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  1. misslexi
    I live in Ontario, and I can get help from the government to pay for my food with an official diagnosis. I have been gluten free since November 2009, after years of suffering and trying to figure out why I've been so sick, and fighting with doctors just going off gluten was the only thing we could think of to do. I already had to drop out of school and...
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    I don't remember this happening the first few times I made brown rice noodles, maybe its a brand issue...but the last several times, with different types, they stick to the bottom! Like crazy, and I don't mean they burn they just stick on good. Not only that but there ends up being this gooey, starchy film over them and I have to rinse them before I can eat...
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    The first cookbook I got (been gluten free almost 2 months now) was terrifying and intimidating. Every recipe called for like 5 obscure flours, half of which I couldn't even find in my town. I still haven't made anything out of that book because none of it is like...normal haha. I mean none of it was the things my mom made us growing up, familiar foods. ...
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    I've had blood taken alot over the last 5-6 years and until about 18 months ago maybe, when I started to get alot sicker. I was fine no matter what they used to hold the cotton ball on before then. Suddenly I started getting a huge red rash thing under almost everything they tried. It never itched, just hurt like I never thought a little red spot could haha...
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    you said you dont like fish, I dont know if you count seafood as fish lol. but my family has shrimp, or shrimp + chicken, or whatever other seafood is on sale/in the freezer with pasta. sometimes we do alfredo sauce...but two other good ones are just mix up some pesto with a little bit of olive oil (or whatever other oil you use) and toss the pasta in it...
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    I went gluten free almost 2 months ago and I was feeling great within a few days. Now for the last week I've been really bad again. Like I am sitting on my bed crying right now because I am so angry and frustrated, this morning is the worst morning yet and I have class in 20 minutes. I haven't accidentally eaten gluten in a few weeks, and this doesn't feel...
  7. misslexi
    Have you tried being tested for allergies? I cut gluten out of my diet and react rather violently when i accidentally ingest it. No matter what form its in. If you only react sometimes, maybe its something different but in the same things as gluten.
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    misslexi replied to JillianLindsay's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    I've only ever had one, and I have really severe anxiety, and get claustrophobic sometimes. But I was fine. I'm 99% sure they gave me big headphones and I brought a celiac disease that they played for me, and it helped when they talked to me sometimes during it. Let them know beforehand that you get kinda iffy about enclosed spaces, I'm sure they're used...
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    Go give your daughter a great big hug. I am positive she needs it, because I can empathize with her and I'm sure my mother can empathize with you. I'm only a little bit older than your daughter, and sounded just like her a year ago. ER visits and all. I lost 35 pounds over about 4 months. I was (am) deficient in like...everything lol. For some reason I started...
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    I always just figured the whole getting caught on words and stuttering thing was related to the rest of my problems. never thought it could be the gluten...its interesting to think that in a few months it might not happen anymore!
  11. misslexi
    yes I do, and I don't know. I've been gluten free for almost 2 months I think and have not seen any change. I don't think its stress related, or temperature related. Because I changed into pjs (tank top+pants) and was watching a movie with my mom and within an hour I was soaked earlier this evening. Its really gross, and upsetting (especially at school...
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    if you are worried about trying soy, take a look at rice and/or almond milk. I have a mild sensitivity/allergy to milk, so i only eat cheese/sour cream/etc in moderation, but i do not drink or cook with milk. I cook with rice milk now (and often rice flour for sauces) and I don't notice a taste difference, although there is a consistency difference and it...
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    Hi! I'm in oakville, I actually purchased the superstore store's brand of organic chicken broth. there is no gluten listed in the ingredients and I had no problem eating it. you could look at it, its a good price too haha. ive used the beef and chicken broth.
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    Haha I can't figure out how to reply to you Jessica, hopefully this works! I had an allergy test a long time ago, I wasn't allergic to anything on it. Not even milk, which I already knew I have a sensitivity to from a different allergy test...so I don't know how much I trust it! It is very frustrating, and still is. But I'm getting better so its worth the hassle. Hows go...

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    Thank you so much for a reply ... this is so frustrating ... its like all you want is to feel better... keep me posted on whats going on with you ... the next thing i have going on is an allergy test .. did you have one of those?

  16. misslexi
    Everyone but my doctors/GI specialist asked if I had celiac disease. okay, one doctor gets a gold star. my rheumatologist asked my mom if I had been tested for celiac disease. I can't even remember how many tests I had done, and how many of them were half assed. labs screwing up, doctors screwing up, doctors neglecting things, specialists outright lying on...
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    how do you cook your fresh veggies? some people might say its bad for your veggies, but I microwave all of mine now lol. It is so easy! Apparently the amount of water they are cooked in makes more of a difference than how they are cooked. I googled and found this: Open Original Shared Link but I just chop up whatever I want, throw it in a casserole...
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    I started University September 2008, and was all gungho until I started to get extremely sick. Before that everything was at the point of managable, but by mid November I couldn't go to class anymore, I couldn't even get out of bed. I had moved out mid October into a student house...but had to move back in with my parents in case I had to go to the ER again...
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    I know what you mean about it being very hard to resist things with gluten in them. I was at my parent's for about two weeks over christmas...surrounded by gluten cookies, and snack stuff, and peanuts with gluten, it felt like everything I wanted to eat had gluten in it! I did make some gluten free christmas cookies, but everyone acted like they were contaminated...
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    I would get snippy with them at that point. Something like "would you shove peanuts at someone with a nut allergy?" obviously, they should say no (or you really need new friends!) then say something like "then stop shoving gluten at me! its the same thing!" so many people don't get it. I haven't been gluten-free for very long, and I already know its going...
  21. misslexi
    I'm recently gluten-free and in college and its very difficult for lunches. And depressing some times lol. I can't eat anything from the cafeteria at my school, even a salad made me fairly sick. Vending machine stuff has been fine so far (when I know its gluten-free already) I would cook on the weekends and then split what I made up into tupperware and...
  22. misslexi
    I also recommend "You Won't Believe It's Gluten-Free!" by Roben Ryberg. I just got it actually, because all the recipes in the cookbook my mother got me for Christmas were extremely complicated, and required like 4-5 flours per recipe. In Roben's book, all the recipes I looked at had only one flour. And it offers variations for people with multiple allergies...
  23. misslexi
    When I first started going gluten free a few weeks ago, I got really sick too. I couldn't figure out what it was...turned out the garlic I used in some sauce I made had gluten in it. Make sure you check all your spices, gluten is sneaky.
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