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  1. BlessedMommy
    LOL! We ate breakfast at a friend's house when we ending up staying over at their house unplanned and as I ate (I had carefully made scrambled eggs prepared by me on a rewashed stainless steel pan and some fresh and canned fruit) my friend quipped as he pointed to his cereal boxes, "These cereals might as well be labelled "Shredded Death" and "Nutty Casket...
  2. BlessedMommy
    I call my MIL and my inlaws are fine with bringing all the regular pizza, which makes it a moot point. It's nice not to have to worry about it! After converting my kitchen to gluten-free, it feels like bringing in a biohazard! LOL!
  3. BlessedMommy
    Hmm....actually occurred to me that I could also just have the inlaw's cook all the regular pizza at their house and bring it over and never bring it into my house.
  4. BlessedMommy
    My hubby and I are having a combined birthday party, because our birthdays are 4 weeks apart. Hubby and I would like a pizza party. However, it would be a lot cheaper and easier if I could provide regular pizza for the gluten eaters. But recently I've converted my kitchen to gluten free. If someone gives something glutenous to hubby, my normal practice...
  5. BlessedMommy
    I don't have a shared kitchen, my kitchen is actually dedicated gluten-free, but I was more thinking along the lines of restaurants and the like.
  6. BlessedMommy
    If plastic utensils can't be shared between gluten free and regular food, wouldn't that rule out any eating anywhere that isn't dedicated gluten-free?
  7. BlessedMommy
    I stopped at a gluten-free bakery in Atlanta but we didn't end up buying much, just a few cupcakes as a treat, because their bread was $12 a loaf!
  8. BlessedMommy
    Oh, and regarding meals on the road, there are a lot of simple meals that can be thrown together while you're traveling. One favorite of mine was spanish rice & beans cooked up in my rice cooker. Fast, easy, safe, and cheap! For breakfast while travelling, we made up gluten-free oatmeal in the rice cooker and served it with jam on top and some soymilk...
  9. BlessedMommy
    Also, maybe could you explain to people that you mean no offense to them, but with the severity of your condition, you simply can't risk eating anything that wasn't prepared in a dedicated gluten-free facility. You could even say that your doctor recommends that.
  10. BlessedMommy
    Do they realize that even a little bit could send you to the hospital? Do they understand that what you have is basically the equivalent of an anaphalactic peanut allergy? I would absolutely make sure that you have all your meals planned out and taken care of, yourself. I would bring literature for them to read on the deadly severity of celiac and what...
  11. BlessedMommy
    So really the bulk of the concern over wood is mostly about using wooden utensils, because of their extensive content with gluten items. (i.e. stirring pasta, etc.) It doesn't seem to me that bread crumbs would absorb into wood, the way pasta water would.
  12. BlessedMommy
    So does that mean that I'm okay to eat stuff prepared at my MIL's house if she washed the cutting board beforehand?
  13. BlessedMommy
    Best wishes! I don't have a diagnosis myself and I wish that I did, but in my situation, the doctors I consulted didn't help me, I did some working on my own to figure out my problem, consulted with a naturopath, and by the time that I realized that I definitely wanted the celiac antibody tests, it was too late....I wasn't able to tolerate a gluten challenge...
  14. BlessedMommy
    I guess that my thought was that you don't know if the person chopped the veggies or fruit on a wooden cutting board that had been previously used for gluten items. Apparently, though, that's not much of an issue and maybe is an extremely remote risk? What about salads that are all fruit/veggies with no dressing of any kind already on them?
  15. BlessedMommy
    I just wondered what other people do in regards to eating single ingredient items when out of the house. How far do you take precautions to avoid CC? Do you literally never eat anything that's come from anyone else's house or has been arranged or chopped by them? What about fresh fruit or vegetables or cooked vegetables? Do you eat carrot sticks or black...
  16. BlessedMommy
    I'd echo the advice that it's basically a personal choice. I would personally give the caveat though that you need to be very, very careful about reintroducing gluten after eliminating it, if you decide to go the gluten challenge route. (see my sig for my experience!)
  17. BlessedMommy
    I've noticed something and it's that people have a tendency to proclaim that they're not celiac and then give a follow up line about not being as careful on the gluten-free diet. My thoughts are as follows: 1) Really? How do you know that you're not celiac? If a person went on the gluten free diet without bloodwork, then they definitely haven't ruled...
  18. BlessedMommy
    I don't have a clue, but it annoys me that it's in there. I'll either: a. wash my hands after feeding them b. make somebody else do it c. pour their food directly out of their container without touching it
  19. BlessedMommy
    That is so frustrating! It's annoying when the chance to get a good diagnosis is blown away by medical professionals who won't take you seriously. Could you call around and find a dermatology office that will do a DH biopsy for you? It doesn't sound like your current doctor is much help....
  20. BlessedMommy
    I hope that it works great for you! KUP!
  21. BlessedMommy
    It is so hard to work with doctors when they won't even order the tests that you need! I understand the desperation of just itching constantly and wanting it to be over with.
  22. BlessedMommy
    Here is a before gluten-free picture, I was newly post partum with my first baby. This was not the worst of my rash, not by a long shot, it was much worse when I was pregnant. But you can see the obvious swelling, lines under my eyes, and general look of unwellness. Open Original Shared Link And here is a photo of me about 6 years later, and about...
  23. BlessedMommy
    My skin is much, much better than it used to be. Is it perfect? No and sometimes I still have flare ups (plus have contact dermatitis hand trouble that I attribute to too much contact with soap and water in the winter), but certainly nothing like what it used to be. Another symptom of my gluten intolerance was swelling. In another thread, I had a before gluten...
  24. BlessedMommy
    I hear your frustration! When I first went to the dermatologist with my severe skin rash, he just said that it was eczema which was being made worse by pregnancy and prescribed me a steroid cream. No mention of other causes or looking at any other possibilities. I had bloodwork at the OB/GYN and it never showed much of anything. I had to figure out...
  25. BlessedMommy
    Nope, no cake ordering or crouton picking for me! LOL!
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