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queenofhearts Explorer
queenofhearts
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Anybody from the Triangle? I'm in Raleigh & would love to know some local connections.

Leah

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olalisa Contributor
olalisa
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Hey Queen! I live in Apex. Go to church in Raleigh. We should definitely chat :)

queenofhearts Explorer
queenofhearts
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Hey Queen! I live in Apex. Go to church in Raleigh. We should definitely chat :)

I'd love to get together sometime. I'm learning to bake gluten-free so maybe you could come over & try my wares one Sunday?

Leah

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phakephur Apprentice
phakephur
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Hi Leah,

I live in Durham. Have you checked out the EarthFare at Brier Creek? They have a lot of gluten-free products I haven't seen at Whole Foods.

Sarah

queenofhearts Explorer
queenofhearts
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Hi Leah,

I live in Durham. Have you checked out the EarthFare at Brier Creek? They have a lot of gluten-free products I haven't seen at Whole Foods.

Sarah

No, but that's a great tip! Thanks! I have family in Durham so I get over there fairly often. Do you have any restaurants there that you trust?

Leah

olalisa Contributor
olalisa
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I'd love to get together sometime. I'm learning to bake gluten-free so maybe you could come over & try my wares one Sunday?

Leah

That sounds like a plan! I've been out of town for the past 4 sundays, but we need to meet sometime soon. I'm ALL for trying baked goods :) PM me if you'd like to try to make a plan.

phakephur Apprentice
phakephur
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Hi Leah,

I'm not a good resource for that since I don't eat in restaurants at all. Durham has the usual stuff though - Outback, PF Changs, etc. Nana's and Magnolia Grill are a bit fancier so you might find accomodation there.

Sarah

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queenofhearts Explorer
queenofhearts
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Hi Leah,

I'm not a good resource for that since I don't eat in restaurants at all. Durham has the usual stuff though - Outback, PF Changs, etc. Nana's and Magnolia Grill are a bit fancier so you might find accomodation there.

Sarah

Thanks for responding anyway! I was hoping for something cheap & unchainy, but that seems to be the holy grail... my quest continues!

Would you be interested in getting together for an all-gluten-free gathering sometime? I have one other taker... I'm learning to bake gluten-free & have some really tasty recipes. Do you eat sweets at all?

Leah

phakephur Apprentice
phakephur
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oh my god, all the time. I bet I've gained 20 lbs since going gluten free. I never appreciated how helpful a malabsorption disease was in controlling one's weight.

We could get some coffee over at Raleigh Whole Foods some time if you want.

Sarah

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itskt2u Newbie
itskt2u
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I am an hour south of the triangle, in Moore County. I go to Chapel Hill and Durham to see some of my doctors. Please Triangle people, tell me if you have a decent celiac doctor in the area? My current GI doesn't seem to know much about celiac and I don't feel I am getting the follow-up care I need. I am about to see a new one at Duke. Also would like to have local real live other celiac friends; I have met only one other celiac in my county. Been gluten-free 5 months; learning gluten-free cooking; my teenage son also has celiac. I have a stone mill and make my own gluten-free flour. Also the oriental and eastern food store on Rosemary Street in Chapel Hill is a good resource for garbanzo flour, tapioca starch etc (cheaper than Whole Foods on these).

Katie

Anybody from the Triangle? I'm in Raleigh & would love to know some local connections.

Leah

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SouthernCeliacGirl Newbie
SouthernCeliacGirl
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Hello from Raleigh! I would love to have some local people to talk to about restaurants, recipes, coping, etc. I'm fairly new to this diet (about 5 months now) and would enjoy having some celiac friends that don't make jokes about me being a health nut all the time. It's really hard to explain to everyone about this disease because they think it is some diet 'fad'. If they only new how bad I have wanted a Papa John's pizza since August! :P

Any replies would be appreciated!

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Tippy Apprentice
Tippy
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Hi! Im actually from the Cary area, and only here during my breaks from school ^-^;; but its awesome to meet others from this area!

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geeze Rookie
geeze
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Anybody from the Triangle? I'm in Raleigh & would love to know some local connections.

Leah

geeze Rookie
geeze
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Hi Leah. I am from Durham, was diagnosed in late April of this year and would love to be able to vocally communicate with someone in the area. While I do type well, I am not what you can call computer literate and am not sure I can get back to this site. I also do not know where to go from here, email, phone number, whatever. If you know how to get back to me, I would love to know of a support group in the area. Thanks. Gladys

geeze Rookie
geeze
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Hi Leah. I am from Durham, was diagnosed in late April of this year and would love to be able to vocally communicate with someone in the area. While I do type well, I am not what you can call computer literate and am not sure I can get back to this site. I also do not know where to go from here, email, phone number, whatever. If you know how to get back to me, I would love to know of a support group in the area. Thanks. Gladys

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Susan-in-NC Rookie
Susan-in-NC
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Hello! New Dx in Ral area. As of 6/11/2007. Work full time and trying to understand this a bit more. GP is willing to learn and be of assistance, GI guy not so much. I read on another thread "Dr. told me I had Celiac Sprue and to stop eating gluten" Had just about the same speech from my GI Dr. Very little help.

I would love to get together and "learn" a bit more.

Please feel free to contact me!

Susan

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vonne Newbie
vonne
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I am an hour south of the triangle, in Moore County. I go to Chapel Hill and Durham to see some of my doctors. Please Triangle people, tell me if you have a decent celiac doctor in the area? My current GI doesn't seem to know much about celiac and I don't feel I am getting the follow-up care I need. I am about to see a new one at Duke. Also would like to have local real live other celiac friends; I have met only one other celiac in my county. Been gluten-free 5 months; learning gluten-free cooking; my teenage son also has celiac. I have a stone mill and make my own gluten-free flour. Also the oriental and eastern food store on Rosemary Street in Chapel Hill is a good resource for garbanzo flour, tapioca starch etc (cheaper than Whole Foods on these).

Katie

vonne Newbie
vonne
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Hi, I'm from Scotland Co, NC, have been dealing with celiac for about a year. I would love to hear from you about your ways of dealing with it. I have a great Dr. in Pinehurst who has helped me.

Also it would be nice to share some recipes. Hope some of you will respond.

vonne

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Carol the Dabbler Apprentice
Carol the Dabbler
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I'm in Indiana, but thought you folks in NC might be interested in the Open Original Shared Link. I know very little about the group, having run across their web site in the course of a Google search. I did email them recently, and the webmaster got right back to me with a thorough answer, so they really do exist! Apparently they meet a couple of times per year, but you have to be on their email list in order to get the notices.

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ttkling Newbie
ttkling
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Hi:

I know this is an old thread and hope it is not dead.

My wife and I just moved to the Clayton area and are looking for other gluten-free people. We have been cooking gluten-free for about 3-4 years now so have a bit of a handle on this, but are always experimenting with new recipes. So if others would like to get together that would be great. I PMed some of you because I did not know if anyone would check back on this thread.

Todd Klingbiel

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