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I guess I'm also in the minority, here. I love Bob's Red Mill gluten free flours and baking mixes. I've tried other brands, but always come back to Bob's. I like the taste and the price.

I like Cuisinart. It has a gluten-free cycle and isn't too expensive.

That's very interesting about cigarettes/nicotine. I was diagnosed with Crohns disease and type 2 Diabetes before I quit smoking. I had very few flareups with the Crohns and got my blood sugar down with diet and a minimum of medication and was able to go off the medication after a year. I quit smoking 8 years ago this month. Almost right away, the Crohns...

I was diagnosed and went gluten free the first part of February. The first 3 weeks were wonderful. I felt so good. Then, I started having major withdrawal symptoms. For over a month, I felt worse than I had before going gluten free. If I hadn't had the good 3 weeks, I would have given up. But I wanted to feel that way again, so I struggled through it...

I was diagnosed the 1st part of February. Went gluten free immediately and felt fantastic for about 3 weeks. Then I suddenly started feeling bad -- almost worse than before I quit gluten. I've gradually gotten better, but haven't gotten totally back to that fantastic feeling. Last month, I had to have dental surgery for an old root canal that had abscessed...

I'm in Eufaula. Originally from California. No longer married. One child who isn't gluten free but probably could benefit from it.

Sounds like what I went through 3 years ago. I had frequent burning pain in the middle of my breastbone, a constant ache behind my right shoulder and pain in my right side. I woke up in the wee hours of the morning with stomach and abdominal pains that kept getting worse. The pain was so bad, I couldn't stand up straight. I vomitted several times, even...

I used to think it was sugar that triggered my appetite. If I made a pan of brownies, I could eat just about the whole pan without even batting an eye. Once I started on them, I couldn't stop. Now, I know it was the gluten. Just like you, my appetite has changed since going gluten-free. I'm satisfied with smaller amounts of food. I can make gluten-free...

The gluten-free lifestyle isn't easy, especially when you live in a home with other people who don't have to eat the way you do. Several years ago, when I was diagnosed with Crohns, the doctor told me I could also be gluten-intolerant. I didn't pay a lot of attention to that, as I felt dealing with Crohns was hard enough. I attributed my nearly-constant...

I've been gluten-free for only a month. I felt really good the first 3 weeks. This past week, I've felt absolutely horrible. I'm sure it's my body's reaction to detoxing. Gluten has been damaging my body for a long, long time, so the healing isn't going to happen overnight. It may be the same with you, and it's just going to take time. Maybe I'm unusual...

Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance . . . Can these steps happen backward? I've been in acceptance-mode since I was diagnosed a month ago, after many many years of being misdiagnosed with everything else. Now, I'm feeling very depressed.

Hi, Alyson. I'm not from Minnesota--quite a ways south in Oklahoma. I do understand what you've been going through. I was diagnosed with Crohns disease about 15 years ago, after spending most of my life up to that point being told I was faking it whenever I had a flareup. Even after being diagnosed, I had doctors tell me I wasn't really sick or it was...