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  1. Poppi
    Thanks ladies. My hubby is working out East this week so we'll definitely have to have a discussion when he gets home. When he is home he prepares the kids' gluten foods and cleans up after. Trouble is that he goes out of town fairly often for work. He'll be gone for anywhere for a couple of days to a couple of weeks and it's hard for me to cook for the kids...
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    I'm like that too. My heart races like crazy when I get a novocaine shot at the dentist. He told me there is adrenaline mixed into the medication but that most people don't feel it like I do. Last time he was numbing me up for a root canal I thought my heart was going to stop, even the dentist got worried for a minute of two.
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    I was in with my 2 year old yesterday. It was supposed to be the day of her blood work and the end of our gluten challenge (I don't want to proceed with the biopsy at her age). But my doctor doesn't think she has celiac so didn't want to order the tests, instead she has referred her to a pediatrician who can take a look at her and decide what to do and in...
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    I read something like that at one point too. In some celiacs coffee hits the same receptors as gluten and triggers a reaction. It's a bummer for sure but life goes on, right?
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    Tonight will most likely be breakfast casserole and either gluten-free biscuits or cinnamon buns. A bowl of fruit on the side.
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    ARCHIVED Subway

    Poppi replied to WinterSong's topic in Gluten-Free Restaurants

    I would never eat at Subway, just too much bread. I am cautious even at New York Fries because they have hot dog buns around.
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    Yup. My sensitivity has gone up too. My back pain for the past two weeks can only be related to gluten-y kisses and hands from my 2 year old daughter. I haven't eaten out, I've eaten almost no processed food and there is no other reasonable source for contamination. We are doing her gluten challenge right now as she is being tested so I have to keep feeding...
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    Wow, I learn something new every day. I do notice that when I eat a lot of processed foods, even "safe" foods that my back pain starts to slowly creep back up. I feel for you. I rarely eat out and try to avoid too many processed foods but don't have that level of sensitivity - and I consider myself very sensitive. Thanks for the info on the "dedicated...
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    Are you sure it's gluten that's getting you? With such consistent reactions to EVERYTHING processed I can't help but wonder if it's something else.
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    Yup. I have a hard time packing lunches my kids love and my house is packed with gluten free food. A "normal" family wouldn't be able to do and they shouldn't have to.
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    I can't tell you because I am in a similar situation. We've been doing a gluten challenge with my 2 year old which was supposed to end today with blood work but instead of running blood work today our family doc referred us to a pediatrician and wants us to keep up with the gluten. Our problem isn't that gluten is bothering her very much, she seems...
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    Chili, Corn Chips, Cheesecake and Chocolate Chip Cookies while watching the Canucks win the Cup! Tonight is brought to you by the letter C!
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    I'm so nervous about the blood test tomorrow! She's never had a needle poke and has no idea what's coming. I'm thinking about getting some Emla tomorrow morning and numbing up the inside of her elbows. She is being tested because she has dropped down from the 77th percentile in weight to the 22nd in the last 4 months. She's also developed pica. She's eating...
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    Tim's would be a hard place to work. I would definitely be concerned. Do the donuts come in frozen and are baked there? Is there flour being used? I think it would be really hard to avoid contamination. You must be vigilant about wearing gloves and never touching your face or your food until you've come home, put your uniform in the wash and taken a shower...
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    My strategy with my two boys was to be the person to bring in the big treat. They are both very allergic to food colouring so I made sure I was always the cupcake mom. At the "meet the teacher" meeting I would take the teacher aside and tell her that I was volunteering insisting that I be the cupcake/treat lady for the year. Other parents were free to...
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    I dislike it when bloggers get cocky. I've seen bloggers get popular and all of a sudden their blog is going to save the world and they're quiting their jobs to "get their message out". Other than that I love good recipes and meal plans.
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    Well, I am a mom and I love to cook so you're right, that makes day to day life much easier. I refuse to do without my favourite foods so I am slowly learning to remake them at home. The frustration for me comes in other ways though. We had our children young and spread out. I'm 34 and my kids are 15, 6 and 2 and we have 2 Vietnamese girls who are living...
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    Serrated knives are impossible to clean properly so if you will be sharing a kitchen then don't use the serrated knives, stick with the straight blades and you'll be fine. Blood work and biopsies are not an exact science. The blood work is completely dependent on how many antibodies your body is pumping out in response to the gluten and the thresholds...
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    I drink lots of tea. There is a great tea shop a few block away from me owned by a woman and her daughter who is celiac. They have promised me that all the teas are safe as they shop carefully and the celiac daughter has drunk them all. My morning drink now is half hot milk, half strong brewed loose leaf chai and a bit of sugar. I always drink my coffee...
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    I have heard of that from other people. Your best bet is to just eat whole foods (veggies, fruits, unmarinated meat, dairy (if you can digest it) and maybe grains like rice and quinoa) until you feel really good and then slowly test adding things in one at a time. It's tricky and frustrating but it pays off when you isolate foods that are bothering you...
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    I can't seem to tolerate coffee. It makes me feel exactly like I've been glutened for about 4-5 hours. I have been drinking coffee all my life. We lived on a coffee farm in Jamaica when I was 8 and I started drinking a cup of day back then and continued that habit (and then some) for the next 26 years. I've had 2 cups in the past 3 months (dropped coffee...
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    I eat lots of grain. Quinoa and rice in particular are consumed very regularly in our house. If you are grain free and looking for baked good Elena's Pantry appears to be grain free. She uses mostly almond flour and some coconut flour in her recipes but I don't recall seeing grains at all ... or dairy or soy come to think of it.
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    Thanks everyone. I'm hoping to have this boy over to play with my son. I'd like to feed him well and eat myself so that means coming up with snacks without: Gluten (both of us) Rice (him) Soy (him) Dairy (him) Almonds (him) Food dyes (me and my kids) Coconut (me) Strawberries, Kiwi and Pineapple (him) Can anyone think of milk and butter substitutes...
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    Cinnamon buns. Amazing, wonderful, perfect cinnamon buns. I'm trying really hard not to eat them all so there are some for the kids to have for breakfast.
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    Wow! I wonder if they are that good in Canada. The closest one is 2 hours away but I am in the neighbourhood now and then. Glad you had a good experience.
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