badandi2005

I agree with the people who said having a diagnosis helps. I ended up registering with the school's disability services and while professors can ignore students who say, "I've been really sick," it's a little difficult to do the same when they have a nice letter from the dean of students saying the same thing. Out of personal experience, though, every...

You guys can try, but I know my mother's written to AB about the gluten-free diet and never received a response. Maybe it was only because it was one letter out of what must be many, maybe not.

If you'll be in the downtown area (or near the Woodlands), Chuy's is a GREAT place to go to. Here's the e-mail they sent me a few months ago (the same response is on their site): Their rice is safe (for me, and I'm really sensitive to gluten). I'd stay away from their salsa, it's given me problems in the past. The deluxe tomatillo, ranchero...

Pei Wei is great! Thanks for the tips! In addition to the Sweet and Sour Chicken, I recommend the Vietnamese Spring Rolls. They are seriously yummy!

I'm not sure if they've changed the ingredients for the fruity dyno-bites, but I do know that I've had some issues with them as of late (non-gluten-free cereals popping up in the bag). So if you're worried about cross contamination, I'd avoid them. Last time I checked (about a month ago), Post Cocoa Pebbles were gluten-free.

Eating out makes me very anxious. I've had a lot of unsympathetic waiters who don't take the time to listen to any special instructions about how my food needs to be prepared. I almost always send something back, even at places that have gluten-free menus, such as Outback and Carrabba's (I got horribly sick after going to Carrabba's once). It's a real...

Wow, I didn't know that there was such a list. Thanks for letting me know.

I'm actually choosing to live off campus as a freshman next year (since living in the dorms is not a requirement) because the school's housing contract specifically said that they won't accomodate any special diets whatsoever (and this is a pretty large school, mind you). The dietician said the best they could do would be to provide ingredients for what...

The only places I know of are P.F. Changs (the one by my house has been absolutely fabulous. I haven't had a problem, and I'm pretty sensitive at this point), Outback Steakhouse (which vary by location in this area...the one closest to me is really good, but the second closets is really bad--waitress thought picking croutons off the salad and leaving the...

I was happy to hear from a friend with celiac that both McDonalds (and a few other fast food places) have gluten-free fries since I'm a complete french fries addict. She told me that apparently Burger King, on the other hand, is *not* a great place to get fries because they do coat their fries in flour before frying them-- and their site doesn't even mention...

I'm 17 as well and was just diagnosed on Friday when I went to visit my allergist. I'd never heard of celiac disease-- although my mother had-- before then, and my primary care physician had always attributed my reactions to allergies rather than celiac disease. As it's only been a few days since the diagnosis, it hasn't really sunk in that I'm going...