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Anybody In San Diego Area?

Ca Kathleen

By Ca Kathleen
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Ca Kathleen Newbie
Ca Kathleen
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Hi everyone!

I've been reading your postings and learning alot. I am from the northern VA area, but have been in CA for 13 years. Does anybody know of a good doc in San Diego? I've been to 19 docs in the last 7 years. The doc who diagnosed me does not really believe celiac disease to be a big deal- forgot to mention all the derivatives from wheat and additives to avoid! I'm worried my 9 year old son might have it (no major symptoms) but I need to find a good doc . He lives on pizza and organic mac n cheese. I am also concerned about dining out - what is this card some of you have mentioned? :blink:

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Not sure about the doctor in that area but here is where you can get the dining cards:

Open Original Shared Link

They basically tell the waitress/waiter what you can't have and to warn them you can get very sick.

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celiac3270
Posted

Dining Cards for different languages:

Open Original Shared Link

Open Original Shared Link -- with this one you make a customized card

Open Original Shared Link

Open Original Shared Link

Offering a translation card tailor-made to your personal requirements. Choose up to eight allergy/intolerance foods

Open Original Shared Link

celiac disease in different languages,translations for travelling

Open Original Shared Link

Here's a link for San Diego:

Open Original Shared Link

I have an Adobe file with 140+ pages of restaurants -- mostly chains that are found everywhere, but about 15 pages of certain states, one of which is CA...not sure if it has stuff for San Diego specifically, but if you PM, e-mail, or post your e-mail address, I'll send it to you.

Dining Cards in English

They basically tell the chef what your condition is, how you need your meal prepared, etc. I don't think you need a link for something like that...you could write your own. Something like...btw, I'm making this up on the spot:

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I have Celiac disease, which is an intolerance to gluten. Gluten is found in wheat, rye, barley (malt), oats, and all derivatives of these grains. Foods that contain gluten include bread, pasta, pizza, (etc.). Even the tiniest bit of any of these can make me very sick. Please prepare my meal simply, with no spices, gravies, or fillers.

Also please make sure that utensils that are used to prepare gluten-containg foods do not touch my gluten-free food. A crumb can make me sick so this is very serious.

Thank you for your effort and help.

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You do not need a dining card when you're eating at "restaurants" such as McD's and they are sort of optional at places w/ gluten-free menus, such as Outback Steakhouse and TGIF. BTW, I included oats because most are contaminated and I wouldn't trust the chef at a restaurant with oats.

You can probably make a better one and I could probably make a better one than that, too, but that's just to give you an idea

-celiac3270

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VegasCeliacBuckeye
Posted

This website should help ya

www.glutenfreeinsd.com

FYI, Donna Korn lives in San Diego (HEAD of R.O.C.K. -- Raising our celiac Kids -- she would have a good recommendation)

I used to see a guy in La Jolla...he was SUPER expensive though, he knew everything about Celiac....

Honestly, for my money, I only use the Doctors for blood tests and prescriptions for Dapsone (DH) ..

JMO

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celiac3270
Posted

Oh, funny! :lol: My site and your's are the same, but your's has a diff. name...

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