luvs2eat

All of us kids were allergic to eggs when we were babies. I'd read that early introduction of solids was related to allergies, so I didn't start my kids on solids till they were 6 months old... before that, nothing but boob juice.

Even then... no eggs or meat or citrus till at least a year. I made ALL my own baby food.

I was the only one my mom nursed... the only one w/ Celiac.

I think it's all a crap shoot. Breastfeeding is a good thing. Just enjoy your baby and hope celiac doesn't show up!

I'm a Books-on-celiac disease freak. As soon as I'm done w/ one, I'm back at the (FREE) library getting another! Right now I'm listening to actress Blair Brown read Isabele Allende's Zorro to me. It's awesome!

I just spent the better part of 2 years using Penlac nail lacquer... a prescription nail polish... for fungus. Mine blossomed after the trauma of accidentally jamming a huge needle in to my foot that required surgical removal. The foot doc told me that everyone has the fungus... he said if he swabbed the inside of any shoe, he'd find it... but it's a trauma that usually makes it "blossom."

I didn't even consider the oral medication... w/ any sort of autoimmune issue?? No way!! The Penlac worked but you have to be super diligent ... it just takes a long time.

Holy Moley!! There are some awesome recipes on there! I'm getting SO hungry just reading them!!!

I tried several recipes at home... at least two of Bette Hagman's. They were a lot of work... tasted okay for the first slice or two... texture wasn't so good.

I'm Manna from Anna's biggest fan. I order the mixes by the case... make a loaf and a few rolls (in english muffin rounds)... slice the loaf and freeze 'em.

Recently joined WW (again!!) and have been going for 2 weeks. I've lost almost 6 lbs. and am so encouraged. I've cut out my fav Manna from Anna bread just until I can get a handle on dieting ... and other things like rice and potatoes.

When I was diagnosed w/ Celiac, I hadn't lost any weight and proceeded to put on about 30 lbs. thoroughly enjoying the foods I CAN have (rice, gluten-free pasta, potatoes) rather than be upset at what I could no longer have.

I'll incorporate them back into my diet but not till I have a handle on super healthy eating again.

The crappy reality is that all the starches we can have are all a higher glycemic index than regular ones. UGH!!

I used to tell people it was wolverines trying to scream their way out of me! My daughter calls the noise her alien baby... haha.

Another lunchbox and ice pack user here. I bring my breakfast and lunch to work every day and have several paks in the freezer.

I'm interested because last night I could NOT keep my legs still when I went to bed.

Sometimes in the evening, I'll find that I can't keep my lower legs still and have to move and stretch them almost constantly... and of course it almost ALWAYS happens on long plane flights... but this was the first time it happened when I went to bed!

There's no pain involved... just the feeling that I HAVE TO move my lower legs!!

Edited to add: Our "newspaper" doctor always has folks writing in for the soap under the sheet trick. They SWEAR by it. I thought it was for leg cramps. I even tried it once for those cramps that send you flying out of bed to flex your calf muscle, but I don't think it did anything. That'd sure be an easy fix if it does work!!

I'm not lovin' it so much. I'm resigned, but not lovin' that I can't have my favorite food... my homemade breads... ever again. My "big D" wasn't so bad and I didn't feel crappy. I didn't get to lose ONE POUND without trying desperately ... rather, I've GAINED weight I didn't need!!

So, now I'm on Weight Watchers, not eating the fav foods I CAN have because I have don't have enough willpower to keep from eating more than I should. I've become much more gluten sensitive, so that now the "big D" IS a big deal... and I'm still huge and still can't eat my homemade bread.

Oh, don't mind me... I'll go get some cheese to have with my whine.

Sounds awesome! My fav soup!! Thanks for posting!!

Ooooh... I almost forgot. One of the BEST things I learned on here was that the macaroni in Kraft Mac and Cheese isn't gluten-free, BUT THE CHEESE POWDER IS!!!

My DD (diagnosed last year) was the happiest to learn that!! You can buy it in a shakey can like Parmesan cheese in some groceries!

I learned that I was NOT gluten-free cause I thought it was okay to pick my croutons off the salad and maybe blow away any crumbs. Folks here set me straight right quick!!

I've sent so many people here, it's not even funny!! This place is the best!!

I was hardly sick so I felt so sad but mostly MAD. My fav thing on earth to make was bread... kneading the dough, smelling it baking... and now I make a bread mix.

My daughter was diagnosed last summer and was really depressed. She loved to bake as well... breads, cakes, cookies.

Now, less than a year later, she's just discovering that baking is simply a matter of finding the right combo of flours and she's much less depressed... and on a mission to bake again.

It really does get better... and is easier if you like to cook.

So who on earth would dream up this lovely disease rather than enjoying all the stuff we can no longer eat?? Not me!!

That's such good news to hear, floridanative! My daughter was a manager of a Macaroni Grill in PA and used to cook up gluten-free pasta for a little girl about once a week. I've been tempted but have never tried to bring my own pasta to a restaurant, but perhaps an advance phone call might open up doors for me!!

I seem to only have Celiac... altho a year or so after diagnosis, my ANA blood level came back just high enough that my doc had me tested for Lupus. No symptoms or anything... just a tiny raised blood level that I get checked every year. Other than that... nothing but Celiac for me! (knocking on wood over here!!)

Oh, were it ONLY true that gluten could be killed by heat???

I went to a mexican place and asked the kid behind the counter if he could tell me how the rice was made, because I couldn't eat anything that contained wheat or flour or certain starches. He said, "I dunno... would you like to taste it?"

HUH???

There's an airline that still serves a meal at all??? I always fly w/ my own food.

Manna from Anna fan here!! She even has a dairy free bread mix.

I make a loaf and scoop some of the batter/dough in to English Muffin rounds, so I have an awesome sandwich loaf and several perfect rolls for burgers, etc.

PB on rice cakes for me! Great for on-the-go breakfast!

Oooh... I'm gonna try those gluten-free matzoh balls. It's a comfort food I miss terribly!

gluten-free matzoh would be the next best treat!!!

Manna from Anna has a dairy free bread mix. You could make sandwiches... even send along a little container of egg salad or whatever she likes that's not lunch meat and she can make her own sammy. Or is taking a lunch box/bag w/ a small icy thing not cool??

I am certain I'm Anna's greatest fan, but I've never tried the yeast free bread... only the yeast bread. Sorry I can't help.

It was finding out that some brands of sour cream contain modified food starch that made me realize that I have to read EVERY SINGLE LABEL, EVERY SINGLE TIME!!!