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How Strict Do We Need To Be?

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radman Newbie
radman
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Good evening everyone,

Fiddle:

I must admit ignorance about CF, to me this means cystic fibrosis, and I don't think this is what you mean.

I'll look into the sourdough issue further, but I am not optimistic. The microorganisms responsible for sourdough's sourness work on carbohydrates, not proteins like gluten, but then perhaps there's more to it.

And no, intestinal lymphomas are not ONLY associated with celiac, but I don't think we know what proportion are associated. This would be an interesting study to do.

Welcome welcome welcome Allan, we have so much in common. While I appreciate Karen's take, I must say that initially I certainly did feel some animosity which surprised me, but hey life's too short to get down on things like that. Plus the majority of folks here are wonderful, and very helpful. I just try to be respectful, and people generally return the sentiment. I think our science training causes us to analyze this problem in a similar way. You are entireley correct that the risk of nonGI complications have not been shown to be secondary to the autoimmune response, or even to celiac directly. See my previous posts discussing correlation vs. causation. And nutritional causes are not the only indirect source of the ancillary complications. Genetic predisposition which travels in tandem with the celiac gene is another potential cause of other autoimmune problems, including neuropathy, arthritis, thyroid problems, ataxia, etc. Lots of folks aren't appreciating what I'm saying in this regard. The bottom line, though, is that I personally do not have any noticeable associated symptoms aside from the gas, foul stools, and grumbling stomach from gluten. Given what I know about immune system function, autoimmunity, genetics, and the other diseases in general, I remain concerned primarily about small intestinal malignancy and osteoporosis. I do not beleive I am at risk for the other problems, because it does not appear that I have the genetic predisposition to those other complications. I have been thinking a lot about the oats issue as well, and I come to the same conclusion as you. Oats don't have gluten, only cross contamination is a potential problem. I bought some Quaker oats but haven't tried them yet. I'm giving myself two months pure gluten free before introducing oats and other things like rice crispies (with a little malt flavoring) to see if they cause any noticeable reaction. I also relate to the longevity vs. quality of life issue. I have commented on the balance we all make regarding the risks and benefits of being less absolutist about the cross contamination/minimal gluten intake issue.

Finally, I have great respect for the misery that so many here have endured, so I would just ask them to please not take these ramblings personally. We all need to realize that the disease affects some of us very differently than others. We need to work out the best management for our individual cases, and help one another as best we can. That's the power of this board.

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Lisa Mentor
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alanh:

First of all I would like to welcome you to the board.

Second of all....I have to the best of my knowledge been gluten free since August. Obviously, new to this diet there have been many times that I made a mistake or was not as diligent as I should have been.

It has taken me nearly eight months to learn to identify when and where I have been glutened. It is a long learning process as has been for everyone here on the site. My personal difficulties are when I am feeling "normal", I catch myself living my "before Celiac" lifestyle. A resent instance, was Sunday afternoon at a Bridal Shower, when I took one small carrot and diped once into a ranch dressing dip. The subsequent result was three days of painful acid D and fatigue.

I am not as technical as some who post here. I do feel that you need to read more of this disease. I am to date one of the blessed ones here. I have developed few of the side effect of celiac, which mine includes minor brain loss in the right side of my brain and moderate muscle atrophy. Basically, I starved my brian of all foods to maintain a health active orgain. And yes, I am lucky, many of my friends here are in wheelchairs. My future may spell out other issues.

Please learn more for your health and your future.

radman Newbie
radman
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Ok, on a lighter note, I need some practical advice.

My neanderthal buddies only know one way to socialize, and that is over a beer. A beer after work, a beer after golf, a beer while the wives talk. Since I can no longer drink beer, I keep making excuses, but I'm running out. They are suspecting I may be turning into a panzie a$$. If I tell them I have a food intolerance and can't drink beer and eat pizza, I then officially become a panzie a$$. Jerks.

What to do?

p.s. this is actually more serious than it sounds :(

VydorScope Proficient
VydorScope
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Ok, on a lighter note, I need some practical advice.

My neanderthal buddies only know one way to socialize, and that is over a beer. A beer after work, a beer after golf, a beer while the wives talk. Since I can no longer drink beer, I keep making excuses, but I'm running out. They are suspecting I may be turning into a panzie a$$. If I tell them I have a food intolerance and can't drink beer and eat pizza, I then officially become a panzie a$$. Jerks.

