afreeclimber74

I had terrible iliotibial band pain (runner's knee) for years, even after going to physical therapy. It got to the point of hurting even when I walked, and after PT I still couldn't run more than a 1/4 before I was out of commission. After going gluten free for maybe six months, my IT band pain disappeared completely. Now I can run for miles and have no...

Last time I looked, Taco Bell's hot sauce packet had wheat in the ingredients

Me- I'd like to order off the gluten free menu. I'll have the steak. staff-what side do you want: veggies, potato pancakes, side salad... Me- are the potato pancakes gluten free? staff- no Me- I'll have the veggies then staff- do you want bread with your meal? Me- (puzzled) no. I am ordering off the gluten free menu. My meal has to be gluten...

You do have that tiara on your head.

It's good to talk about our embarrassments in life, because it helps us to get over them and stop giving them power over us. So, I figured there must be other celiacs on this forum who have had embarrassing moments like me, and might like to laugh at mine and share their own. A really good one for me was last September, while I was on a multi-day camping...

My doctor swears that the antibodies stay in your system for many years, even after eating gluten free. Same as the immune antibody response to the flu, etc. I took the blood test after being gluten free for about 8 months and the results were over 100 for both.

Not me, but a local girl wrote about her trip to the ER with an entire side of her body paralyzed and it lasted many hours. Turns out is was gluten that caused it. She recovered 100%.

From what you wrote in your post, I could understand how your husband might feel defensive and put up a wall, instead of being the supportive partner you needed.

It sounds like your family wants to spend time with you. Don't bow out because you think you'd be doing them a favor. If hubby is upset about your intended absence, then why would you think you're doing the right thing? Bring some food in your purse and order an empty plate.

I didn't know La Choy was gluten free, so after reading your post I Googled it, hoping to try some. Without looking very much at all, I saw quite a few complaining that they got glutened by the supposedly gluten-free La Choy. Maybe the factory had a cross contamination issue?

I'm pretty sure she burps, farts, and poops too.

I can't imagine anything worse than having to eat natto. That stuff is on my list of foods that I'll never eat again, by choice. I took probiotics here and there at different times before I knew I had celiac. I used to make my own kimchi and kombucha. The only thing I ever took that made a difference was the Digestive Advantage for IBS, which I started...

It came right from the manager of the restaurant, who added that wheat was in all their sauces as thickeners and in all the meat marinades as soy sauce. Personally, I've never seen wheat in shredded cheese at the grocery store.

My favorite chocolate brand is Lindt and almost all their products have barley malt powder. The other shocker was being told that there was wheat as an anti-caking agent in the pre-shredded cheese at a Mexican restaurant.

I know many on this forum have had symptoms all their life , while others started later in life, and I'd like to hear about it. My story is that I was eating anything I wanted with no symptoms at all (that I know of) until age thirty, when I traveled to Peru on a climbing trip. I got just a little sick from the local bacteria and took a single dose of...