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steveindenver
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And this message board has been a lifesaver for me. It's a place where I can come and research, learn, commisserate, laugh, find great recipes and support. Thanks to each of you who post often and read this board. Us Celiacs have to stick together!

Steve

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And this message board has been a lifesaver for me. It's a place where I can come and research, learn, commisserate, laugh, find great recipes and support. Thanks to each of you who post often and read this board. Us Celiacs have to stick together!

Steve

I so agree Steve! My best friends in the whole world are people I have met on here!

Karen

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blueeyedmanda
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Steve,

you have hit the nail on the head. the best support and all I have learned has come from this board. It really helped me grow.

pedro Explorer
pedro
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Hi Steve.

I agree this is best site. All the help and support I've received from everyone. Going gluten-free is very stressful, but here we can find a refuge, and a support not found anywhere else.

Glad you are here.

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jerseyangel
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What a nice thing to say, Steve :)

Thank you for sticking around and being a part of it--and I agree that this is the very best when it comes to all things Celiac!

JennyC Enthusiast
JennyC
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I completely agree. We are so lucky to have this resource. I have learned nearly everything that I know about celiac disease here! Everyone has been so great. I know that we would not be in the the same place in our gluten free life without the help of you wonderful people. Through this forum I have learned about diagnosis, cross contamination, cooking, the diet and more. When my son was first diagnosed I thought we would be eating rice cakes and grilled chicken breasts, but you all have shown me that great food does not end with diagnosis and for us it was only the beginning of a healthy life for my son.

Thank you everyone. :)

happygirl Collaborator
happygirl
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Steve...happy slightly over one year of being diagnosed!

This board truly is a lifesaver, I agree! So many very helpful and KNOWLEDGABLE people.

Only requirement is that you stick around and pass it forward :P

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