What to do?

p.s. this is actually more serious than it sounds :(

Buy glutne free beer. Like this one:

Open Original Shared Link

(linked from an ad here, I never heard of it :) )

I do notlike beer, so can not comment beyond that. :)

Rusla Enthusiast
Rusla
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Ok, on a lighter note, I need some practical advice.

My neanderthal buddies only know one way to socialize, and that is over a beer. A beer after work, a beer after golf, a beer while the wives talk. Since I can no longer drink beer, I keep making excuses, but I'm running out. They are suspecting I may be turning into a panzie a$$. If I tell them I have a food intolerance and can't drink beer and eat pizza, I then officially become a panzie a$$. Jerks.

What to do?

p.s. this is actually more serious than it sounds :(

Good evening Radman,

I would have never figured you for having neaderthal buddies, but then it is nice to a mixture of friends. Anyway how about drinking, rum,or tequila...tell them only macho men with added attractions drink what you do. If you go to the same place all the time take a look at their food list ahead of time, and find out from them if there is something they can do special for you. Then tell your cave dwelling friends that you have recently developed more refined tastes and perhaps they would like to do that also.

Sorry I can't be more help. I never did drink beer, it always made me sick now I know why.

Lisa Mentor
Lisa
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alanh:

First of all I would like to welcome you to the board.

Second of all....I have to the best of my knowledge been gluten free since August. Obviously, new to this diet there have been many times that I made a mistake or was not as diligent as I should have been.

It has taken me nearly eight months to learn to identify when and where I have been glutened. It is a long learning process as has been for everyone here on the site. My personal difficulties are when I am feeling "normal", I catch myself living my "before Celiac" lifestyle. A resent instance, was Sunday afternoon at a Bridal Shower, when I took one small carrot and diped once into a ranch dressing dip. The subsequent result was three days of painful acid D and fatigue.

I am not as technical as some who post here. I do feel that you need to read more of this disease. I am to date one of the blessed ones here. I have developed few of the side effect of celiac, which mine includes minor brain loss in the right side of my brain and moderate muscle atrophy. Basically, I starved my brian of all foods to maintain a health active orgain. And yes, I am lucky, many of my friends here are in wheelchairs. My future may spell out other issues.

Please learn more for your health and your future.

Please consider this post deleted.

radman Newbie
radman
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Vydor:

I was initially happy to see that a gluten free beer was available, but as I think about it I doubt it will help with this particular problem. "What'll ya have? Bud, Coors, Guiness?"... "Uh, have ya got a gluten-free Grist Mill?"

But this will be good to have at the house to drink with the ocassional barbeque.

Rusla:

Good advice as always. Drinking straight up vodka couldn't be considered wimpy, but it could be problematic in other ways :lol:

By the way, do grain based liquors like scotch and bourbon have gluten?

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Fiddle-Faddle Community Regular
Fiddle-Faddle
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Hi, Radman,

Actually, I do mean cystic fibrosis. What caught my eye was the similarity in stomach symptoms. I was wondering if the pulmonary stuff could possibly be another expression of celiac the way Dermatitis Herpeteformis is.

Hi, Alan, welcome to the forum.As you may have noticed, people to tend to react with great intensity here. I believe everyone means well, but as someone stated on page 14 of this thread (or was 15), many have been to hell with this disease, and not all have come back.

Having said that, would everybody PLEASE calm down?!?!?! Nobody is trying to offend anybody else, but it seems that everybody is taking offense at everything.

I think I understand where Alan and Radman are coming from, as I suspect I come from the same planet in terms of the mildness of symptoms and how late in life they started. Most of you guys who have been to hell and back have had many major health problems for decades.

I haven't. I had one rash that wasn't even confirmed as DH, but I went off gluten just in case--and noticed a lot of good things, both for me and for my children who are now "gluten-lite."

Your suggestions of banning every gluten molecule from our house and the five-mile radius beyond it is logical. In your experience, it has been a total poison, and in your experience, one molecule is easily enough poison to wreak several day's worth of havoc on your bodies.

But it's also logical to wonder--isn't it possible that every "normal" healthy person might develop celiac if their bodies receive enough of a gluten overload. Is celiac like vaccines, where 15% or more develop autism, perhaps becasue they are genetically wired differently, or perhaps their bodies have a different "set point" of what they can handle? For those of us who have such mild symptoms that they don't even register with us--what if remaining "gluten-lite" instead of gluten-free actually protects us from developing 30 million food intolerances? What if going totally off gluten somehow triggers our bodies into rejecting other things in its stead? Certainly, I think a gluten-lite diet would just put us on a slower path to the hell that the rest of you have expereienced--but it could possibly go either way. We really don't know. Those of you who are the most passionate about being gluten-free and who are the most affected by a molecue of cross-contamination--as far as I can tell, you guys had the severe problems for years before your diagnosis and subsequent flight from gluten. Isn't it possible that those of us at a very beginning stage of gluten intolerance (and later in life) might not need to be as vigilant as you?

