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Hi, Good luck to you as you go through these changes in diet. You are so lucky to be finding out young what your problems are--the average time for diagnosis of Celiac Disease used to be 10 years! I am 60 and have had symptoms since age 8. You can have allergy testing done, but I did that and it didn't really help. Food elimination experiments on your...
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ARCHIVED Celiac Plus No Dairy
wclemens replied to karenwinslow1's topic in Parents, Friends and Loved Ones of Celiacs
Hi, I've been gluten free, milk & dairy free, and no egg whites or yeast for MANY years. Amazingly, I am finally okay with it all, especially since recently learning that my toddler grandson, my sister, and my cousin also have Celiac. I am the only one sticking rigidly to this diet, and I am always healthy. Try turning your world upside down to... -
ARCHIVED Help For Newly Diagnosed Toddler
wclemens replied to Kailynsmom's topic in Parents, Friends and Loved Ones of Celiacs
Hi, Just want to alert those of you with little ones who need to remain gluten free that milk and dairy allergies sometimes go hand-in-hand with Celiac. My grandson Dakota and I are both intolerant of all grains, as well as all milk and dairy products, and I am allergic to egg whites and yeast as well. Dakota started having problems at 3 weeks of age... -
ARCHIVED Grandparents And Celiacs
wclemens replied to a topic in Parents, Friends and Loved Ones of Celiacs
Okay guys, listen to this...I am Dakota's 60 year old grandma, and it was I who sent away for the $378 spectrum of tests which identified that Dakota has gluten intolerance and allergies to milk and dairy. It was I who spent his first 11 months of life as his primary daycare provider, watching like a guard-dog to make sure he stayed on his diet. Then at... -
Hi, I know it's hard at first to realize that your whole life is changing, but as a person who apparently started having celiac symptoms at age 8, and now I'm 60, I've had a bit of time to get used to the idea. It seems that more and more people are being diagnosed, and that is good! Hopefully you will never have to experience the years and years of...
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Hi, I'm enjoying your posts so much today. Thank you for being so open and forthright! My son has a saying I always have to laugh at: "We will cut off our noses to spite our faces." Yes, it is true. Sometimes I get so frustrated at having to always be creative with food, when everyone else can just go and eat any old food. Then something happens like...
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Hi all, I sure enjoyed your replies on this question! It helps me to remember that we are all really in the same boat. An Italian restaurant, eh? I just have to share again how I worked 2 jobs at the same time last year, one at a bakery, and one at an ice cream parlor, though I was intolerant of everything in both places. Going through a divorce at the...
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Hi, I haven't heard of the selective carb diet until now, but I've been on The Carbohydrate Addict's Diet for at least 7 years, and maybe it's similar. 23 hours a day I can eat low carb/high protein foods, and one hour each day I can have any high carb food or drink of which I am not intolerant. This is based on the fact that we will not produce an...
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Hi Eva, I think casein and whey are both milk derivatives, in other words, made from some part of the milk molecule. I know that Little Bo Peep sat down to eat her curds and whey. Let's home she wasn't a Celiac, but maybe she was and that's why she got fuzzy headed and lost her sheep. I went to the health food store looking for cheese and other products...
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1. yes 2. no (but my mother did, so I've been on The Carbohydrate Addict's Diet, to avoid Diabetes) 3. female
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Hi, I am intolerant of casein and whey (I learned the hard way, by eating foods containing these, then suffering with asthma and the inability to breathe). I am also intolerant of all grains, milk & dairy, egg whites, and yeast. I use Imperial margarine for baking, for using on baked potatoes, and for anything that needs butter. I am sensitive...
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Hi, I have Celiac and am intolerant of all grains, milk & dairy, egg whites and yeast. I have spent years learning the foods which affect me adversely, and now I never touch any of them, read labels diligently, and always work to remain gluten free. However, even with eliminating all those foods, I often felt drained or overly tired, just as you...
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Hi, It is the day after Christmas and I just have to say that I am so happy. My sister provided a baked potato and turkey especially for me at her Chrismas Eve celebration, and my daughter cooked a prime rib roast, which I can eat! We are making progress here--it is the first year that I have had a 100 percent stress-free response to the Christmas parties...
