merry0709

Sorry to hear of your problem. The deal is, if you have never been sick with this crap, you just don`t understand. People look at you like you are making it up for pity or something half the time, like you are some picky whiney psycho. I had one guy told me he was sick of me being so picky about what I ate. I have been dealing with this over 5 years now...

AHHHH!!!!!!!! You got zapped by the chips. One of my biggest first mistakes, and I paid dearly also. Here is the deal with the chips. Some you will react to and some you won`t. Some have wheat products mixed in and some don`t. If you buy them in the store, they will say on the bag. but when you go out------who knows, usually not the waitress. If you ask...

I have the same deal with my mom. I`ve been gluten-free for 5 years. She has every symptom in the book and the docs just keep upping the dosages on all her pills. She is really really a cookie monster, really addicted, but it is killing her. Now her health is really going down the drain. Her RLS is getting to the point of being unmanageable, and she is...

I`ve been gluten-free for 5 years. This is what I do. If you have a Trader Joe`s nearby, they have alot of gluten-free stuff. gluten-free frozen pancakes, very good. Their rice pasta good and reasonable. I buy chicken breasts fresh or shrimp, cut them up and sautee with mixed fresh or frozen veggies whatever you like, then dump some of the Trader Joe...

I`ve been gluten-free for almost 5 years. I was really really sick when I finally figured it out and got off. It initially took about 4 days until my tummy and joint pain settled down, but the brain fog and the irritability actually increased for a while. I think I was somewhat in a withdrawal from the gluten. I went through a period of craving carbs and...

I get all the same symptoms as everyone else has pretty much stated. Amazing, and quite comforting to know it isn`t in our heads, like some people believe. But the other thing I get is woken up in the middle of the night with my feet burning hot on fire and little twingy spasms in my legs. I see they just linked Restless Leg Syndrome to Celiacs. My mom...

I noticed that when I first went off the gluten, I was very agitated and felt like I was going to lose it all of the time, almost as if my body was going through withdrawal from the gluten, very cranky, and hungry. This slowly subsided as my body got used to the new diet. Still, the celiacs has left me with other food sensitivities, not quite sure what...

For me, I try to be as careful as possible without coming off as crazy anal. It`s hard. Usually the mom and pop non chains are better at helping you out. Things you really need to avoid are the same things you would be careful at home. Sauces, salad dressings, taco chips ( that one has gotten me a few times), anything that you think might be pre made...