I understand that you are simply trying to help and protect us from the pains that you have suffered--I really do. I'm the same way about breastfeeding. I look moms who say, "Hmm, this is tougher than I thought, guess I'll switch to formula," and I think they can't possibly have any brains--and that's probably what you'll think of me for writing this post.

I'd like to hear from someone who has not had major celiac problems, but who has experimented with both gluten-free and gluten-lite.

And for those of you who are very upset, let me just say that this is similar to teenagers not wanting to learn from their parents' experiences but wanting to learn on their own. I'm sure there's a certain amount of denial, but there's no disrespect intended here. Let's use drugs as an example. As far as I know, there is easily enough research on drugs that I have never had the least desire to experiment even once. But gluten? There just isn't enough available research yet to convince me that I need to worry about cross-contamination when the 2 times I cheated with "real" soy sauce, I had absolutely no symptoms. This doesn't mean that I'm going to start eating bread, or even use "real" soy sauce on a regular basis (I cook Asian food way too often for that, and besides, I just discovered Thai fish sauce, which I like even better :) )But I'm not going to get my knickers in a twist worrying about cross-contamination until I see symptoms that tell me I need to. (And I am definitely on the lookout for those symptoms!)

Anyway, if you Serious And Experienced Ones can please try to be a little bit more patient with those of us who have a slightly different perspective, and try to understand that we are thinking out loud on this forum. In re-reading the posts on this thread, I'm finding more nastiness coming from the experienced people than from the newbies who are just trying to feel their way around a new world here.

Radman--sorry I can't help with the beer thing--I've always detested beer. When I was 8, my brother gave me a glassful--but told me it was ginger ale. Bleagh!!! :wacko:

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Vydor:

I was initially happy to see that a gluten free beer was available, but as I think about it I doubt it will help with this particular problem. "What'll ya have? Bud, Coors, Guiness?"... "Uh, have ya got a gluten-free Grist Mill?"

But this will be good to have at the house to drink with the ocassional barbeque.

Rusla:

Good advice as always. Drinking straight up vodka couldn't be considered wimpy, but it could be problematic in other ways :lol:

By the way, do grain based liquors like scotch and bourbon have gluten?

Yes they do.

Even some vodka's are distilled with grain but not many. I suggest doing many tequila's and then dancing on the table.

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VydorScope
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Volenteer to be the permenat desingnated driver and stick with coke/pepsi/etc

tarnalberry Community Regular
tarnalberry
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Ok, on a lighter note, I need some practical advice.

My neanderthal buddies only know one way to socialize, and that is over a beer. A beer after work, a beer after golf, a beer while the wives talk. Since I can no longer drink beer, I keep making excuses, but I'm running out. They are suspecting I may be turning into a panzie a$$. If I tell them I have a food intolerance and can't drink beer and eat pizza, I then officially become a panzie a$$. Jerks.

What to do?

p.s. this is actually more serious than it sounds :(

1. you can get yourself some gluten-free beer, or gluten-free hard cider. or switch to distilled beverages that are gluten-free.

2. you can explain yourself, and if they truely say you're a pansy and treat you like crap over it, then they are jerks, and do you really want to socialize with people who will TRUELY behave so poorly as to value a beverage over their friend?! you can still go out with them and just drink something else.

VydorScope Proficient
VydorScope
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1. you can get yourself some gluten-free beer, or gluten-free hard cider. or switch to distilled beverages that are gluten-free.

2. you can explain yourself, and if they truely say you're a pansy and treat you like crap over it, then they are jerks, and do you really want to socialize with people who will TRUELY behave so poorly as to value a beverage over their friend?! you can still go out with them and just drink something else.

Tif, I might not understand the desire to drink, but one thing I do understand is male interaction. Its completely different then female interaction, and i doubt I could explain... but they would likly value him over the beverage AND give him heck over it.

Rusla Enthusiast
Rusla
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Tif, I might not understand the desire to drink, but one thing I do understand is male interaction. Its completely different then female interaction, and i doubt I could explain... but they would likly value him over the beverage AND give him heck over it.

