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  1. luvs2eat
    I only had symptoms for 2 months when I saw a gastroenterologist. He sent me for bloodwork and scheduled me for a screening colonoscopy since I was close to 50. After my colonoscopy, he said, "I have good news and bad news." I asked for the good news first. He said, "I know what's causing your diarrhea and it can be stopped." Then I asked for the bad news...
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    I love all the authors you mentioned and have especially enjoyed many of their books on celiac disease. There's NOTHING like being read to!
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    Ya know what? When I was a fairly new member, I made the mistake of posting that I wasn't so sensitive that I couldn't pick croutons off a salad and blow off the crumbs... or take a burger off a bun and eat it. The folks here set me straight... in NO uncertain terms... that what I was doing was NOT keeping a gluten-free diet and that I was hurting myself...
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    PLEASE do not even consider taking this terrible advice! As is well known... even if you have no abdominal issues or any symptoms if you are glutened, you are damaging your small intestine by eating gluten. Eating it accidently is difficult enough... to do it on purpose is insanity. I use Pamela's bread mix and simply fashion it into buns w/ a spatula...
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    Wow... that looks delicious! I think I'd skip the caraway seeds tho... don't even care for the taste. I wonder what would happen if you baked it in a loaf pan? Or would it be too big for a standard loaf pan?
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    I've been gluten-free for 10 years and my husband is not. I have my own toaster and cast iron frying pans and some dedicated baking pans. We've not had any problems at all.
  7. luvs2eat
    On the contrary! I was diagnosed w/in 2 months of symptoms so there was no unexplained weight loss for me. And after I was diagnosed, I was so upset at all the food I could no longer have... I OD'd on all the foods (translate carbs) I could have and gained 40 lbs. in the first year!!
  8. luvs2eat
    If you're in central NJ w/ easy access to PA and Doylestown, PA in particular, Dr. Hale diagnosed me on the 1st visit! I really liked him!
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    ARCHIVED Chili's

    luvs2eat replied to SandraD1971's topic in Gluten-Free Restaurants

    I've had good and bad experiences at Chili's. Unfortunately, we live in such a tiny town that there's ONLY a Chili's for that type of restaurant. I can chat up the waitress and the manager, but it can, and often does, all fall apart in the kitchen. The last TWO times I was there, I gave my wheat/celiac talk... and ordered a salad... and received their...
  10. luvs2eat
    You can call the venue ahead and make arrangements. I was able to take a big lunchbox into a stadium for a day-long concert... where food and drinks were hugely expensive. We talked to the manager of the stadium and were instructed to enter in a specific entrance where my cooler was absolutely allowed.
  11. luvs2eat
    I happily payed $4 for the most delicious gluten-free cupcake I've ever had. It was at a bakery in Philadelphia. It was a rich, moist chocolate cupcake w/ mocha buttercream on top and chocolate ganach on top of that. If yours are HALF that good, I'd happily pay your price!
  12. luvs2eat
    I've had the "crouton" issue (croutons, tortilla strips, chinese fried noodles) in every restaurant I've ever visited. We rarely go out anymore. Not absolutely related... my oldest daughter was the manager of a Macaroni Grill. Knowing my issues, she used to serve a regular customer who had a young daughter w/ celiac. She would take care of them personally...
  13. luvs2eat
    I love risotto! It's so easy to make and who doesn't love sticky, cheesy rice? I follow a basic recipe and add veggies. YUM!!
  14. luvs2eat
    It was a mildly elevated ANA that sent me to a rheum. several years after my celiac diagnosis. It's a LUPUS marker. I was blood tested every 6 months for almost 2 years and examined by the rheum. doctor. My blood level never changed and I had no symptoms so I didn't need to go any longer.
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    When I was diagnosed almost 10 years ago, there simply weren't a lot of junk/processed food options, so I never had any to have problems from. The more I see of the processed stuff, the gladder I am that I've stayed clear of it. I like to cook and to bake (altho not as much as I used to) and will go out of my way to cook/bake GOOD things without all the crap...
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    Ya know when they'll "get it?" When something devastating happens to them. That's when the clueless realize that they weren't there for their friend and they'll feel terrible. A similar thing happened to my youngest DD who's spent the last few years dealing w/ extreme food intolerances. She was the party house... loving to bake and cook and entertain...
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    I was gluten free for about 8.5 whole years before I realized that dairy doesn't seem to like me anymore. As you can see from my stuff at the bottom... going gluten-free was simple compared to dairy free! There are tons of substitutions for gluten, but there's NO subsitute for delicious cheese!! Now I try really hard to avoid dairy and only have it occasionally...
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    My daughter was having trouble w/ coffee when she first went gluten-free. She switched to decaf and it helped tremendously. A few months later, she's back to regular coffee. I would die w/o coffee. When dairy decided it didn't like me anymore, I had to drink coffee in a travel cup w/ a lid for a few weeks so I couldn't SEE it w/o milk. Now I love it black...
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    Is this the same Alamo Draft House that had the hysterical PSA from the woman who was asked to leave the theater for texting after she'd been asked repeatedly not to? It was such a hoot! I'd go there and have a glass of water to support their efforts!!
  20. luvs2eat
    Time to learn a new skill! Baking gluten-free bread isn't hard. All you have to do is follow the directions on the mix! gluten-free Pantry's is pretty good, as is Bob's Red Mill. My personal fave is Pamela's bread mix. I make it all the time... either in a loaf pan or on parchment paper or a Silpat for rolls... I just scoop out the bread dough (which is really...
  21. luvs2eat
    I know there are a million different symptoms and levels of difficulty and sensitivity, but in general: 1. This isn't that big a deal. In the scheme of life and all the things/diseases, etc. that people can have and can go wrong... this is nothing. We just have to learn how to cook a little differently, that's all. 2. Read labels... every single time...
  22. luvs2eat
    Oh man! We don't have Whole Foods where we live (rural Arkansas), but the last time I went back to where we came from (outside Philadelphia), I went to Whole Foods and bought those bagettes and toddled over to the cheese counter and snagged a little container of fois gras (goose liver), took it to my friend's house, toasted the bread, and ate the whole thing...
  23. luvs2eat
    I'm with you there! The last time I was accidentally glutened (totally my fault), I spent the evening trying desperately not to barf. Then came the diarrhea and gut pain/rumbling and I spent the whole next day on the couch in a fog. The day after that wasn't too bad, but I'd never intentionally put myself back there!
  24. luvs2eat
    My doc warned me that he wasn't a huge anesthesia user for colonoscopy, which didn't bother me. I'd seen the procedure done many times in nursing school. The prep was sucky, but the actual test was FASCINATING! I was awake for the whole thing and watched it all on the TV screen and could ask tons of questions. It was so mildly uncomfortable that it's barely...
  25. luvs2eat
    Middle daughter actually sent me a PHOTO of her two lunch hotdogs on Udi's buns! She was SO psyched! And they were fresh, not frozen. I was so jealous... nothing like that where I live!!
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