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    My best friend, who is a size 4 (I'm 16/18), says crap like that all the time. It hurts so much. I nearly walked out of rehearsal the day we tried on new halter tops for a show (best friend picked them). Grown women were crying because they would need to wear plunge bras. I had to make my own top, because the biggest didn't fit. And due to bust size and...
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    Actually, Strawberry, not so awkward. It just turns the insensitivity of his comments right over on the guy's head like a litterbasket. If I'd have been there, I'd probably have snickered and winked at you. (Some of my friends don't get my darker humor. It causes misunderstandings at times.) It's amazing the difference we feel after going free (gluten...
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    ARCHIVED No Fair!

    bigbird16 replied to luvs2eat's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Ugh. I know the feeling of finding one more thing. Last week I realized sorghum is off my safe list. That means no more Bard's Tale beer (or any other gluten-free beer). May I suggest as a decadent treat, a wheel of Dr. Cow aged cashew nut cheese? On your favorite rice crackers (or as plain wedges) it tastes like the honest to goodness memory of cheese...
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    I get a pretty quick reaction -- under 10 minutes, starting with a hazy feeling and ataxia and moving on to other fun stuff.
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    Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers!
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    Hi, All. I forgot to update on the office cookie decorating thing we had around Halloween. Now that it's almost Thanksgiving . . . Unfortunately, my awesome spider will have to wait for another time. The subject of when we'd do the Halloween cookie decorating thing didn't come up again all month, and I got sick the weekend of Halloween so didn...
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    I've wondered if my birth mother's suicide at 45 was in some way related to undiagnosed celiac. She had a wheat "allergy" that she ignored, a strange rash, behaved erratically and violently, was depressed, said the strangest crap, poor memory, had a host of health problems (real or imagined we don't know), etc. In myself, after dropping the gluten I recognized...
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    Without someone taking offense, racial slurs and hurtful names for those with mental and physical challenges would still be considered appropriate. And where does the misinformation stop?
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    Ah, if only there was a pill or a mind trick! None of us would choose to live this way if we didn't have to. If I could never worry again about what goes into my mouth, what has been left on the counter or keyboard or door handle by coworkers, what my little niece has stuck to to her sweet little hands and face, what the waiter at a restaurant understands...
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    ARCHIVED Was I Wrong?

    bigbird16 replied to Roda's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    You weren't wrong at all. Your house, your rules. I've told guests that they may not bring gluten, dairy, or soy into the house under any circumstances. If they go out to eat, they may not store leftovers in my fridge (eat it all or pitch it, basically). Still, one guest who was staying a week cced me with soy sauce, cooking chicken for me after cooking chicken...
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    Yes, I've definitely changed. I've become more like my old self. Years ago before I started going downhill, I always had a can-do attitude, where I could do anything I set my mind to. If someone told me I couldn't or shouldn't, I did just to prove them wrong and thumbed my nose at them. I've always been described as sweet, but I used to have a lot more spice...
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    I put in my 2 cents on their form. Funny, my eating before going gluten-free was disordered. I binged a lot. I ate and ate and ate. I was very sick for all of the multiple servings per sitting of whole wheat pasta, whole wheat bread, and whole grain cereals that I ate. Now food and I have a solid relationship, and it nourishes me and makes me strong...
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    Royal icing is naturally gluten-free. I mix up 1 1/2 oz of meringue powder (Wilton or whatever I can find at the grocery), 10 oz water, and 3 1/2 lbs of powdered sugar. Fondant is also naturally gluten-free. Wilton, Bakel's, and SatinIce are gluten-free. I believe that only SatinIce's white fondant is soy-free; their ivory and chocolate contain soy....
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    It kinda made me chuckle inside when I was told I could make my own, because every time I've brought a treat into the office, it's gone within a half hour of its presence being announced to the sounds of "mmmmm, so good!" "yum!" "ooo! thanks!" "are there more?" The treats are always gluten-, dairy-, and soy-free and of the muffin, cake, or cookie variety...
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    We've started doing these "morale boosting" activities at the office (when what really needs to be done is some manager training, but that's another story). They almost always involve cupcakes and cookies and sometimes pizza. If I know they're happening, I bring something suitable for me and usually don't care what they're eating. Last year's Halloween thing...
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    I grew up with a Southern Mamma, and I love her good old home cooking. Bone Suckin' Sauce makes a good BBQ. It's gluten-free. Collards are naturally gluten-free, and so is everything else that goes into them. I like my mashed taters fresh with skins left in, but for quick mashed potatoes, Betty Crocker's PLAIN flakes--nothing else extra in them--are gluten...
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    Hi, Melikamaui. I'm sorry about your migraine. They really stink. Any of those things is a possible culprit. If the baby touched your face after having her fingers in her mouth, if you touched your mouth after touching the baby's hands or face, if you kissed hands or face, if the spit up came in contact with your mouth, if you ate dairy while having...
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    Strawberryshortcake, I'm sorry for your situation. You hear a lot of things on this board, because this is a place for celiacs, gluten intolerants, and their loved ones to discuss and to vent (and talk about poop ). In daily life, however, I'm sure that most celiacs do not go around waxing poetic about their latest bathroom accomplishments. I've had friends...
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    Me three! Strawberry, have a wonderful time! It is truly a delightful country. I lived in Belfast for a year and loved how easy it was to travel by train and bus all over.
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    Have you considered the possibility of having other intolerances? Dairy turns me into Crazy Megab**** right before it slam dunks me with a migraine and major GI distress. Soy leaves me blue and foggy and headachey.
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    Hi, Jessica. I get migraines, too. About 95% of them cleared up after going gluten-, dairy-, and soy-free, but that pesky 5% that remain are usually brought on by stress. My job runs in cycles of busy beyond belief to thumb twiddlingly slow and back up again, the heavy phases running on for months at a time with no possibility for time off. I've always...
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    I haven't been to Tommy Condon's in years and not since going gluten free, but their food was really good, as was the hospitality.
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    Hi, Josh. So sorry you're feeling so bad! Hope you feel better soon. We here do understand. What kind of pot did you cook your rice in? If it's an old scratched up teflon pot, you may want to get yourself a new pot. Gluten gets stuck in the scratches and can make you sick no matter how many times the stupid thing has been washed and scrubbed. I...
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    Hi, Claire. Do you also have problems with dairy? If so, there's lactose in Ocella. I'm not on that one but I was on Yasmin. When I went dairy free, I forgot about checking my meds (which I knew were gluten free). I skipped a few weeks of the pill then when I started taking it again felt wretched. I checked the ingredients, realized there was dairy,...
  25. bigbird16
    I'm allergic to teff. My airways start closing up. Same thing happens with millet. Wish I could eat Udi's whole grain bread. Their white bread I eat with no issues whatsoever. I agree with Skylark, xanthan gum may be more the issue.
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