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The 10 Desperate Needs Of A Newbie


Guest Kathy Ann

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1. To feel warmly welcomed into this new club and paid attention to.

2. To be given the assurance and scientific evidence that this is probably really, really true.

3. To have all your innocent, naive and even foolish questions answered.

4. To have your hand held because you're scared, sick, confused and sad.

5. To be given reassurance and a place to vent when the accidental glutenings and discouragements come.

6. To be loaded down with wonderful recipes and cooking tips from people who really know their stuff.

7. To be given wise advice concerning inconsiderate family members, gluten free homes and unkind friends.

8. To be taught how to eat in restaurants, go places and survive in this world.

9. To be educated, well trained and secure enough to care about and help the next group of newbies.

10. To be told that everything is honestly going to be just fine.


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Canadian Karen Community Regular

Excellent list!

Hugs.

Karen

tarnalberry Community Regular

You'll find oodles of recipes in the recipes section, btw. I have a post in there with 45ish recipes in it, Carriefaith, I believe, has a post with a bunch of her recipes, and lots and lots of other people have added theirs. I encourage checking in there when you have time, to print out recipes. :)

Kaycee Collaborator

Kathy Ann and all you newbies your needs have been, or will be met here.

1. I've felt welcomed and part of the team here and my questions get answered.

2. For assurance and evidence I am pointed in the right direction or else advised of other sites on the internet. I have so many sites to visit.

3. Oh, if everybody ignored all my innocent and naive foolish questions, I would've been happy. The minute I asked something stupid the minute I knew, that was a damned silly thing to ask. But nobody says, hey that was silly.

4. Well not quite have had my hand held, but aware that I am not alone and there are all of you people out there who hold my hand across the oceans.

5. This is an awesome place to vent, and nobody seems to mind when I do. Whereas, if I vent at home, I get some funny looks, and just about get banished from the room.

6. Just like the internet sites, I have got so many recipes to look at.

7. Fortunately, there have not been too many inconsiderate family members, the biggest problem with them is talking them into getting tested for coeliac.

8. I still haven't learnt how to eat in restuarants. It's too expensive on the wages I earn, so when I win lotto I will learn the finer art of dining out.

9. I can feel for the newbies, and would like to think that I have helped a bit, but I am not too sure if I have. But when I was a newbie, I was guided along with just the right amount of information as I needed it.

10. Yes everything is working out for me, and I hope it will for you as well. The sun is shining here quite brightly, but is nearly ready to fall behind the next hill since it is now 7.30pm. Damn that sun.

Catherine

happygirl Collaborator

Kathy Ann,

What a wonderfully written sentiment! I think you summed up the needs of newbies (and, not so newbies) quite wonderfully. Just think, one day you won't be a newbie and will passing along wonderful advice, tips, and knowledge. Its definitely one of those "pay it forward" type of things ....

Laura

hineini Enthusiast

Way to advocate for your needs, as well as those of all newbies! Well said.

DingoGirl Enthusiast

Kathy Ann - - poignant and beautiful post. I remember, back in the bleak beginning of this year, looking and feeling like a corpse and hardly able to arise from the couch, I was so anemic and sick. And on top of that - the man I'd planned on marrying broke up with me at about the same time. It was a terrible double-whammy and I never, ever thought I'd live or recover....

Most likely there will be ups and downs before you fully stabilize, but you will feel so much better after a while. My physical health has never been better. Just hang in there! I have gotten almost all of my info from this board - these are the people that live it daily, not the doctors.

blessings -


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jkmunchkin Rising Star

You'll find all that and more here.

Here's a big giant <HUG> to welcome you!

Guest Kathy Ann

Thank you all so much for being willing to give of yourselves and your time on this board. It's not like you don't have a gazillion other things you could be doing.

Matilda Enthusiast

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Guest Kathy Ann

I know what you mean. Being gluten intolerant is one thing. With a little ingenuity you can still have pizza, cakes, cookies, ice cream and just about anything else you can invent with alternative non gluten ingredients. Cookbooks abound.

But when you are found to ALSO be allergic to dairy, eggs, soy, corn, almonds, yeast and several other key things, it can REALLY be discouraging. Cookbooks for that many allergies dwindles down to nearly nothing. Most recipes have to be severely modified and usually don't turn out very well. And basic beloved foods like mayonnaise become impossible to make with the foods I can have.

I absolutely LOVE cheese, for instance. All the substitutes, some of which taste pretty good, are made from other things I can't have either. So all of a sudden I can't ever eat it again. My dairy, egg and soy allergies are the inherited, probably permanent kind. It's a real slap in the face.

I can't use most of the wonderful mixes out there because there is always at least one ingredient I can't have. I have posted before my intentions to just go Paleo or something similar. I've been doing it for about a week now. I'm not terribly satisfied or impressed. I'll do what I have to do, but I sure am mourning the loss of food most days.

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