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Funny Problem..just Venting


txgal748

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txgal748 Apprentice

I have been gluten-free since 5/21/2013.  Overall I have done well.  Since I have silent celiac I do not know how often I have been glutened, but I do know of one instance for sure.  Here lately I have caught myself reaching out to grab a bite of something that has gluten. Like I really can! :lol:  I always catch myself though.


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I have been gluten-free since 5/21/2013.  Overall I have done well.  Since I have silent celiac I do not know how often I have been glutened, but I do know of one instance for sure.  Here lately I have caught myself reaching out to grab a bite of something that has gluten. Like I really can! :lol:  I always catch myself though.

Want to know something else funny? You aren't gluten-free until may of this year!:)

Sometimes I start to think, I'll have....but I always catch myself. Sometimes, I stop eating what I know is fine, and think. " oops! Did I check this?"

mushroom Proficient

After five years, I did the first 'unknowing, unthinking' food-in-the-mouth bit just last month.  Promptly spat it out because I knew it was gluten, and couldn't believe I had done it :blink:

gatita Enthusiast

I keep dreaming I've done that, but it hasn't happened in real life yet! I always wake up relieved.

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