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  1. The Fluffy Assassin
    I was lucky enough that going gluten free totally changed my emotional/psychological life for the better; my neuroses just evaporated. Admittedly, this made room for the Asperger's Syndrome that I'd no doubt had all along, but which had been shoved out of the way by all the anxieties and neuroses. But still. Also I'm lucky or unlucky enough to be silent...
  2. The Fluffy Assassin
    I would strongly recommend focusing on one (or preferably two or three) dishes that you absolutely know will not make you sick and eat that/those at every meal for as long as you can stand the monotony. Because it's a lot better to be bored than to be sick. You might also want to supplement B12 at least, or preferably all the B vitamins. And you might want...
  3. The Fluffy Assassin
    It isn't a weight-loss diet. Fundamentally, people mainly lose weight when going gluten-free by not eating in restaurants anymore, especially fast food places and buffets. I lost 20 lbs more or less immediately and four inches at the waist over the next year or so. Several chins dropped off and my shirt size is still shrinking. But I am male and was 45 when...
  4. The Fluffy Assassin
    Glad it worked out for you, and welcome to the board, and to the diet.
  5. The Fluffy Assassin
    Relax. Breathe. Potatoes and rice are gluten free. Nobody has to starve. Soft corn tortillas are a wonderful substitute for bread; I've even been known to make egg salad sandwiches on them. You're going to have to clean all your pots and pans and cooking utensils incredibly thoroughly or replace them. Anything plastic or anything with significant scratches...
  6. The Fluffy Assassin
    Testing for celiac disease requires you to keep eating gluten and includes a blood test and then a biopsy of the small intestine. Given your attitude toward doctors and medicine, you'd probably do better just to go gluten free and see if you notice an improvement in the coming weeks/months.
  7. The Fluffy Assassin
    Celiac disease is also an autoimmune disorder, and is frequently associated with many other autoimmune disorders, including Hashimoto's, as well as food allergies. Celiac disease is considered the first cause of these, however, to the best of my knowledge. You might also want to look at pictures of dermatitis herpetiformis (eg Open Original Shared Link to...
  8. The Fluffy Assassin
    You need a different doctor, or just to go gluten free. You can tell him from me that lactose intolerance goes away on a gluten-free diet, even without a formal diagnosis of celiac disease. It takes, as you say, about a year. My Lactaids are getting very lonely. There's no way he said ulcerative colitis, is there? (That would be Crohn's.) As you say...
  9. The Fluffy Assassin
    Lemme go with the stuff I can answer, sadly not much. Celiac disease takes different people in different ways. Some, like me, are largely silent, meaning there is little in the way of gastrointestinal symptoms. Others get cramps, bloating, diarrhea, and these things can go on for days. As you'll see in my sigline, I had no idea what was wrong with me until...
  10. The Fluffy Assassin
    It's the next morning and I still feel OK (I'm pretty much silent celiac, but if I can sleep through the night without getting runs I figure that I haven't been glutened). I had steamed salmon (not on the menu, but they were willing) and vast quantities of steamed broccoli. From past threads, I decided not to trust the potato or salad, though from your experience...
  11. The Fluffy Assassin
    They're both in greater Boston, sister in Brookline, brother in Somerville. I'm in Columbia.
  12. The Fluffy Assassin
    Get out! Really? Looks like I'm up for a 100 mile drive soon. (Closest Whole Foods are in Charleston and Greenville.) Are you sure they're at every Whole Foods?
  13. The Fluffy Assassin
    I'm from SC. Two of my siblings are in Massachusetts. We're all from SC, but they've been up there now for 30 years. Talk about time flying...
  14. The Fluffy Assassin
    I've already seen the charming email from Darden on an earlier thread, saying basically, "We don't know how to make gluten free food." Has anybody ordered from Red Lobster lately and managed not to get sick? I'm hoping that they'll have another 2-hour wait and I'll be able to persuade the family to go to Ryan's instead like last time. But I'm open to suggestions...
  15. The Fluffy Assassin
    Just about all of it sounds like celiac disease. I hadn't heard of anyone having a constant fever, but no doubt somebody will post shortly saying that they've had that, too. You could see a gastroenterologist, or just try the gluten free diet and see if it makes a difference. Welcome and good luck to you.
  16. The Fluffy Assassin
    Welcome! You seem to have an unusually good handle on things celiac. You may want to see if the GI specialist is willing to diagnose you based on the response to the diet. From what I've read here, this is more likely if you can show a family history. Does anyone in your family show similar symptoms? Do you have any Irish or Italian heritage? (It's somewhat...
  17. The Fluffy Assassin
    You don't have to heat them up at all, as they're fully cooked, but they're more pliable (rollable) if you give them about five minutes in an oven or say 10-20 seconds in a microwave. I get mine at Aldi 30 to a bag. Note to FMcGee: I'm a he.
  18. The Fluffy Assassin
    Look in the international section. Most supermarkets carry either A Taste of Thai (usually gluten free and now totally so) or Thai Kitchen (sometimes gluten free but rarely so). So you have to look around and it's frustrating. If you have a Super Target (ie, one with groceries), they always have Taste of Thai, at least around here, but because they do lousy...
  19. The Fluffy Assassin
    I noticed a difference practically immediately, but everybody's different. I'm silent celiac; I have very limited digestive effects but the emotional/intellectual/neurological stuff (due to B12 depletion) was very obvious. I'd guess that if you don't see an effect after two weeks (other than being starving all the time), you might want to try something else...
  20. The Fluffy Assassin
    Washington State University got a grant a year ago; you're probably thinking of this. Kind of unlikely that they would have succeeded (or even started) already, but you could call and ask: Open Original Shared Link
  21. The Fluffy Assassin
    Sorry I didn't see this earlier. As it's been over a week, I'm guessing it turned out OK. However, for future reference, Wikipedia gives a website Open Original Shared Link but all that's there is a couple of vintage photos and an email address: aronstreit@aol.com. Hope this helps.
  22. The Fluffy Assassin
    You might try befriending the manager and see if you can persuade them to broaden the gluten-free line. If you have a local support group and can persuade one or more of them to come with you, that would of course help. Regardless, good luck to you, and yes, it is good news.
  23. The Fluffy Assassin
    Bob's mixes are a bit squirrely. I tried the gluten-free All-Purpose Baking Flour and didn't like it a bit. Gluten Free Pantry's Beth's All-Purpose Baking Flour on the other hand smells and tastes practically exactly like regular white flour. Bob's other products (I've tried the tapioca and coconut flours) are fine, and I'm sure the mix is an acquired...
  24. The Fluffy Assassin
    I'm just a yoyo on the Internet, and you should really be asking your allergist, but according to the Mayo Clinic Open Original Shared Link the treatment for a wheat allergy is to avoid wheat. However, you need to remember that celiac disease isn't an allergy but an autoimmune disorder. So though on the one hand, having a wheat allergy doesn't necessarily...
  25. The Fluffy Assassin
    Hey, I was trying to look up something else and found this discussion of food allergies at the Mayo Clinic's site: Open Original Shared Link A lot of that stuff sounds just like what you were describing. You should consider visiting an allergist double quick. Medicine is pretty open source in the Internet age; it's just tricky telling the useful information...
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