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Hi, I am intolerant of all grains, milk & dairy, egg whites. and yeast, and can only eat carbohydrates during a 60 minute period once a day (The Carbohydrate Addict's Diet). If I eat any other way, I get sick. So, I have learned to eat anything I want that is okay for my diet: Breakfast can be a double chili-burger from Carl's Jr. wrapped in lettuce...
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ARCHIVED How Did You Cope With Your Diagnosis;
wclemens replied to Born2run2's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
Hi, Boy did I feel sorry for myself! I find it hard to believe now that I could have wallowed for so long in self-pity (I've struggled with food intolerances since the age of 8 and I'm 60 now). I've been going through a divorce the past 9 months, and realized 5 months ago that even though I retired after 25 years of teaching, I was going to have to... -
ARCHIVED Extended Family -- What If They Refuse To Adjust?
wclemens replied to cdford's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
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ARCHIVED Extended Family -- What If They Refuse To Adjust?
wclemens replied to cdford's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
Hi, Sadly, sometimes a Celiac's parents even refuse to acknowledge the problem! My grandson's mother decided that Dakota didn't really have Celiac, even though Enterolab confirmed his intolerance of grains and milk & dairy, after he was projectile vomiting his formula and having 12 diarrhea diapers a night when he was 3 weeks old. I babysat... -
ARCHIVED Ice Cream Question?
wclemens replied to mela14's topic in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & Medications
Hi, I see that someone mentioned this, but I'd like to reaffirm that maybe it is the egg white not the egg yolk that is bothering you. I am 60 years old and have had symptoms of celiac since age 8. I have to stay away from all grains, all milk and dairy (including casein & whey), egg whites and yeast. Also, things like modified food starch and... -
ARCHIVED Celiacs On Gf Diet For More Than 20 Years
wclemens replied to laurie's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
Hi, I just turned 60 and have had symptoms of Celiac since age 8, though I never had a name for my condition until a few years ago. In 1978 I was hospitalized with an ulcer, spastic colon, and asthma (I had had asthma since the age of 8), and I had to quit teaching for awhile, though I had worked so hard to earn my degree. The stress of a divorce... -
Dear Stargirl, I saw the word stress and just had to answer. I've spent the past week unable to eat much at all, and having a spastic colon and asthma flareup that can only be attibuted to stress (I've also had splitting headaches this week, and sleeplessness). I know it is stress and exhaustion. Sometimes I think we really have to be very selective...
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ARCHIVED Things Are Going Down Hill....
wclemens replied to pixiegirl's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
Susan, I believe we do get more sensitive to everything as we become more gluten free. I first eliminated all grains, then had to eliminate all milk and dairy products as well, then egg whites, and yeast. It's hard to read each and every label before putting any food in my mouth, but that seems to be what it takes. Every person has their own set... -
Hi, Somebody asked me what I had for Thanksgiving at my daughter's house: TURKEY! It was great--so moist and flavorful. And I sat quietly enjoying it as the others ate. I eat mine with lots of Kraft Mayonnaise on it. No one gave me a moment's trouble. Of course I've had years to help them get used to the idea that most foods are poison for me...
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ARCHIVED Backtracking! Frustrated!
wclemens replied to dbuhl79's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
Hi, I'm so sorry you're experiencing distress again, after trying so hard to eat gluten free. I exhausted all my savings on doctors and hospitals, trying to discover the keys to good health, yet suffering with ill-health, for many years. Then I decided that I knew my reactions to foods pretty well, and started eliminating foods, with the purpose of... -
ARCHIVED York Allergy Test Is Back
wclemens replied to jaycee30's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
Dear Jen, I feel so privileged to be the first person to answer your first post! And my overwhelming feeling after reading your message is, "How wonderful if the doctors could be wrong about the MS!" Wouldn't that be just so great, to know that their misdiagnosis would mean such a release and feeling of peace for you, who, most likely, has suffered... -
Hi, It does seem unfair that sometimes others don't or won't take the time or interest to become involved in what is going on in our lives, especially when it is a life or death situation, such as Celiac is. I often think that if they had to walk one day in our shoes, checking each and every label before letting any kind of food pass their lips, or...