, and also pass on the link to your friends. The idea is to help the millions of gluten sufferers who are unaware of the problem. Thanks. Cheers Rodney. = = = = = = = = = = = = = Hi. This site, Open Original Shared Link, is an awesome

Dr. Rodney Ford M.D.

January 28, 2008

GlutenWrangler's Blog

Learning To Accept

When my illness hit me four years ago, I was sure that it was temporary. I knew in my mind that in time, I would be back to perfect health without any worries. But as time went on, I only saw the opposite happen. And even when I was 100 pounds, I still felt that complete wellness was possible. I always prided myself on my optimism through periods that would break many people in half. Things have changed now. That unwavering optimism has all but disappeared. The fact is that I don't have the ty

GlutenWrangler

January 26, 2008

GlutenWrangler's Blog

The Supermarket

I go to the supermarket often, at least three times per week. Since I can't eat, I buy a lot of things to drink. Mainly I buy Sprite, Water, Gatorade, and Nantucket Nectar Lemonade. They are the staples of my "diet". But it is definitely strange to be the guy who always goes through the checkout line with a cart loaded with drinks, and no food. A few employees have even asked why I buy so many beverages, but no food. When I tell them that I don't eat, they don't understand. "How can someone ju

GlutenWrangler

January 25, 2008

Mosaics' Blog

I Can See Clearly Now...

the rain is gone. I can see all obstacles in my way... I got contact lenses. This has been a difficult couple of years for me, vision-wise. I've always had great vision and didn't have to wear glasses or contacts up until I was about 40 or so. I had to get some reading glasses. Since then, my vision has gotten worse and I've need some correction for my distance vision. At first I tried the no-line bifocals, but I couldn't use those at all. They were horrible! Then I tried the

Mosaics

January 21, 2008

Gluten Free Breeze (formerly Brendygirl) Blog

Eating Lately

gluten-free foods I've tried lately: GlutenFreeda's frozen cookies- forgot the name of the flavor- something w/pb & ch chips- Ok, but 140 cal/ea. and I think they taste better frozen, just the dough, which is probably how I'll eat the rest of them. Ian's frozen fish sticks- excellent! Addictive! Very crunchy! Ian's frozen turkey corn dog bites- very good Large gluten-free pasta shells- haven't tried them yet. I despise the gray-looking rice pasta for the mushiness and the b

brendygirl

January 19, 2008

Lasister's Thoughts

New To This

So, after 22 years and so many problems, they have found that I don't have Celiac disease but I have such a high intolerance that they can pretty much count it as such. For two months I've been living wheat/gluten free and frankly enjoy it - besides the weight gain As I was reading in the community, I was wondering if anyone can recommend any great foods out there - that we maybe can buy online? I live Santa Barbara Ca. and everything is WAY over priced. I also have to ask...any

Lasister

January 16, 2008

Snacks for "Yaks" - Specific Carbohydrate Diet Ideas

Are you anything like I was, addicted to starchy foods most of my adult life? I could make an entire box of Wheat Thins disappear faster than David Copperfield. Bars lost money when I dove into their pretzel bowls. My kids knew if they asked me to babysit they would have to replenish their stock of Saltines, Triscuits, Cheese Ritz and Goldfish crackers the following day. I had to say goodbye to those forever. But hope and snacks spring eternal. A door closes, an oven opens! By gosh I stil

January 16, 2008

Laundry List - "Hold the Starch"

It's been eight years since I have had Arrowroot, buckwheat, corn/maize, potato flour, rice, rice bran, rice flour, sago, tapioca, soy, soy bran, or soy flour. All are gluten free! Yet, all are prohibited on the diet I have been following for celiac disease management, since December 2000, the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. Why? Because they may be gluten- free but they contain starch. Digestion of starch is effected by hydrolyzing enzymes in a complex process which depends on many facto