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Anyone In Junior High Who Lives In Utah.

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is there anyone here who lives in utah who is in junior high who goes to wasatch! I would kill to eat lunch with someone who has celiac. Also, does anyone have problems with friends not beliving u? my friends think I am faking because I could eat bread BEFORE! I think I need to make new friends. :lol:

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Can't you explain to your friends, that even though you ate bread before, you shouldn't have, that you just didn't know it? That eating bread makes you sick! And now that you know what makes you feel bad, wouldn't they want you to feel better too, by avoiding what is poison for you?

I really don't understand why some people don't believe us. Your friends are supposed to care about you! Some of my family isn't very understanding, but fortunately my friends care a lot, and believe me. I guess it sucks when they don't.

I hope you'll either convince your friends soon, or make new ones who believe you, and want what's best for you.

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is there anyone here who lives in utah who is in junior high who goes to wasatch! I would kill to eat lunch with someone who has celiac. Also, does anyone have problems with friends not beliving u? my friends think I am faking because I could eat bread BEFORE! I think I need to make new friends. :lol:

Yeah it can be tough. Some people don't believe me either. People are weird :P If someone gets diagnosed with diabetes, and they suddenly can't eat sugar, nobody's going to tell them they should eat sugar now just becasue they did before. Tell your friends it's kinda like that. You should also make them some really yummy gluten-free cupcakes or brownies, so they can see that your food is good and not really that weird or different.

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Ashley
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Welcome to the boards!

Well, can't help you with finding folks in Utah, but, let's discuss your friend issue. Personally, if that was me, I would mostly likely reply, "Well, I guess you don't have a headache because you weren't hurting before. Or, guess you don't have asthma because you could breathe just fine before" But, it would probably be good to take it on a nicer note :) Anyway, it's important that people you come in contact understand you can't consume gluten and that it is very harmful to you. Maybe your parents can convince them? Hope whatever best for you works out. =)

If you need anything, give me a PM!

-Ash

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In August i will be living in Utah! Im going to Southern Utah University, so i dont know the area, because i presently live in AZ, but if its close maybe we cpuld get lunch someday. and make nbew friends and tell your old ones to stick it! lol, good luck

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adrenalinerush-rider
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Last summer I worked in Utah for my uncle, who gives tours through the Escelante Canyon area, and I started having gluten problems out there. It took me about half a year to figure out what it was, and I turned into a stick! Utah is great, and I am sorry you're having friend problems. Losers. It isn't that hard to understand. Wish I could eat lunch with you! It is so hard to eat lunch watching everyone eat lasagna and pasta and ketchup..... :(

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