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    ARCHIVED Chili's

    SandraD1971 posted a topic in Gluten-Free Restaurants

    Please beware - Chili's is not gluten free safe. we called to see if Chilis had gluten free foods on the menu. The hostess assured us they not only had gluten free options but a special gluten free menu with many choices and she listed several. I took my Celiac son to the restaurant only to find a paragraph above the gluten free menu stating that Chilis...
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    My son is in first grade and has been diagnosed with Celiac since he was 2 years old. While at daycare, I was able to pack "heatups" so I had a lot more choices for lunch. Since he has been at elementary school there is no access to microwaves so I am packing sandwiches every day. He is getting bored of the food and coming home with his lunch untouched...
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    It looks like you have some really good responses but I wanted to add some more suggestions. I am the mother of a child that was diagnosed at 24 months old - about 4 years ago. Lactose intolerance is definitely a symptom of Celiac until the villi heal. I kept my son of all lactose (including whey) for 8months until he was healed. My doctor (specialist at...
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    It depends....how bad the damage was. My son was very severe when diagnosed and within just a few days we noticed a big difference. It took about 9 months to 1 year before symptoms completely disappeared. Typically, the lactose alergy is a a symptom of celiac and once you remove gluten and the intestines heal, your child should be able to return to lactose...
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    I would agree that perhaps there is another food alergy - perhaps corn? Any chance you can try to restrict diet to remove corn or other common alergies and grandually reintroduce? Did you call all food products that are not specifically labelled as gluten free? They could have cross contimination - natural or artificial flavors often contain gluten so be...
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    Try Gluten Free Pantry bread mix - you'll need a heavy duty mixer to make it work but it is worth it! My son is now able to eat grill cheese and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches without them crumbling to pieces. He ate every last bite and was so excited to have a sandwich with "two tops"!
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    I heard there is only a 30% chance of inheriting celiac so there is a good chance not everyone in the family would not have celiac. I do believe you could have no antibodies for celiac in a blood screen if the disease is dormat. Sometimes it takes an illness or something which causes celiac to come out of "remission". Hope this helps.
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    Could it be hemorroids from constapation?
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    I think the doctor is crazy to diagnosis a child with bipolar! I would find a new doctor! My son has celiac and before we put him on the diet, he had big mood disoders and tantrums. He is like a new child on the diet. It will take time before the diet will fully recover your child. Not to sound too opinionated, but what is more important than the health...
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    My sone was just over 2 - 25 months. His biopsy was positive.
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    I would highly recommend getting the biopsy. It is the only conclusive method for determining celiac. This will mean continuing with gluten until the biopsy. My son had the biopsy at 26 months old and we are so glad we did it. It seemed dreadful at the time but now we know for sure what was wrong. In the first year of his gluten free diet, he gained...
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    Celiac Disease is in fact an autoimmune disorder and there are definitive tests to determine if your child has celiac. First, there is a blood screen. If the results show positive, the definitive test includes a biopsy of the small intestine. If he has an alergy - this is different and I am not sure how they test. If your child appears to be doing better...
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