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  1. Rowena
    Ok so yesterday I had some of my neighbors come visit. And it is a well known fact that I can no longer have gluten in our apartment complex. But apparently it is less well known that I can't eat chocolate. (Probably because I don't make a huge deal of it. I just dont eat whatever has chocolate.) So strangely said neighbors decide to bring me treats...
  2. Rowena
    Okay work taunted me with sbarros pizza today... OH NO!!!!!!!!!! I wanted it so bad... So I change my reply to pizza.
  3. Rowena
    First of all, NEVER ASSUME a restaurant is safe. I made that mistake once (thankfully I caught it before we went there.). I always search for gluten free restaurants. A good place to look is your local support group's website. That's where I found a list of Gluten Free restaurants. I then posted said list here, and (most were chain restaurants so that...
  4. Rowena
    The other reason why I think more people are being diagnosed as Celiac today as opposed to fifty years ago, is that today, we eat a lot more processed foods/fast food than people did fifty years ago. And we all know that processed foods probably are not the most cc free foods. So much of the CC issues talked about on this board are with processed foods...
  5. Rowena
    Christi, I'll take your recipe too!!! Thanks! As for dumplings, I have an amazing recipe for them, but I have yet to adapt to gluten-free so when I do, I'll hand it over. (Assuming it is successful of course.) Tennisman- try making a recipe without the gluten free setting, it works too, and I think it tastes better. In fact Pamelas bread mix tells you NOT...
  6. Rowena
    Ooh I'd much like a recipe... And no I ain't off dairy completely. (Just mostly, kinda like I always have been...My moms lactose intolerant, so I kind of grew up dairy free, but I occasionally eat a bite of cheese, or something. Not much though) But I'm good at substitutions should I feel like I need to use something else...
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    My personal philosophy is that I use as much unprocessed foods as possible, and if I do use processed foods, I usually stay away from the ones that mention wheat. (Unless of course it says, good manufacturing practises are used to maintain the purity of the product, or whatever it says. But even then I am wary) But then again, I also am new to this diet...
  8. Rowena
    So true! Today and yesterday were a couple of those kinda days for me...
  9. Rowena
    That yellow bread stuff... aka Corn bread. My family taunted me with it the other day. Oh how I was mad. They know I love the stuff! Its a country classic! But I WILL make it gluten-free one day... once I perfect my bread makin.
  10. Rowena
    So I was lookin at my local support group's event calendar. It doesn't have much in the way of upcoming holidays other than advice on how to handle them which I have found a lot of here too. Not to say I wont go to it. But Id like to do a little something more since this is my first holiday season gluten-free. Like a thanksgiving dinner around here completely...
  11. Rowena
    So have ye ever heard that story about the mother who sends her forgetful son to get the milk, and he stumbles into a number of obstacles on his way? Well, lets change this to Don't forget the kneader. This mornin, I decided to make bread again.... mmmmm yes I am a gluten-free breadaholic. If thats even a word. Well first of all I look in my bread...
  12. Rowena
    Sweet, thanks! (And yeah for drains and toilets it is EXCELLENT! Though I usually mix it with baking powder.)
  13. Rowena
    Tpayne10- I ain't a celiac, but rather a gluten intolerant, but very recently diagnosed (I started dieting on Oct. 1). Like many of the above have said, newly diagnosed celiacs/gluten intolerants, are really scared about this diagnosis. Hell, I am. Its a completely new way of living that is far from what we are used to. And since before diagnosis, a great...
  14. Rowena
    Do you mix that with your soap? Or how do you use it? (As for the bleach tip thanks. I am not to worried since my stuff is all new pretty much but good to know! I use bleach for other purposes when washing my dishes... but that's good to know)
  15. Rowena
    SO..... Normally I work in the copyroom at my law firm. But quite frequently I get placed at one reception desk or the other. (Usually the more boring of the two, but shh). But anyway, I arrived to my shift a half hour early, and I was to start at a reception desk. So I decided to hang out in the copyroom. So one of my coworkers says, "I'm goin' down...
  16. Rowena
    psawyer- all is dandy. Just wanted to point that out. Because hey, I am sure I would have taken it a different way were I sitting next to you in person. But that's the problem, we ain't next to each other in person. I did grasp your meaning though. gf_soph- I am of your opinion on the matter. Shared facilities you never know what REALLY goes on...
  17. Rowena
    No offense psawyer, but that was a bit on the rude side. I am just starting out this diet. Its been a month since I last ate gluten. So yes I may be a little over cautious. But about as long as you have been on the diet I've had skin problems that I just attributed to bein dry skinned and sensitive. Never crossed my mind that I could be allergic/intolerant...
  18. Rowena
    It ain't so much the problem of them stating "gluten-free" but more of the fact that not everyone has a label stating "May contain traces of" or "Processed in a facility that...." The thing is, I am new to this gluten-free diet, yes. I am also not familiar with a lot of the brands at Whole Foods, as I have never shopped organic. But also, I was asking...
  19. Rowena
    Unfortunately, It sucks when this happens. I had this experience just last week, and I called this restaurant that had a gluten free restaurant. I completely grilled them about their supposed gluten free menu. Fortunately the guy I talked to didn't say that it wa absolutely gluten free, like your person did. Anyway, after grilling him, I realized that...
  20. Rowena
    Oh another thing you can do in the future, (I did this and it has worked wonderfully) since you said you are near a WF, is go to their website, Open Original Shared Link and enter your zip code at the top of the screen and locate your store. I have to look again, but every store has a list (I believe it's under a link labeled Special Diets) of gluten free...
  21. Rowena
    I am so very tired of checking everything online or having people check online for me. It frustrates me to no end that many products are unlabeled. I look in the the ingredients and there are no tell tale signs of gluten. (Or any allergy info for that matter). But they don't say gluten free. They don't tell you processed on what equipment its been produced...
  22. Rowena
    Its true, and she'll be the first to say I need a second opinion, even though she's positive about her diagnosis. (Fact is she has) She also does not remove ANY possibilities from the picture... Which is good because my last doctor did. And she was an arrogant, "I know everything Don't question me, I tell you what you must do and you have no say in the matter...
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    Okay I heard back from my doctor. This is what she said about the vitamin tests. But I need help translating a certain part of it..... (I'll Bold and then explain my question) Wow, I'm glad you are feeling better on a gluten free diet. I don't check vitamin levels routinely but there is a suggestion that folks on the gluten-free diets for several years...
  24. Rowena
    I had to share this, as I recently asked my doctor for some advice on things. But she openly admitted that she didn't know all the answers... (Mainly it was to my question about facial cleanser) So she referred me to a forum where I could ask the very question I had. Guess which one it was? Yup you got it. This one. Sorry I just had to share that with...
  25. Rowena
    Err... Ashamed to admit it, but I had gained enough weight, that now that I have lost a good portion of it, I have QUITE visible stretch marks on my tummy and legs... How do I get rid of them? I know no one sees them, but it does bother me. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Also they probably will be there forever if I don't do anything... I scar really easily. I still...
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