JennFog

I have been gluten free for months, made it through Thanksgiving ok & this would have been my first Christmas without wheat, but it wasn't. I ate so much wheat yesterday, that I actually woke up today not only with stomach distress but a full fledge cold, can't breathe, sneezing & runny nose that just won't stop. I took cold medicine but it is not...

I ask my italian restraurant to put it over rice for me, they usually do - just make sure it is plain rice and not pilaf. Traveling and eating in restraurants are difficult. If I have to travel I try to avoid restraurants and will go to the nearest grocery store. Get some fresh fruit and veggies, some cottage cheese and sometimes one of the chicken roasters...

Hi tiredofdoctors, and I don't blame you at all!!! I was diag'd 7 months ago with celiac after years of suffering. I do not have diabetes but it does run in my family, however I do have PCOS and as matter of fact I am recovering from surgery as we speak, another persisent cyst. My obgyn says sugars have a lot to do with PCOS. My doctor recently...

Maybe it is the cyst. Why hasn't your doctor removed it? Last August, I was feeling very ill, very tired all the time, heart paps, sleep wasn't an option I was just uncomfortable no matter what I did, I had pains on my sides, the final straw was waking up barely being able to walk. So I went to hospital asked for an ultrasound (I have PCOS) but the er...

I have found that trying to stick with a potato based bread is better or even tapioca isn't that bad, the rice breads are the worst. The bread was a tough one for me too. I gave up to tell you the honest truth. The only way I could eat it was if it was toasted (by the time lunch came, it was hard). The firmer it feels the worse it is, but the soft light...

Ok let me start by saying this will be a vent session!!! But please help... Diag'd w/ Celiac Feb 06, accepted this in August 06 and thus my totally gluten free diet began. My vitamin levels are getting better, great right... BUT NOW my immune system is all over the place, I am breaking out in hives, my face swells and there is a choking cough which leaves...

Friday night while watching a movie, I accidentally grabbed one of my son's cookies and ate it. I guess I was just so into the movie I didn't think. I was doing so good, too. But rather than get down on myself. I will just try harder. Anyway, shortly after eating the cookie, I broke out in hives on my chin, under my chin, down my throat and down my...

I am sorry I can't remember who gave me the rice cake idea for breakfast, but thank you, this has completely changed my life, it's great. Each morning I grab couple rice cakes spread some pb or cc on it, a rice pudding and a piece of fruit. My breakfast has been reinvented. This was my hardest meal, now my days are going so much smoother. This was just...

In my case, the only time, I have a bad day is when I have been glutened. When I had bad days, I could not accept that it was part of the healing process, so I went through everything I ate, every little last detail of what I ate the day before and always came up with gluten somewhere that day. Just be careful, being glutened happens by accident. One...

Well for me, I know the second I wake up and look in the mirror if something I ate had gluten in it, my face is puffy, i feel bloated and there is usually a quick dash to the bathroom. If it was only a little gluten, the D calms down by midmorning, but the puffiness and bloating will still last a few days. In the beginning, maybe for the first 2 weeks...

Well I am not a doctor but my advice would be to watch your sodium intake. Sodium is in almost everything. Soda, Gatorade, Fruit Juice, Lunch Meats, Soups, On the Table in a Shaker. My father in law was having issues with his arthiritis, then he had a bout with gout, then sharp pains in the kidneys. After being hosptalized, he went home feeling good...

My chili's is clueless too. I purchased that Clan Thompson SmartList and on it, it gives you the gluten free items at chili's, and tips to make sure it is gluten free, reminder... subject to change without notice... I am not going to put the word Chili's in front of each item, so these are the items at Chili's. Reminder this is not guaranteeing that there...

Sorry to hear, never fun feeling ill. Yes several sausages have gluten. I was looking at the grocery store yesterday. These doctors that tell you there is absolutely no way it is celiac??? Have they run the blood work and a biopsy? Even if they have, read what happened to me... A doctor at the hospital that I was admitted to, told my husband, he...

Well I have been gone for the weekend and I am now back with exciting news. I appreciate everyone's input. I read them all. As far as all the posts - very overwhelming and nothing at this point is too harsh (after the way my doctor treated me). I need it straight to the point. Today I have found out that I need separate cutting boards, sponges...