I think Vincent, you are refering to the traditon of "male bonding." Which of course men do so much more differently than women. :P

Lisa Mentor
Lisa
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Radman:

If you need a manly drink try Maker's Mark on the rocks. My choice is Seagrams 7 - 7up...not manly enough but it works for me.

I also agree with Fiddle-Faddle that there are levels of sensitivity. After reading so much on this site, I have realized that, although I get glutened, my level is not as intense as others.

As far as ages goes and your level of indulgeing. what in the world does that mean.... My mother died when I was 2 1/2, my step-mother died when I was 20 and my father died when I was 22. Talk about being alone. I have a daughter going to be married in two months with her sister close behind. and I want to be healthy enought to watch my grandchildren graduate from high school, I want to take pictures for the prom and I want to see it all. And if I have to watch my diet for the rest of my life to achieve those goals, I will damn well do it.

I am 51 years old and I have a whole lot of things that I need to do. Choices, it is all choices, and as the Templer Knight said "choice, wisely".

Lisa

radman Newbie
radman
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You guys seem to be forgetting that I am talking about my fellow males here, not humans. They don't reason about these things.

Seriously though, I wonder, at the risk of setting off another, err, opinionated discussion, just how much gluten is in a distilled beverage.

Long before I knew about my celiac, I knew that my gut did not tolerate beer very well, but that I could drink scotch and bourbon without much problem (well, provided it was one or two drinks :) )

VydorScope Proficient
VydorScope
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You guys seem to be forgetting that I am talking about my fellow males here, not humans. They don't reason about these things.

Seriously though, I wonder, at the risk of setting off another, err, opinionated discussion, just how much gluten is in a distilled beverage.

Long before I knew about my celiac, I knew that my gut did not tolerate beer very well, but that I could drink scotch and bourbon without much problem (well, provided it was one or two drinks :) )

Distilling removes gluten.

I think Vincent, you are refering to the traditon of "male bonding." Which of course men do so much more differently than women. :P

:lol: "Male bounding" :lol: Typical Female response :lol:

Rusla Enthusiast
Rusla
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I am going to come and take pictures of Radman dancing on the table.

Distilling removes gluten.

:lol: "Male bounding" :lol: Typical Female response :lol:

What would you call it Vincent? Is there a new word for it now? :lol:

VydorScope Proficient
VydorScope
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I am going to come and take pictures of Radman dancing on the table.

What would you call it Vincent? Is there a new word for it now? :lol:

:rolleyes: Needing to name somthing, and describe it with words is such a female concept. :P:lol:

Guest nini
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sorry if it appeared I was getting "my knickers in a twist" I'm under a LOT of stress in my "real life" since I lost my job last week...

back to the pressing question,

I like the option of switching to gluten-free beverages and finding out what other gluten-free food options your fave hang out places might offer, OR what is wrong with being the designated driver? (j/k) I think the social aspect of hanging out with the buddies is way more important than a drink...

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jerseyangel
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Gosh Vincent--you're such a GUY!! :D

VydorScope Proficient
VydorScope
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Gosh Vincent--you're such a GUY!! :D

Thank you. :D

Rusla Enthusiast
Rusla
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:rolleyes: Needing to name somthing, and describe it with words is such a female concept. :P:lol:

That is because women comunicate as opposed to grunting and waving clubs. :lol::lol:

sorry if it appeared I was getting "my knickers in a twist" I'm under a LOT of stress in my "real life" since I lost my job last week...

back to the pressing question,

I like the option of switching to gluten-free beverages and finding out what other gluten-free food options your fave hang out places might offer, OR what is wrong with being the designated driver? (j/k) I think the social aspect of hanging out with the buddies is way more important than a drink...

I am sorry you are stressed and lost your job. If we all lived near each other we could all go out for a milkshake (with rum) or something. Then we could scratch our genitals and armpits and communicate. :lol::lol:

VydorScope Proficient
VydorScope
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That is because women comunicate as opposed to grunting and waving clubs. :lol::lol:

:lol: thats casuse most of the time men can communcait more with one grunt then a woman can get out on the phone in say an hour ! :lol::lol:

Rusla Enthusiast
Rusla
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:lol: thats casuse most of the time men can communcait more with one grunt then a woman can get out on the phone in say an hour ! :lol::lol:

Ha! I do not like talking on the phone. Now my older brother would spend and still does spend hours on the phone. :P:lol:

VydorScope Proficient
VydorScope
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sorry if it appeared I was getting "my knickers in a twist" I'm under a LOT of stress in my "real life" since I lost my job last week...

