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"newbies" How Did You Find This Website?

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par18 Apprentice
par18
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Just curious how you found this site. Also did recent publicity on CBS, USA and CNN have anything to do with searching for it? Also welcome aboard!

Tom

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dlp252 Apprentice
dlp252
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I actually found out through a co-worker, never had heard of it before.

OOOPSSS, I see that you asked newbies, lol...although sometimes I still think of myself as one. Sorry! :P

par18 Apprentice
par18
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I actually found out through a co-worker, never had heard of it before.

OOOPSSS, I see that you asked newbies, lol...although sometimes I still think of myself as one. Sorry! :P

No apology necessary. Actually anyone can answer. I myself found it by searching my symptoms shortly before my diagnosis last year. I just did not find it soon enough.

Tom

Sweetfudge Community Regular
Sweetfudge
Posted

I was told by my nutritionist. I actually think she referred me to the celiac.com site, and I found the forum from there :) Glad I did too!

Looking for answers Contributor
Looking for answers
Posted

Googled gluten intolerance and found the site! B)

gadgetgirl Newbie
gadgetgirl
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After reading Brostoff's Food Allergies and Food Intolerances book, I was looking for tests to supplement what I was trying to accomplish with a food elimination diet. Found the Enterolab website and then was googling to find out what people had to say about their tests and that is what led me here!

i canary Rookie
i canary
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I'm not a newbie either, but my doctor told me about the website. Her daughter had celiac disease.

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jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
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Well, since you don't have to be a newbie...

I stumbled onto the board about 4 months after I was diagnosed. I was researching an ingredient in my digestive enzymes, and came upon a discussion about it here. :)

Adelle Enthusiast
Adelle
Posted

I did an internet search for celiac support groups. This one looked cool and loaded on my sidekick (I don't have a computer) easily. Thank you google! Lol!

marciab Enthusiast
marciab
Posted

I was googling wheat free bread recipes, found the word gluten, googled gluten and wala ... I have been here ever since ... Love this board ... :) I would have never figured out this diet without this board ...

Marcia

super-sally888 Contributor
super-sally888
Posted

Hi,

Googled celiac. This site came up.

Sally

SchnauzerMom Rookie
SchnauzerMom
Posted

I was searching the Net for info on celiac disease and gluten free diets and this site came up. I am very glad that I found it. It has helped a lot.

mamazoocrew Newbie
mamazoocrew
Posted

My mom saw the CBS show and she called me. She told me it what she saw mimiced much of what my daughter and I have been going through for years! We have had bloodwork done and sent to promethius labs and are still waiting for results! I found your site via the web when I began my research.

Yenni Enthusiast
Yenni
Posted

I did a search about gluten intolerance on Google and this place came up. I started reading some and found a lot of good information and VERY friendly people. So I signed up. I think I wouldn't have done half as well without this place. :)

georgie Enthusiast
georgie
Posted

I found it talked about on a Thyroid yahoo list.

Peta Explorer
Peta
Posted

Was curious to know more about Celiac since my son was told their was a strong possibility he had it.

I "Googled" and found this site.

It's wonderful...and SOOOOO informative!!!

Peta

Guest nini
Guest nini
Posted

since you don't have to be a newbie to answer...

I found this site when I was ordering food from the Gluten Free Mall, I was looking around the web site and noticed Message Board links... and since I am a message board junkie I thought, hmmmmm I just HAVE to check THIS out!

I found the Gluten Free Mall through Google.

prinsessa Contributor
prinsessa
Posted

I found this site after googling "Celiac Disease". My mom mentioned I might have it since I was having chronic diarrhea. I think she might have it too, but she doesn't seem to want to get tested (not that testing always works).

CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
Posted

I found celiac.com when I googled celiac disease.

I'm really wondering whether some of our current newbies are here as a result of any of the recent publicity on celiac disease.

kbtoyssni Contributor
kbtoyssni
Posted

I found the site by googling celiac.

Rebecca47 Contributor
Rebecca47
Posted

I found it by accident lookig on celiac.com and just go down and clicking on everything in the index. YAHOOO!

Now I can't get off of it.

rebecca :rolleyes:

AndreaB Contributor
AndreaB
Posted

If I remember correctly I was searching for gluten intolerance info. I found celiac.com and later clicked on the message board.

Can't get me off of here now. :)

linds Apprentice
linds
Posted

my nutritionist directed me to celiac.com and told me that I could finda message board there that would be a great deal of help.

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