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    GlutenFreeManna replied to cait's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Unless the people you are staying with understand cc risks and are very careful to clean up after themselves you will have a hard time staying gluten-free. It takes cooperation from others to have a mixed household. I just had my inlaws come stay with us for 4 hellish days in which they probably cc'd me 3-4 different ways. Despite our requests that they...
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    I use this recipe: Open Original Shared Link But I add gluten-free "cheerios"- I think the Glutino brand is what I used last time. For gluten-free pretzels I used EnerG Wylde brand. They are the only ones I have found that are soy free. I have not made this since I had to cut out dairy however. Lea and Perrins is gluten-free and SF but I found that...
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    Thanks Mushroom. My insides still feel like someone took a cheese grater to them. He just seems to think that you can take a pill for everything. If you can't take a pill for it it must not exist medically. I found out another gem from my husband after they left. FIL said the townhouse we moved into seemed like it was in "section 8 housing" and...
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    No Cous cous is NOT gluten free. You are correct. It's possible to make a "mock" cous cous out of other thigns such as brown rice or quinoa but the restaurant probably would have disclosed that if it was not real cous cous. Perhaps this was just an oversight on the restaurant's part not realizing that semolina flour is made from wheat? Your friends should...
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    Maybe we could buy up all the farmland and get rid of the wheat too!
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    It's been two years. BIL is sort of like a child mentally. He's in his 30's and still lives with their parents. If I had to guess what is wrong with him I would say he has aspergers or high functioning autism. He's smart about some thigns but he takes everything very literally and needs very specific instructions. He doesn't laugh at any jokes and can...
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    Well they are gone now. I've spent all day hiding in the bedroom, drinking water and going back and forth to the bathroom. I'm still trying to figure out what got them to leave a day early but it seems they are mad at me for being sick! Husband explained to them everything that they did wrong that could have made me sick (there were a few more instances...
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    Saturday afternoon: Did I mention this is the second time I have ridden in their vehicle now and it's covered with cracker crumbs? We were half way done shopping when my glutening symptoms kicked in full time. I had been feeling the fatigue and joint pain that comes on for me before the GI symptoms already but had hoped it was the heat and from moving...
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    So Saturday after lunch I realized that I need to get some more food to try to feed the unwanted house guests, lest they bring in more. I make a list of other things that we need for the new place. I plan to make a trip to Home Depot for the household items and then to BJ's warehouse because I can buy rotisserie chickens there that don't have any gluten...
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    I am doing this today, but with the computer not the TV. I'm locked in my bedroom and plan to watch several TV shows on hulu all day today. Will also try to tell you more stories.
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    Believe me this very conversation has come up several times between hubby and I.
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    Sat. Continued Sometime around noon I'm in the kitchen trying to figure out some quick food I can put together to give them so we won't have a repeat of the cracker incident. I notice a puddle around their cooler. It was leaking all over the floor and into a few boxes. I start cleaning up right away because the boxes it's leaking onto have books in...
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    Saturday 6 AM: Phone call from IL's. Hubby asks them if they took the shelves down and they say they have. He asks them to come and bring the drill and the two hand trucks. they say they will be there after they stop for breakfast. 7 AM We pick up the U-haul. 8 AM Our friends arrive to help us load. No sign of the In-laws with the hand trucks...
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    That's alreay happened, well, sort of. I'll get to that part in a few posts. Friday at lunch, Hubby laid the smack down on them pretty hard about the cc issues. Once we returned with a load of boxes in their trailer (um the ones I didn't care about moving) he made them clean the kitchen from top to bottom (and he made sure they did it right). The bathrooms...
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    Noon on Friday: I go into the ktichen to get some water and see fresh cracker crumbs all over the stove. I start freakign out and yelling. Il's are not understanding what all the fuss is about. Hubby gives them a good talking to and reviews the rules about no gluten or dairy in the house. He finds their bag of contraband (bread and crackers) and makes...
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    thanks Kareng! It gets worse. I just typed a long reply describing the rest of friday and saturday but we are having lighnting storms and our power got knocked out for a few seconds taking down the internet. I lost my reply. Will try to retype some of it. Maybe in installments this time in case the power goes out again.
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    Not everyone's asleep yet but they have left me alone in a room finally. I will try to review and give the highlights so far: Thursday: In-laws call to tell us they are on the road to visit us, bringing with them a small U-haul trailer full of stuff they want to get rid of and think we must need. This was despite our telling them SEVERAL times that...
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    So sorry it's not working out better. I hope the rest of your trip is better. i think you have the right idea abotu nto doing much when you feel like crap. I'm only a few hours south of DC and it has been aweful hot here the past week. I just moved across town in the heat and everyone was dripping sweat. Even without the food issues this heat can...
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    I apologize. My inlaws intercepted the pidgeon or else I would have been in touch sooner.
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    I agree with Karengee! I want some chickens someday. They seem so entertaining!
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    We tried to lose them once while they were following us but it didn't work. They have GPS and were waiting for us at the new place.
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    You about nailed it except for the first and last one. Although both of those have gone through my mind. We just got working internet at the new place and the IL's are STILL here! They don't plan to leave until tuesday! I will give a longer update later tonight when everyone is asleep. Let's just say it has not been fun.
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    Oh, and I almost forgot the best part! Just as we were leaving, MIL gave me a bag of spelt flour! Doh! I bit my lip and resisted trying to explain to her that spelt has gluten and I can't have it either. If I had tried to explain (for the 100th time) why I can't have that we would have been there another hour. It's late and I still have lots to do to...
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    I'll be right up there! It's after 10 PM and it's 91 degrees here with very high humitdity. It's supposed to be 100 degrees tommorrow and a 101 on Saturday. ILs are all settled in a hotel for the night and it only took 2 hours to convince them that it was in their best interest to stay there. FIL complained about the hotel from the minute we said...
  25. GlutenFreeManna
    I actually have an anaphylactic reaction to milk but I tested negative on both skin and blood tests (IgE testing). My allergist said not to eat dairy even though the tests were negative. He even gave me an epi-pen based on my physical reactions alone. So I don't have much trust for allergy testing. I have to wonder if those 50% that test positive were...
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