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    ARCHIVED Dammit!

    compucajun replied to jasonD2's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    If you have food allergies, watch out at PF Changs. I went there, specifically told them I could not eat fish / seafood. The waiter went to the kitchen and told me what I wanted to order did NOT have any type of seafood in it. Well, just a couple of hours later, I had an allergic reaction to the meal. Seems they use a lot of fish stock in cooking ! The...
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    73. Hang out with your grandchildren - or borrow some kids. They think it is funny if you fart
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    Sorry about your diagnosis, but I have found in the long run it is really a GREAT thing knowing what is wrong, and how to make yourself "feel better". Living gluten-free is not really easy, but once I went gluten-free I felt SO much better! I also was also severely iron-deficient - to the point I was having heart palpitations. Turns out, being severely...
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    This is probably over-kill, but you can't be too careful "when the zombies attack". Or, more realistically, in the event of a disaster, such as earthquakes, hurricanes, etc. Having lived through Hurricane Katrina as an adult and Betsy as a kid, I am a big believer in keeping a good supply of "hurricane food" in the pantry. My husband (who prior to...
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    I actually like the Armour better, but because of supply issues I had to change to generic synthroid.
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    ARCHIVED Subway

    compucajun replied to Rowena's topic in Gluten-Free Restaurants

    I've eaten the salads twice with no issues. I asked them to change gloves, and they did with no problems. I did look on-line to check out which dressings were gluten-free. May be I was just lucky?
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    I had the same experience with Walgreens - very unhelpful to the point of being RUDE ! I found a small, local pharmacy about 50 miles from my house that helps me. It is a far drive, but it is better than being sick I've been working out a schedule where they can mail me a three month's supply of my daily meds.
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    OK all you "new southerners" - time to try grillades and grits, a very old Creole dish, is a favorite at fancy-dress balls and other social gatherings of the current Carnival season. Sort of braised round steak with real good seasonings severed with grits.
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    Hey, I've been doing pretty good. I found an Asian food market that sells rice flour for $1 and rice noodles and other gluten free things. Lots of the stuff there is even marked gluten free. So I'm doing better than I was, and the people I live with have been doing better with finding some stuff I can eat. My mother was nice and dropped off a few things for me to eat.

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    I just tried this tonight and even my husband (who is non-celiac) thought it was GREAT. Saute' some onion and bell pepper, a little garlic and spices (we are from LA - Louisiana, not Los Angeles - we like it spicy) and add some Boar's Head Roast Beef, heat it up and top with Swiss Cheese. Hubby puts it on French Bread, I eat it as is with some Blue Diamond...
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    I'm fairly new to this. I ate some conrned beef on new years day, along with Cabbage and black-eye peas. The cook claims she did not put anything in the cabbage and black-eye peas that contained gluten (I asked her very specifically). She also told me she put nothing in the corned beef. Almost exactly 24 hours later, I had a "D" attack, for several hours...
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    I take a lot of meds, and Walgreen's would not help me figure out which ones were gluten-free. I found a wonderful druggist at a small pharmacy nearby that checks all of my prescriptions. May be you could find a new druggist who could help you?
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    For those Catholics / Episcopalians out there ... there are low-gluten / gluten-free hosts. They are cruncher than usual and a little yellow, but they are the same size. Benedictine convent in Clyde, Missouri makes them. Over two years of experiments they have developed a Communion wafer that has been approved as valid material for the Eucharist by the...
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    I forgive all of you northerners who don't know how to eat grits! Cheese grits are the BEST, and you can also add a little garlic to spice them up. I am a fan of crushing up very crispy bacon in them - yum. Scrambled or fried egg is great too. Can't say that I'd ever put sugar or jelly in them, though!
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    I'm sorry about your difficulty. It TOTALLY SUCKS! I've found I don't have to purchase "special" gluten free items for EVERYTHING. Contact the companies that make the food you usually eat, and see if they have a gluten-free list. For example, before I was diagnosed I always used Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce. I contacted them, and everything they...
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    I've read about Celiac, and the symptoms it could cause, but I did not read anything about heart palpitations. I had heart palpitations. At first, it just felt like my heart was racing. After a while, they got worse. I was going to go to a cardiologist, then the whole Celiac thing was diagnosed. After about 3 weeks on a gluten-free diet, they went...
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    THANKS! I'm working my way through the maze of living gluten-free. I've had Celiac symptoms ALL my life, but no one could figure out what was up. When I finally had an endscopy, I had NO villa and fishers in my small intestine. I feel so much better since I started this about 4 months ago, even though I'm not real good at it yet. I was "glutenated...
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    I know that ConAgra and Kraft will put wheat, rye or barley in () after an additive that contains that product. And I realize I MUST read the lablel EVERY TIME I purchase the product. Are there any other "trusted" companies? Is there a list of those? THANKS Janet
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    THANKS everybody! I feel much better today - no headache or stomachache and I have more energy! I am going to change my pharmacy. I like the convenience of a large chain, but I must take medications that don't contain gluten. Next time I have a CT scan, I will definitely ask about a contrast which does not contain iodine, or have no contrast at...
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    Strange story. I was NOT allergic to shell fish until I had an IVP about 20 years ago and had a reaction to the dye. As the dye was going in, I got hives, started coughing, trachea started swelling, etc. The rad tech went out to get benadryl, and when she came in i was bleeding from my ear and she panicked! I had a hive in my ear, and scratched it, and...
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    I'm fairly new to this, I've tried to be gluten-free for about 6 months. My blood levels of the antibodies were very high, and my small intestines are fairly messed up, they have no villa and do have fishers. I have an incredibly low iron level, osteopenia (probably spelled that wrong - I can do math but can't spell), etc. Am getting better in almost all...
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    This is my very first post on the website. I've only been gluten-free for about 6 months, I have tons of questions I will post in their own topic. I live in Covington, about an hour north of New Orleans. Some of the local restaurants are becoming more aware of the necessity for gluten-free items on the menu. Our favorite quarterback, Drew Brees, has...
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