Wow that stinks. Sorry, wish I was hiring at my office so I could offer you somthing... :(

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      Ocd making gluten fears unmanageable. Need advice

      By Dora77 · Posted

      Sorry for the long post. I’m 18, and I was diagnosed with celiac disease and type 1 diabetes (T1D). My transglutaminase IgA was >128 U/mL, EMA IgA positive twice, and I’m HLA-DQ2 and DQ8 positive. I’ve been completely asymptomatic since diagnosis, even when I cheated with gluten sometimes in the past and used to eat out(2-5 years ago) I don’t get the typical celiac reactions, which makes it really hard to know when (or if) I’ve been glutened. But for the past year, I’ve been the most strict with my diet, and that’s also when a bunch of new issues started. I eat completely glutenfree, never eat out, dont eat food that says „may contain gluten“.   Current Health Problems • Floating, undigested stools for over a year now. Dont think its related to celiac as it was like this since im 17 and not 13-16( i got diagnosed at 13). • Chronic back pain started gradually, worsens with movement, lots of cracking/popping sounds. Been ongoing for a year now. First noticed in the gym. • Abdominal bulge on the right side, not painful but seems to be getting slightly bigger. Doctor didn’t find a hernia on ultrasound, but it was done lying down (I’ve read those can miss hernias). Noticed it like 6 months ago, couldve been there longer. • extremely dry and mildly swollen hands (this started before I started excessive hand-washing), and bloated face. • Signs of inattentive ADHD (noticed over the past 3 years), now combined with severe OCD focused on contamination and cross-contact. • Growth/puberty seemed to started after going gluten-free. Before that I was not developing. Dont know if any of these are because of celiac as my dad doesnt have those and he is a lot less strict gluten-free then me. I also had pancreatic elastase tested four times: values were 46 (very low), 236, 158, and 306 (normal). Gastroenterologist said one normal value is enough and I don’t have EPI. Family doctor prescribed Kreon anyway (after I pushed for it), and I just started taking 1 capsule (10,000 units) with meals 2 days ago, but couldn‘t see effects yet because I’ve been constipated the last few days. Maybe because of thyroid. I don’t have Hashimoto’s. No thyroid antibodies. But I took levothyroxine for slightly low FT4 levels. My thyroid levels fluctuated between borderline low and low-normal. And recently lowered my dose so that may have caused the constipating. I probably didn’t need it in the first place, and am thinking about stopping it soon.   Current Diet Right now, I only eat a very limited set of “safe” foods I prepare myself: • Gluten-free bread with tuna or cheese • Milk and cornflakes • gluten-free cookies/snacks • Bananas (the only fruit I trust right now) I rarely eat other fruits or vegetables, because I’m scared of contamination. My dad, who also has celiac but doesn’t care about CC, buys fruits, and he might’ve picked them up right after handling gluten bread. That makes me feel unsafe eating them. Even fruit at stores or markets feels risky because so many people with gluten on their hands touch them.   My Home Situation (Shared Kitchen) We’re a family of 5. Only my dad and I have celiac. He eats glutenfree but doesn’t care about CC and sometimes (but rarely) cheats. My mom and siblings eat gluten bread at every meal. My mom is honest (so if i ask her to be cautious, she most likely would try to), but doesn’t seem to understand how serious celiac is. She: • Stopped using gluten flour • only cooks gluten-free meals (but they still heat up gluten bread and also cook gluten noodles) • Keeps separate butter/jam/jars for me • Bought me a stainless steel pan Bu we didn’t replace old wooden utensils, cutting boards, or other pans. The new they bought me pan was even carried home in a shopping bag with gluten bread in it, which triggered my OCD. It also has a rubber handle and I’m scared it might still hold onto gluten. Even if it’s washed well, it’s stored next to other pans that were used for gluten food/bread. Our kitchen table is used for eating gluten bread daily. My mom wipes it but not with soap. I’m scared tiny particles remain. If she made gluten-free bread dough on a board at the table, I’d still worry about cross contmaination contamination even with something under the dough and on the table as at one point the dough would probably touch the table. So I stopped eating anything she makes.   