Anyone In Rolla, Mo Area?

[nettiebeads]

Hi! I'm new to this forum, but not to celiac, unfortunately. I've been doing this on my own since my dr put me on gluten-free ten years ago to cope with chronic diahrrea I'd experience for 6 weeks. Yep it worked. I haven't had the formal diagnosis, but anytime I get gluten, I get the diahrrea back. Plus lots of other fun physical stuff that I'm sure I don't need to go into detail with anyone here. So in a way I'm guess I'm lucky in that my gp figured it out right off the bat. I've read where other people have suffered for a long time before the celiac was found out. For the longest time celiac disease hasn't bothered me, but just recently there was an incident that just bummed out totally. I had a voucher to eat in a cafeteria, and the only thing available to me was the salad bar!! I wasn't in to mood for (yet another) salad!!! Then when I got home nearly three hours later (car trouble) my husband served me a pre-grilled chicken breast. Afterwords he read the label and found that the soy sauce was made with (you guessed it) wheat flour. So I've been recovering from that for the past two weeks. And he felt very very bad about that. He's cooked for me before (he's a trained sous chef) and is almost as conciencious about label reading as I am.

So, to come to the point of my mad rambling, I'd love to share experiences, coping techniques and receipes with anyone, but especially someone in the south central Missouri area.

And if anyone is interested, my husband makes a killer gluten-free breaded chicken breast that he'll be glad to share the receipe with anyone.

[drjmarkusic]

I live in Springfield, MO and was just diagnosed in May '05 after having severe abdominal pain and constipation for a two year period which was commensurate with a low iron count that continued to drop to 4 even after having been prescribed Ferrex for two months. Following an EGD I was diagnosed and have been gluten-free since. However, I had one incident when I ate at Outback Steakhouse, which has a gluten-free menu. I was in severe lower back and abdominal pain for 7 days. Believe me that will be end of that. I've found a few recipes I like made from scratch. Meatloaf is my favorite and then there are desserts like brownies. Usually I am able to use food items I purchase in the grocery store except bread and that comes from Akin's Health Food Market. I'm always willing to try something new and have been that way all of my life so that's a good thing. My wife does pretty well with my diet and when she wants something else I'll make it for her or go out to a restaurant (the restaurant is a luxury since I've been gluten-free) but eating at home is usually fun. I've learned quickly to focus on what I can eat and make it worth the while. Nice to hear from someone in the area.

[nettiebeads]

Thanks for writing. Since I've been at this forum I've become bolder in addressing my celiac with drs and talked to the owner of our one and only health food store. The gluten-free offerings have been expanded so I mentioned that I probably am not the only one in the area with celiac disease. I'll probably post something on their bulletin board to start a group here. But it can't be an official support group because one has to be a member of one for two years before a new support group can be formed. And St. Louis is a little far to drive on a week night.

Anyhow, I agree with eating out to be a luxury. I love the experience of dining out, but to me the risks usually outweigh the enjoyment. But I've learned a few tricks to turn store bought stuff into tasting gourmet. Made chicken alfredo last night. I serve it over spagehtti sqaush. I poached the chicken in a broth made from herbox bullion cubes, diced up onion, green and yellow peppers, sauted that with some minced garlic. Added the Ragu classic alfredo to that. thinned it with a cheap white wine, simmered it to get the raw taste out, added the chicken and it was great! One of my favorite recipes. Sure keeps me from feeling deprived.

[PreOptMegs]

I am in St. Louis Missouri, and actually we play U of Missouri Rolla in basketball because they just joined our conference. WHat a small world.

[Hayleesdad]

I am in St. Louis Missouri, and actually we play U of Missouri Rolla in basketball because they just joined our conference. WHat a small world.

I'm in South east MO.,but travel to springfield alot to record music.

[Audiori J]

St Louis here too. Wish there were more gluten-free friendly resteraunts here.

[jennyj]

HHHHMMMMMM I have family in Rolla. I went to high school in Salem. I live in a small town close to Columbia.

[BFreeman]

I live about 100 miles from Springfield (southeast); very rural, and work in West Plains. My two children live in Springfield so we are there a lot. I have been wondering if there were places there where people felt safe to eat. We usually just rely on Wendy's.

BF