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  1. BlessedMommy
    Yes, get tested! If you can't convince your doctor to order them, you can order the tests yourself through a private lab and self pay.
  2. BlessedMommy
    I can tolerate soy but do badly with dairy, so no M &M's for me either. I wonder if there's a brand somewhere that doesn't have dairy or soy?
  3. BlessedMommy
    LOL!
  4. BlessedMommy
    A restaurant once told me that tofu contains gluten, because it's a soy product. *bangs head against wall* Some tofu does contain gluten (if it's flavored tofu and that gluten usually comes from the soy sauce) but plain tofu is fine. Not sure where they think that soy beans would get gluten from..... (barring any cross contamination of course, and there...
  5. BlessedMommy
    My kids are homeschooled, so most of our lunches are hot meals like stir fry, beans and rice, baked sweet potatoes, etc. but for portable stuff, hummus and veggies are awesome! Costco carries individual size cups of hummus.
  6. BlessedMommy
    I very rarely eat breakfast cereal, but when I want something convenient for travelling, I get KIND granola.
  7. BlessedMommy
    Welcome! With your symptoms, it sounds like celiac could be a possibility. Have you talked to your doctor about celiac testing? It's always a good idea to test for celiac first before doing any diet changes.
  8. BlessedMommy
    They have milk, but from my reading it sounds like they will make them without yogurt on request. And I don't have an severe milk allergy, I'm just dairy free, because it seems to bother my sinuses, so if it gets slightly CC'ed with dairy, it's no biggie.
  9. BlessedMommy
    I'm going to WOW without Wheat this Sunday after the Lansing Hall of Fame Race! I'm so excited to try out a sub there!
  10. BlessedMommy
    All of McDonald's ones are gluten free, so that seems like a safe bet. I live in a rural area, so I don't have a lot of restaurant choices. I will have to look up some of those other restaurants and become familiar with them though for when we travel. Whole Foods is a good 2 hour drive away.
  11. BlessedMommy
    And a smoothie would be very unlikely to get CC'ed, correct?
  12. BlessedMommy
    Hmmm....looking like McDonald's ones would be okay if made without yogurt.
  13. BlessedMommy
    It seems that more places are getting smoothies lately. Does anybody know if any of them are gluten and dairy free?
  14. BlessedMommy
    ^Exactly! My CSA produce has no confusing labels on it.
  15. BlessedMommy
    If you go over to dinner at their house, just bring a safe dish that they can eat and don't touch anything that they offer you unless it's a single ingredient food (like watermelon or something). If they have that type of attitude when gluten causes you obvious health issues, then I doubt that a celiac DX would change their mind.
  16. BlessedMommy
    I'm a stay at home mom, so nope, no vacation days for my gluten challenge. Were your prior symptoms very debilitating? Have you become symptom free since going gluten-free?
  17. BlessedMommy
    ^I agree with the above. Look at it this way, I know a young lady who has a serious peanut allergy. I'm sure that no guy worth having would reject her just because she can't eat peanuts.
  18. BlessedMommy
    Good job, I hope that you can make it through. You either have celiac or NCGS, it's clear that gluten doesn't help you out any!
  19. BlessedMommy
    That's great that they are strengthening the standards! I wonder, though, how are they going to enforce that? It seems that there wouldn't be enough man power to go investigate every food that carries a gluten free label.
  20. BlessedMommy
    Having temporary stroke symptoms that last 24 hours or less and don't produce permanent impairment is the definition of a TIA. I'm glad that you're not getting migraines anymore!
  21. BlessedMommy
    I did, as you know from the other thread. I was 27 years old with no neurological problem history of any kind. I didn't have a history of migraines either. During my gluten challenge, my chronic headaches lead to neurological impairment. I believe that mine was a left brained TIA, since it affected my speech and numbed my right side. The doctors...
  22. BlessedMommy
    No problem! I totally understand that, Stephanie.
  23. BlessedMommy
    Yes, I agree that my experience was probably more the exception rather than the rule.
  24. BlessedMommy
    Oh yeah, if you can cook for her, that would be really neat! When I was dating my husband, I know that I would've been super impressed if he went and put together a nice meal or a picnic.
  25. BlessedMommy
    It can be, yes. https://www.celiac.com/forums/topic/68665-strokes-and-tias-transient-ischemic-attacks/ In many case, I had many days of headaches on gluten before I developed speech problems and then numbness on my right side. I went to the ER and the doctors ran a CT scan which came back normal and diagnosed my problems as a TIA. I quit the gluten immediately...
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