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  1. Poppi
    All of me is going to sag. Since my saggy body is unlikely to be on public display when I'm in my old age I don't think a few extra decorations are going to matter much. All my tattoos (already done and planned for the future) mean something special to me. They have marked important events in my life. The births of my children (I have a tattoo for each of...
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    My 6 year old is very healthy but eats 100% gluten free because we have a family history of celiac/gluten intolerance and he can't control his temper when he's had gluten. It's pretty drastic. About 24 hours after he has gluten he simply can't control himself. He gets really angry about everything, screams at people and holds onto grudges over the tiniest...
  3. Poppi
    I love the riceworks Brown Rice Crisps. My favourites are Salsa Fresca and Sweet Chili. In fact I am munching on a bag of Salsa Fresca right now. Open Original Shared Link
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    I was told 2-4 servings of high gluten foods for 3-4 months. I tried and lasted until lunch on the first day. Never again.
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    Loneferret, we have all felt like you do right now but you really need to take a look at this decision. It's hard. Really hard. I sat in the car and cried the other day because my one safe takeout restaurant was closed and I was hungry and exhausted and didn't want to go home and cook a gluten free meal for 7 people but I did it anyway. Because my health...
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    I will add to the scary pep talk. Looking back now I know I have had celiac since I was a small child. Undiagnosed for 34 years. I have been absolutely religious about the gluten free diet for almost 6 months now and my life is so much better, I feel amazing! I can walk past a bakery or my old favourite restaurants with barely a pang. It's not always easy...
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    I wouldn't worry about this either. In fact the celiac support group a friend of mine goes to swears you can put old non stick pans on the stove, boil a vinegar/water mixture in them and give them a good scrub to remove gluten contamination. I chose to give away all my old pots and replace them with new but if I had a newer pot/pan that had been very temporarily...
  8. Poppi
    About 2-3 hours after a glutening I get this sudden emotional dive, I feel hopeless and weepy Tummy gurgling starts shorty after fatigue hits around the same time, is pretty intense for the first few days and then slowly lifts over the next 10 days The next morning I usually have a few bouts of D, followed by a week or so of C The nausea, joint pain...
  9. Poppi
    My knit night has been meeting at a Starbucks over the summer while our favourite (and gluten-free friendly) coffee shop is closed for the summer. This place has been really good about letting me see the ingredients and now I know I can have a caramel macchiato, a chai latte or a vanilla latte hot or iced so I'm happy. Plus there is always the Passion Tea...
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    last time I got a banana split blizzard from the DQ close to us the manager made it, brought out unopened packages of toppings and mixed it up at a machine they have in the back that is only used to make blizzards for people with food allergies/intolerances and is well cleaned in between. I won't go in if it's busy though, I like to catch them when I...
  11. Poppi
    I'll add another voice to that call for new friends. Even one good friend would be better than a whole bunch of "friends" who don't respect you. My advice to you in no specific order would be: 1. Counselling to deal with both the depression surrounding your celiac and the drinking. 2. Possibly treatment for the alcohol abuse, if you are drinking...
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    ARCHIVED I'm Back

    Poppi replied to NateJ's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Are things better with your family? I remember reading how unsupportive they were being and felt so bad for you. I hope that has changed.
  13. Poppi
    Good luck, hope you get some results you can work with. I have been considering doing a challenge myself but I can't bring myself to do it. I tried twice and never lasted past the first day.
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    Thanks for thinking of me. I also ordered a bunch of stuff off Amazon and brought back a 45 pound box of gluten free food as checked baggage. A few bottles of amazing balsamic vinegar from a little store in SD, 12 pounds of Pamela's pancake mix (my kids' favourite but expensive here), gluten free worchestershire sauce, Udi's granola, 250 individual pouches...
  15. Poppi
    Gluten intolerance and Celiac are not allergies. You are not allergic to wheat, your body has an autoimmune reaction to the gluten protein found in wheat, barley, rye etc. Now, obviously this means you can't eat wheat, allergic or not. Allergy means that your body initiates an anaphylactic or histamine reaction to a substance. Autoimmune means your...
  16. Poppi
    I only like the chocolate Lara bars. Honestly I carry Isa Genix bars everywhere with me. The forum won't let me type it as one word because it thinks I'm trying to sell them to you. Yes, it's a network marketing company but the protein shakes and bars are my lifeline when I travel.
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    I just got home from 6 days at a convention in San Diego and I had a wonderful time. I was really worried about eating well down there so I went down well armed with GoPicnic Humus and Cracker meals and lots of protein shake pouches and meal replacement bars (from a brand which is apparently a lame advertisement when mentioned here. ) I was with my...
  18. Poppi
    Tonight is exciting! Salmon we caught ourselves a couple months ago and potatoes and acorn squash I harvested out of my garden this afternoon!
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    Oh wow. That's scary. We've had great experiences with our local DQ and I most definitely get sick at even slight cc so I know they've been good. I wouldn't write them off entirely but definitely talk to the manager, our DQ takes allergy issues very seriously.
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    I just got back from a 4 day weekend in Vancouver with my hubby and we had a really good time. We stayed close to downtown so most of the restaurants we went to were on or around Robson street. The best 2 restaurants as far as food quality and knowledgeable staff were Joey's (Open Original Shared Link) and Noodle Box (Open Original Shared Link) ...
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    She probably just isn't very educated on the origins of her food. My husband is one of those people. He thought oats came from wheat. I asked him to get some oat groats at the health food store and found him asking a very confused clerk where he could find the whole wheat oats.
  22. Poppi
    You burn your toast and eat it anyway because those two tiny pieces of bread cost $1.50
  23. Poppi
    I will next time. I wasn't even feeding them, my oldest son takes care of that. I was making a repair to the shelf that holds their feeder inside the coop at night (we have raccoons so their food dispenser comes in at night and sits on a shelf in the coop.) All I managed to accomplish was spraining my thumb, spilling their food (well,Lily did that) and mildly...
  24. Poppi
    Hi everyone. I took a bunch of digestive enzymes and a muscle relaxants and went to bed. Luckily I seem to have gotten away with it. My worst symptom of a reaction is 10-14 days of intense burning back pain so I am very happy and relieved that I didn't seem to react too badly. I'm a bit fatigued and my back doesn't feel great but that's okay, I can deal...
  25. Poppi
    So I'm outside working on the chicken coop when my 2 year old drops the feeder right beside me. POOF! Big cloud of chicken feed dust erupts right in my face. Couldn't help but inhale it. I rushed over to the hose and hosed myself down. Washed my face, rinsed my mouth, washed my arms, came in and dumped all my clothes in the washer. I am leaving...
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