I know OCD is making it worse, but I can’t tell how much of my fear is real and how much is anxiety. Examples: • I wash my hands 20–30 times a day — before eating, after touching anything at home or outside, after using my phone/laptop. • I don’t let others touch my phone, and I’m scared to use my laptop because friends at school or my brother (who eat gluten) have touched it. And it annoys me a lot when others touch my stuff and feels like it got contaminated and is unsafe instantly. • I stopped eating while using my phone or laptop, afraid of invisible gluten being on them. • I wash my hands after opening food packaging (since it was on store cashier belts where gluten food is placed). • I avoid sitting anywhere except my bed or one clean chair. • I won’t shake hands with anyone or walk past people eating gluten. • At school, when switching classes, I wash my hands before getting out my laptop, again before opening it, etc. • I open door knobs with my elbows instead my hands   Job Concerns (Powder Coating, Sandblasting, Etc.) I’m working a temporary job right now that involves: • Powder coating • Sandblasting • Wet spray painting • Anodizing There’s also a laboratory. I don’t need this job, and my OCD makes me believe that dust or air particles there might contain gluten somehow. Should I quit?   Doctors Haven’t Helped My family doctor told me: “Asymptomatic celiac isn’t serious, if you have no symptoms, your intestines won’t get damaged, so you don’t need a gluten-free diet.” I knew that was wrong, but he wasn’t open to listening. I just nodded and didn‘t argue. My gastroenterologist (who’s also a dietitian) said: „If your antibodies are negative, there’s no damage. It might even be okay to try small amounts of gluten later if antibodies stay negative.“ Also said, pepper that says “may contain gluten” is fine if it only contains pepper. She was more informed than my family doctor but didn’t seem to fully understand celiac either.   Questions I Need Help With 1. Is it realistically safe to eat food my mom cooks, if we get separate pans/ and boards even if gluten is still used in the same kitchen? There will always be low risk of cc chances like that she will still touch stuff that was touched by her and my siblings after they ate gluten. And as there are gluten eaters in the house and she also prepares and eats gluten. So would opening the fridge then getting the food and touching the food be okay? So basically what i am doing, washing my hands multiple times while preparing food, she would only wash it once before, then touch anything else (for example water tap or handles) that were touched with gluteny hands, then also touch the food. I dont know if I ever could feel safe, I could try telling her how important cc really is. And I trust her so she wouldnt lie to me then be careless about cc, but idk how safe it really can be if she and everyone else keeps eating gluten and touching stuff in the house after eating. 2. Do I need to worry about touching doorknobs, fridge handles, light switches, etc. that family members touched after eating gluten? What about public places like bus handles or school desks? Or like if i went to the gym, I would be touching stuff all the time, so there will be small amounts of gluten and those would get transferred on my phone if I touch my phone while in the gym. But I want to knos if it would be enough to do damage. 3. Is an endoscopy (without biopsy) enough to tell if my intestines are healed? I’d pay privately if it could help and if i dont get a refferal. Or do i need a biopsy? 4. Could my job (powder coating, sandblasting, etc.) expose me to gluten or damage my intestines through air/dust? 5. Do I need certified gluten-free toothpaste, hand soap, shampoo, or moisturizer? (For example: Vaseline and Colgate don’t contain gluten ingredients but say they can’t guarantee it’s gluten-free.) 6. Is spices like pepper with “may contain traces of gluten” safe if no gluten ingredients are listed? Or does everything need to be labeled gluten-free?  7. Is continuing to only eat my own food the better choice, or could I eventually go back to eating what my mom cooks if she’s careful? 8. is cutlery from dishwasher safe if there are stains? Stuff like knives is used for cutting gluten bread or fork for noodles etc. I often see stains which i dont know if its gluten or something else but our dish washer doesnt seem to make it completely clean. 9. I wash my hands multiple times while preparing food. Do i need to do the same when touching my phone. Like if i touch the fridge handle, I wash my hands then touch the phone. I dont eat while using my phone but i leave it on my bed and pillow and my face could come in contact with where it was.  10. Do i need to clean my phone or laptop if theyve been used by people who eat gluten? Even if no crumbs fall onto my keybaord, i mean because of invisible gluten on their fingers. 11. Does medication/supplements have to be strictly glutenfree? One company said they couldn‘t guarantee if their probiotics don’t contain traces of gluten.  12. I had bought supplements in the past, some of them say glutenfree and some of them dont(like the brand „NOW“ from iherb). I bought them and used them when i wasnt washing my hands so often, are they still safe? As I touched and opened them after touching door knobs, water taps etc. It was like a year ago when i bought those and even though i was eating gluten-free, I never worried about what i touch etc. I know this post is long. I’m just extremely overwhelmed. I’m trying to protect myself from long-term health damage, but the OCD is destroying my quality of life, and I honestly don’t know what’s a reasonable level of caution anymore. Thanks for reading.
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