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  1. srall
    After a year gluten free, I find that I'm gaining weight without eating more. I think I got into my 40's not absorbing any food/nutrients. I could eat massive amounts of fattening food and not gain weight. My friends were so irritated. As for myself, I didn't realize that going to the bathroom several several times a day wasn't normal. Then after I went...
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    Hi ladies. I'm assuming everyone who responded to the eating safely in WDW was a mom, so I do apologize if any dads responded. We just got back last night and we had a really positive experience. Disney has a policy that if there are allergies the chef or manager must come to the table and go over the menu. I should say, if you're in a restaurant. Anyhow...
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    I just got the book about the SCD. I know that's our next step but we aren't mentally there yet. My daughter and I are both underweight, and I know the diet isn't recommended for people who are underweight, esp. in children. So, I need to do more research and then decide if it's right for us.
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    I concur about the testing. All my daughter's and my own testing was "normal" However when I did elimination diets and then re-introduced foods we had very specific symptoms for each food. I even tried the foods twice just to make sure it wasn't something else going on, like some random virus. I believe most of the testing is very very primitive. I think...
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    My reaction to corn is the same as my reaction to gluten...except with corn I also get itchy skin and hives. My daughter is very allergic to corn, and esp. corn syrup. So, it makes sense to me that corn is a problem for a lot of people too. I often feel like if it were just gluten, or just dairy, or just corn that this would be so much easier. But holy...
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    Poor Mama and poor baby. Before I went gluten free, there were a couple of times that I wasn't sure I could get myself to a bathroom. It was that sudden. I think I decided to give the diet a go when I was in a store with no public restroom and became so overwhelmed I had to get to a bathroom. I wanted to be in my own bathroom which was a 5 minute drive...
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    Since going gluten/dairy/corn free my headaches have really abated. It used to be I could have a migraine for days. Now I will get a headache if I need to eat. Unfortunately if I don't eat in time the headache might last the rest of the day. But it's usually gone by morning. They are not like migraines. Just tightness usually or sometimes just in my...
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    ARCHIVED No, Thank You!

    srall replied to notme's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    We just had dinner last week at my wonderful SIL's house. She was so generous and bought us gluten free bread and gluten free noodles for spaghetti. I almost had an anxiety attack as I watched her put the gluten free bread on the same pan as the crumby french bread to make garlic bread in the oven. Then as I realized she was going to drain the rice noodles...
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    Thankfully my daughter's school banned most of these parties just this year due to so many food allergies. She does have an ice cream party this Friday as a result of a successful Read-a-Thon that she'll miss because she'll be at WDW (poor kid). Anyhow, I'm on the PTO so since I've joined my fellow board members have been incredible about presenting gluten...
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    Holy cow you guys. How can I thank you? This will be short because I'm on vacation and I'm typing this on my iPhone. This is exactly what I was looking for. I will just check this forum as well as coping and parents of. I got s vitamix for my birthday last month and i am loving it. We do a lot of green drinks. I'll have to expand my repertoire Thank...
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    I did find that site (corn allergens) today while doing my research. It's a really good one but now I'm completely overwhelmed. It's just in everything. And I realized the vitamins I've been giving her to help her recover from massive vitamin deficiencies may or may not have corn. I think this forum is going to be what I'm looking for. I didn't...
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    Dixiebell, that site is very helpful. It tells me a lot of ingredients to avoid, which I'm getting much better at. Now my biggest problem is finding substitutes. Not necessarily with food as I prepare all of that, but more with products such as toiletries. I will bookmark that page for sure.
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    I apologize for this not being a gluten post. My daughter is 7 and she is gluten/soy/dairy AND corn free. The corn is the most severe of her intolerances and it's one step beyond because she's also VERY allergic. Corn is in every dang thing. I'm scrambling for children's fever reducer, band aids (she had a horrible reaction to a band aid. The cut healed...
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    I'm printing this (and a couple of other posts) and putting it with my Disney guide. Even though I'm not the OP, I can't thank you all enough for your great responses.
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    My daughter (7) went to a birthday party at McDonald's the other night, with her own food. Before that the girls had been at the swimming pool, and I think because my daughter was the only one who didn't go to the birthday girl's school, she was already being teased and bullied a little bit at the pool. (I stayed so I was witness to this). And then to...
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    ARCHIVED Dentist

    srall replied to Lexi's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    It's funny you bring this up. I always get a little bit of a stomach ache, but my little daughter always gets sick. Last time she had a filling she got a rash, which made me suspect there may have been corn in something. Are there dentists willing to check? I'll have to look into that.
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    Forgive me if I am misinformed, but I don't think there are tests for gluten intolerance. I think it's based on how you feel and how you respond to the diet. I would be floored if my daughter's school refused to let me feed her and would continue to feed her foods against my wishes with or without a doctor's note. Luckily, my doctor would write a note...
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    Hey...no gloating about the cheese. :-(
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    People have to build up a tolerance to gluten? That is alarming in and of itself. I believe (just a theory) that celiac is just one part of gluten intolerance. Some people who are gluten intolerant may develop celiac, while others develop anxiety, thyroid problems, diabetes etc etc. Whatever the real story is I know this much. If your kids are showing...
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    My first mishap was about 8 weeks after going gluten free. I was on vacation and thought I'd just be one of those people who had gluten when it was too hard to be gluten free. (I had gone gluten free on a detox diet and felt great). I had NO idea what gluten did after your system was detoxed. I am sorry to tell you this but I had flu like symptoms for...
  21. srall
    Poor thing. Drink a lot of water and rest as much as possible. It sucks, but it will pass. (no pun intended)
  22. srall
    That's great. Cleaning my house and being happy about it was one of the first clues that I really had been far less than normal for many years. I hope you continue to feel better. Good luck with soy. I don't think I'm getting that one back.
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    Hee hee...we are flying to England this summer and my daughter and I are gluten/dairy/soy/corn/blah blah blah...free. Anyhow, I'm nervous too, but I have to imagine that it will be the same amount of difficult or easiness to find foods and bathrooms there. I think you'll do fine. There is a very recent thread on the Parents of Kids board about Walt Disney...
  24. srall
    I have Super Size Me on netflix right now in the background while I'm cleaning (and taking computer break)...and it's making me thank God that I cannot eat that stuff. I"m going to check that documentary. Very interesting point.
  25. srall
    We are traveling from MN and staying in one of the resorts, so I don't know how much food I can bring. It's a long weekend trip and we are trying to get by with carry-ons. Believe me, if I ever have the choice I bring our food. And no one has ever had an issue, but if they did I'd tell them it's because of my daughter's "allergies" I might see if we...
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