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  1. Virgie
    Thank you so much for posting this. I had tried to ask a similiar question on a different board but didn't word it right because I didn't quite get the response I was looking for. But at the present time my 13 year old celiac daughter is tired of alot of the gluten free foods and so wishes that she could just once have a regular pizza or McDonalds chicken...
  2. Virgie
    Hi! Not trying to scare anyone here but my 13 year old daughter was dx in 9/07 with Celiac and did not seem to be responding to the diet. We were very strict & watched cross contamination & even changed the cat's food but she still had symptoms. Last month we visited a dietian at Mayo and had blood draws & stool testing done & was recommended...
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    Thanks for posting this. It is true that everyone can look differently but after looking at this drawing I now realize that my daughter did have that type of belly before dx. And I just thought it was baby fat and that she would stretch out during puberty and lose the belly then. Never gave it a thought that was how someone with Celiac could look. ...
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    Hi! I am still trying to figure out why daugher is feeling bad. She has been totally gluten free since September 07 and now dairy free since mid December. I changed everything in the kitchen so got all new utensils, toasters, strainers, etc. We've looked at lotion, shampoos, etc. So now comes my truly paranoid question - If the rest of the family is...
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    Thanks everyone for all the advise. I am now looking into the various brands. The nearest vet has some called Feline ZD which costs $18.33 for a 4lb bag. Have also looked into California Natural & the Innova Evo brands. I will definitely look into the Friskies too as I do have coupons for that brand. Thanks again everyone. She is still get glutened...
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    Hi! Finally heard back about daughters blood & stool tests. Stool tests were negative. Ttg was still elevated at 53.1. So she must still be getting gluten. We are very strict with her diet, she doesn't eat any food outside the houses without asking first, she reads labels like crazy, have checked shampoos, chapstick, lotions, etc. So now what??...
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    What do you feed your cat then? Thanks for any info. Virgie
  8. Virgie
    My husband thinks daughter could be getting glutened from the cat because the cat's food has wheat in it and then she pets the cat. Do you think this is so? He wants to get rid of the cat but the kids love the cat and it would be very hard on them. He doesn't want to buy gluten free cat food either. If the cat is making my daughter sick then yes I would...
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    Hi! We have a appt. at Mayo with a dietian on the 19th and will also be doing bloodwork. Just wondering what kind of questions that we should be asking the dietian. At the moment my daughter is not doing so good. 8-10 bloody stools a day. She has been gluten free since 9/07. She felt ok for about 3 weeks and then bam just started feeling bad. She...
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    Hi! We have a appt. at Mayo with a dietian on the 19th and will also be doing bloodwork. Just wondering what kind of questions that we should be asking the dietian. At the moment my daughter is not doing so good. 8-10 bloody stools a day. She has been gluten free since 9/07. She felt ok for about 3 weeks and then bam just started feeling bad. She...
  11. Virgie
    "I feel like I was the drill sargent in the kitchen - "No, you can't use that. Get a clean one"; "You have to use an unopened stick of butter"; "You can't have that one, it's for the kids" Then, when the buffet line was ready, I announced to the crowd of 20 that my kids were going first in case the rest of them screwed everything up! " That is...
  12. Virgie
    Hi again! Well we did make it through the holiday. I made my daugher a gluten free pumpkin pie that tasted fairly good. She ate it anyway. And my hubbys brother, sister-in-law & family were excellent always asking my daughter about what she could eat and asked if she wanted to cut up the celery, and prepare other foods if she was worried about cross...
  13. Virgie
    Hi! I am so anxious about my daughter and eating during the Thanksgiving holiday. This is her first holiday as gluten free. We have potluck one day & eat at a restaurant the next day (I hate eating out now). She is 13 and has been doing very well with shopping, reading labels, does not cheat, etc. So I am not worried that she will sneak off and have...
  14. Virgie
    ARGH!! Sometimes I just hate going to the doctor. My 15 year old sons doctor one time gave him a 15 minute lecture about how he should have some drive and go to school. At the time my son was suffering from sleep problems due to Prednisone and he was taking a medication for his Ulcerative Colitis that was making him worse (he was having 15-20 episodes...
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    Hi!! My daughter is 13 with Celiac and lives in Minnesota. But yeah she feels like she is the only one around here that has it too. Virgie
  16. Virgie
    Hi! My 18 year old son was dx 3 years ago with Ulcerative Colitis. So I am sure the GI will also want to do a colonoscopy. I know fun (not) It's kind of weird but my son can not eat Pretzels and soda together. But then there are lots of things that bother him when he eats. I hope you get the answers that you need. Virginia quote name='fulloftrouble...
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    Hi! I suppose this is not really a new question but I keep going back on forth on this and was just wondering what you all thought. My 13 year old daughter just got dx with Celiac in September. And I am wondering if the rest of the family should get tested. My son did get tested 3 years ago but it was negative then. He has also had endoscopies that did...
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    Sharon, That is a good idea too. I really appreciate everyones ideas on how they take communion. Thanks. Virgie
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    That is a very clever idea! I just found out that someone in our sister church also uses gluten free wafers so we will be getting some from him. We always take the wine from the tray ourselves so that shouldn't be an issue as the pastor never touches it. But I do like your idea. Really good thinking. Thanks. Virginia
  20. Virgie
    Hi! I'm fairly new to this board so forgive me if I ask questions that you have already told the answers to. My son has ulcerative colitis and he too feels very fatigued in the morning and has dizzy smells also. Has your daughter been scoped to check for that? My son too has missed many days of school. He is now a Senior but when he was a freshman...
  21. Virgie
    Thanks for th reply. We usually have little cups for the wine but thanks for mentioning about the shared cup. I probably would have forgotten about that. So much to think about when it comes to being gluten free and we are still learning. Thanks. Virginia
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    Hi! It is a ways off yet for my daughter to have Communion but reading in the Living Gluten-Free magazine that I got in the mail today one person said they use a pyx to hold the gluten free (or low gluten) host during communion. I was wondering what you have done for your child for communion. We are Lutheran and she will be getting confirmed in May. ...
  23. Virgie
    Hi! In our experience I would say YES! My daughter is 13 and before her Celiac dx she had some accidents because it came so quickly and was so watery that she just couldn't make it to the bathroom in time. Very embarrassing for a girl that age. That was one reason I knew something had to be very wrong with her. Best to you. Virginia
  24. Virgie
    Hi! I hope you all can help me figure this out. My daughter (13 years old in 8th grade) at school gets stomach pains & has to go to the bathroom almost every day during 3rd hour. This would be about 10:30 in the morning. It happens whether she eats breakfast or not. So why that time of the day. She isn't having any problems in the Biology class ...
  25. Virgie
    This is very true. My daughter got glutened at a restaurant because a onion ring accidently got put into her fries. Even though they use a dedicated fryer for the french fries and we told them about Celiac and not having gluten, etc. And she did quit eating the fries the minute she saw the onion ring but still it had touched other fries that she had eaten...
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