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  1. bartfull
    Bah Humbu...Oh wait, I mean Merry Christmas. Actually though, I need to opt out. I don't even send Christmas cards to my close friends back in Connecticut. I call them instead. And I'm not even good enough on a computer to send group emails. So if it's OK with you guys, I'll just wait until it gets closer and post on the Merry Christmas thread...
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    I have been reading about Thanksgiving and noticed that quite a few of us were glutened. I see it all the time here, someone goes to a friend or relative's house and tries to eat gluten-free, but ends up getting glutened, even when the host/hostess really tries to make a gluten-free meal. WE NEED TO BRING OUR OWN FOOD! I don't care how embarrassed we...
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    Some of us have additional intolerances. I for example, cannot tolerate almonds, although cashews and walnuts don't bother me. So it MIGHT be an intolerance, or it might just be that they are too rough on your healing system. I know some folks can't eat raw veggies at first, but cooked veggies don't bother them. Maybe you can give yourself more time to heal...
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    Stoneyfield Farms makes the best (in my and many other's opinion) yougurt in the world. It has six different strains of probiotics, it is sweetened with sugar instead of corn syrup, it's 100% organic, and it is delicious. I get it at my local health food store for $5.19 a quart. I usually get french vanilla because I have problems with fruit. (All they carry...
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    Oh Honey, I am so sorry! Families are the sources of some of the greatest joy in life, but they can also be the sources of the greatest misery. What you need to do next time, is put your foot down and insist that you are bringing your own food. Even people with the best of intentions can gluten us by accident, but when you are dealing with people who...
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    Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate, and to those who don't - give thanks for all the good things in your life anyway. No matter how bad things get sometimes, there really ARE so many good things in ALL our lives to be thankful for. Realizing this makes for a happy life. Right now I am one hurting unit. My jaw is so sore and swollen I can barely...
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    ALL companies change sources for their ingredients depending on price and availability. If you don't trust Kraft, you had better not eat ANY processed foods. As for me, while I don't eat a lot of processed foods, I have eaten Kraft products since I started gluten-free a year and a half ago, and I have never had a problem with any of them.
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    I'm no cook either, but I think even regular blondie dough is thick like that. Let us know how they turn out.
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    I think a gluten-free diet would be a good place to start because it does not require medications with all their expense and side effects, and it doesn't require surgery. You need to be strict about it though. A lot of folks go gluten-free, but they don't consider cross-contamination. Go read the "Newbie 10 " thread to learn about places that gluten...
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    And you might want to mention places like Dominoes Pizza, whick claims to have a gluten-free pizza, but it is made in the same room, in the same pans, with the same utensils that they make their regular pizza, thus rendering them gluten FULL. There are many other companies claiming to have gluten-free options that are so cross-contaminated that no celiac...
  11. bartfull
    Oh Adalaide, THANK YOU! I love that video, and the fact that someone sent it to me when I'm feeling so down has made me cry. (((((HUGS)))))
  12. bartfull
    I guess I've been playing with fire, letting my regulars bring cookies to the jam sessions here. I'm always good about washing my hands before I eat, but I got glutened the other day, and I know it was a stray cookie crumb that got me because I've not eaten anything different from my usual fare. They get crumbs on the table. Then I touch the table. Then...
  13. bartfull
    That's why I threw away the loaf of EnerG tapioca bread that I bought way back when I first started. It REEKED! I wouldn't have even considered using it as stuffing because even if I could mask the smell with spices, I know it would still be that nasty smelling/tasting substance, and I wouldn't have been able to enjoy it.
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    I have never cooked. I was just like you - almost everything I ate came from a restaurant, and when I DID cook it was something like a frozen pizza. I still am not much of a cook, but I do cook chicken in the oven. I even use disposable pans so I don't have to wash dishes. Then I buy broccoli or cauliflower (fresh). I put some instant rice in a bowl and...
  15. bartfull
    If you can stick with it long enough, you might well get a lot of these foods back. I got corn starch back and potatoes too. I bet there are other things I lost at first that I could safely eat again. I haven't tried them all yet. If you think, "I'll never be able to eat these things again" it will tear you up. If you think of it as only temporary, you...
  16. bartfull
    Oh yeah, the vision thing. I forgot to mention that my friend's FIRST symptom was visual. He said it seemed like his eyebells were quivering in his head and everything he looked at looked "jumpy". That came and went at first. Now it is constant, to the point he can't even read.
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    Ollie's Mom, I have not had to deal with gluten ataxia myself, but I have a friend who sounds exactly like your friend. He walks with a spastic gait, slurs his speech, has trouble controlling his hands when he tries to pick something up, and has lost his strength. He has been tested for MS and a variety of neurological diseases, and his doctors have never...
  18. bartfull
    Animal crackers, at least the gluteny ones, are closest to 'nilla wafers I think. And it might be fun to have those animal shapes. My health food store carries Kinnikinnick breads. I'm going to ask them if they can get those animal crackers. They sound so good!
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    Ditching other foods might well be temporary. After healing you could very possibly get some if not all of them back. I had the most severe reactions to corn, and now although I can't do cornmeal, I can eat anything there is with cornstarch. That got me most medications back, it got me gluten-free bread back, gravy, all sorts of things.
  20. bartfull
    Bring your own. They have no right to be upset that you are doing what you need to do in order to take care of your health. If you bake, make a gluten-free pie or other dish to share. Just make sure you serve yourself first. Enjoy your family! Mine is gone now and I miss them so much, especially at Thanksgiving. It was always my favorite holiday. My gluten...
  21. bartfull
    I'm so sorry you are both still sick. Since you have been reading here for a while, you probably know that once going gluten-free, a lot of other intolerances can surface. For me the worst one was corn. Soy is another biggie. Oats, nightshade vegetables (Potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant) are often culprits for some folks. Have you tried doing a strict...
  22. bartfull
    Oooh! I forgot all about him! I guess I'M the one with glutenhead!
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    OK, I was waithing for someone else to chime in, but I guess they didn't notice. GottaSki (and the rest of you) must be suffering from glutenhead right now because she forgot - it's BJ, not TJ. Sorry, I just had to say it.
  24. bartfull
    50%. That means the kid can have a sandwich made with one slice of Udi's and one slice of Wonderbread? Or maybe it means the kid only has celiac from the waist down? Celiac on Monday's, Wednesday's, Friday's, and from noon to midnight on Saturday's?
  25. bartfull
    Nothing wrong with stopping halfway through a hike. I do it all the time because of my asthma. I do exactly as you say - bring a book and wait for them. I also bring a camera and take pictures of any wildlife (especially birds - I am an avid bird watcher). Sometimes people choose to stay with me because THEY don't want to climb that hill either. I know...
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