itfigures
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Recently self-diagnosed Celiac after a year-long loss of period, continued underweight state, nutritional deficiencies, mood swings/deep depression and worsening GI symptoms. I'm hoping to get a blood test soon and may even go back on gluten to get a biopsy. The gluten-free diet has been my only relief after a year of constant pain accompanied by vain trial & error. I am super grateful that I found this cure, this community, and inspiring stories to help keep me on track. Now that I'm just starting this, I have no idea what or how to eat... I have plenty of questions, but I am excited to get connected to others who are struggling with this!
Oh, and-- I'm now a senior in high school Desperately Trying To Be Normal-- and having a difficult time, no doubt! 
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ARCHIVED Gluten Contamination From A Buffet?
itfigures replied to itfigures's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
Yeah, that meal definitely is costing me today! Ah, well. It really does make sense, thank you all for helping me with all this contamination info. The more I get into this, the more careful I have to be I guess! No more buffets for me, lol I've also had problems with foods that have inaccurate labels, so now my fearful self is sticking to home-cooked... -
Yum! Those sound delicious! Thank you-- I'm going to experiment with these.
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Hi! I'm new here, this is my first new post.... *nervous* Anyways... This morning I had to go to a breakfast meeting at a convention center, and it was buffet style. I had some potatoes, fruit and eggs whilst skipping all the gluten-y junk. A few hours later, I'm feeling not so good, my stomach's doing okay but I had a mood pitfall, and I'm having insane...
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Wow. Reading these descriptions just made me real hungry for a biscuit. And I'm not even hungry. Lol! I would love a gluten-free biscuit recipe if there is a recommended one!
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ARCHIVED Symptoms- Diagnose Me!
itfigures replied to Robyn1216's topic in Introduce Yourself / Share Stuff
I agree with the other posters-- definitely get started with a blood test before getting rid of gluten completely. When I first did my research about Celiac I jumped right into a gluten-free diet without testing, and now I can't get tested b/c i'm not glutened... so I missed out, and i might have to go BACK onto gluten... which is no bueno of course! Ouch...
