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Now Know What Glutened Feels Like


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Lisa Mentor

Hey all:

I have been (as best able) to be gluten free for about 4 weeks. WAS feeling better and stronger.

I added a new Revlon Lipstick, Progresso Cream of Mushroom Soup and a Chicken Salad tray at our local grill (which may have come out of a large pre-prepared jug).

Does anyone know of any "kooties" in the Lipstick, or Progresso Soup.

I made a crabmeat casserole with the soup, everything else was natural and used Hellmans Mayo.

I feel so weak, exausted, my eyelids feel like they have weights on them and I stare at the dishes in the sink, like they are going to jump into the dishwasher. I also have some dia.... and feel sharp (pin-like) pains in my small intestines, most likely from inflamation.

Is this was what "getting glutened" is like???? I recieved a B-12 injection today and will have more once a week for a month. Hope that that will bring my energy level back.

Thank goodness that I am able to stay at home and not have a full-time job. I just don't know how some of you do it.

Would welcome any inpute.

PS - Hurricane Ophelia was good to us. Not so good to those south of us.

Lisa B


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Hi Lisa!

I am glad you "weathered the storm", so to speak....... and Ophelia was kind to you...... I hope the people south of you will recover quickly.

Yep, sounds like a gluten attack to me...... Just have to let it run its course......

Hugs.

Karen

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I added a new Revlon Lipstick, Progresso Cream of Mushroom Soup and a Chicken Salad tray at our local grill (which may have come out of a large pre-prepared jug).

I know for sure the soup was okay, I was so happy to find that out, so is thier split pea with ham and a few others, they mark the labels very well and I have never noticed any crosscontamination issues with Progresso soups. I would suspect the lipstick or the Chicken salad tray. Call the company about the lipstick or do a search under products. I would not touch a deli prepared anything, too much risk of cross-contamination and who knows what could have been in the jugged mix. It sounds like you got 'got' good, time will heal, hope you feel better soon. We all, I think, learn the hard way to call about everything till companies get smart and start labeling clearly.

frenchiemama Collaborator

You said that you made crab casserole, did you use real crab meat or did you use fake crab? The fake crab and lobster usually contains wheat (at least all the ones I've looked at....)

Lisa Mentor

Totally pure, handed picked crab from the beach ....(maybe the hand-picked?)

But most likely the chicked salad from the grill.

Saw on a gluten-free site that all Almay and Revlon lipsticks are gluten-free.

This is the pitts, I feel like I have "mono", like I had in college.

Thanks for the input....

Lisa B.

JoeB Apprentice

Lisa -

I had a lot of problems with grilled food, too. I only eat off my own grill now, and that was only after I completely cleaned the grates.

Lisa Mentor

Must be glutened, I can't even find the right keys to type a post.

Please excuse all the errors in typing my previous posts. Hands and brain are not on the same road.

Hey, someone tell celiac3270 that I finally found the search on the site, so I can not post redundent questions...( I'm so proud of myself that I can't stand it!!)...I'd put on one of those smiley faces.........but still working on that...as said before, "old dog, new tricks".. If you'll bare with me, I'll hang in there with YA'LL...

Thanks Karen, you always seem to be there for me, (as well as others)

Hope this will pass soon.

Lisa B.


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Lisa Mentor

Must be glutened, I can't even find the right keys to type a post.

Please excuse all the errors in typing my previous posts. Hands and brain are not on the same road.

Hey, someone tell celiac3270 that I finally found the search on the site, so I can not post redundent questions...( I'm so proud of myself that I can't stand it!!)...I'd put on one of those smiley faces.........but still working on that...as said before, "old dog, new tricks".. If you'll bare with me, I'll hang in there with YA'LL...

Thanks Karen, you always seem to be there for me, (as well as others)

Hope this will pass soon.

Lisa B.

Canadian Karen Community Regular

Lisa,

I hope you are feeling better real soon, I know for me it not only affects me physically when I get glutened, but also emotionally. I become what I can only describe as a cross between an emotional wreck :unsure: and an explosive monster!!! :angry:

The grill had to be contaminated. That's where I would put my money...... <_<

Also, as for always being there for you, hey, what are fellow celiacs for??? ;) Just think, sometime down the road you are going to be a pro at this and you will be the one supporting and encouraging the newbies!!! (You will be an absolute computer pro by then!!! ;) )

Hugs.

Karen

Billygoat Apprentice

Sorry you're not feeling well. I got glutened the other day from the McDonald's Grilled Chicken Caesar. It didn't dawn on me that picking out the croutons would contaminate me. :huh: One of these days I'll get this gluten-free diet down.

Be careful about drinks too. I unknowingly glutened myself with Tropicana Lemonade (2-litre) and IBC Black Cherry soda.

I'm amazed at how easily I gluten myself. You don't think about it being in drinks or cosmetics or that's not bread based. (At least I didn't.)

sb4480 Newbie

I'd be suspicious of the chiken itself as well. I once got glutened from chicken soup. I was so careful about the stock I used and the spices but still got terribly sick. I've heard that some companies inject their meat with a solution of "stuff" to plump it up and add weight. I think this is what did it to me. I know perdue is gluten-free but I don't think this was perdue. Anyway, that might be the case with your chicken salad.

I'm sorry you're not feeling well. I hope you get better soon.

Stephanie

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