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    Tonight I finished off my quinoa salad with a burger on an arepa. Since Velveeta is one of the few cheeses I can eat now that's what I topped my burger with.
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    I'm wondering what flavor you had. I don't recall my simply mint or wintergreen ones listing wheat but maybe I was being stupid.
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    I was making fajitas a couple weeks ago and stopped by the health food store for tortillas. I saw the Rudi's there and was pretty excited but noticed the Food for Life ones cost half as much so got those instead. Huge mistake, those things are nasty. I'll definitely be getting the Rudi's next time I want tortillas.
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    I sounded like an ungrateful wretch didn't I? Sorry about that, I am really appreciate of the ideas and suggestions and I'll find a way that flax works for me. Or one of the other ideas if flax just doesn't cut the mustard. It was just the shock of it in water, the texture. I can eat a lot of things that don't taste particularly good if the texture is okay...
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    ARCHIVED New Ally

    Adalaide replied to Adalaide's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    I was diagnosed with pseudotumor cerebri and/or intracranial hypertension, the doctor used the terms interchangeably. Basically, I have all the signs and symptoms of a tumor, only without a tumor. Apparently fat people (women in particular) are awesome at making too much brain fluid which is in some way related to tyramine. When that happens it puts pressure...
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    You stir that stuff into water and drink it? I thought I'd barf. I'll try making it into some hot something in the morning or stirring into something I won't notice. But water? Yeah, gonna skip that.
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    Last time I had pork I just fried it up with a little salt and pepper, but I <3 pigs. I fried a sliced apple until lightly golden and turned it into an apple in caramel sauce. Hasselback potatoes are awesome. They are super easy but look fancy and always impress. You might earn yourself a footrub even if he doesn't like the piggie.
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    Feeling like I needed something "fancy" to boost my spirits and keep me on track. Grilled romaine, cold quinoa salad on sliced fresh mozzarella and Costco chicken. (Because a girl only has so much energy.) I had picked up some instant quinoa that microwaved in it's pouch long ago and it was nasty. I doubt I would have tried it again if they hadn...
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    Wraps with gluten free tortillas? Heck, you could even still go with peanut butter. My hubby's endo told us that what one person can eat and be stable with, may spike the next person and leave another going low. If your endo has an on staff dietician you might call and set up an appointment if they're celiac savvy. (My husband's doctor is.) I honestly have...
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    You're so right bart! If everyone ate bacon I think we could have world peace. I mean, why fight when we could eat bacon.
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    I'm with you bart. I found out Friday that my life is now baconless (and hamless and chocolateless) and considering all the new things I've had to give up I was honestly debating if saving my sight was worth giving up bacon. In retrospect that seems crazy but at the time going blind for bacon and chocolate seemed like a perfectly good idea. At any rate...
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    ARCHIVED New Ally

    Adalaide posted a topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    I've spent the past few months nagging (lovingly) my husband about the fact that I suspect he also has celiac or at least some sort of gluten intolerance. Over the past few weeks I've ramped up, pointing out every time he gets emergency rampant D that he's just polished off more wheat than I can shake a stick at. Finally, last Friday after finding out about...
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    Last night I cut up a mango and intended to have half of it for dessert and half today. Before I realized what I was doing I had pretty much inhaled the whole thing.
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    You aren't paranoid and yes only a crumb is enough to cause damage. Insane and crazy is the idea that a parent isn't willing to go to the ends of the earth for her child's health. I'm sorry you have to deal with it, I imagine it's especially difficult since it's your mom and not just random people. It's never okay to share butter, peanut butter, mayo,...
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    ARCHIVED Eating Out

    Adalaide replied to cmoore's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    I personally did not refrain from eating out. I did refrain from eating anywhere I wasn't 100% comfortable with. Since my local Wendy's has an adult staff I was comfortable there and they have a great variety to choose from. (Even adding more restrictions over the weekend I'll still be able to stop in occasionally, yay!) Other than that in the first 2-3 months...
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    I'm not sure exactly where you are in Utah, and I wouldn't recommend my doctor. (I love him but he's not exactly celiac savvy.) If you're up to a jaunt to Sandy though I highly recommend a stop at Eleanor's Bake Shop which is 100% gluten free. Not kidding, the cupcakes I've gotten there are the best I've eaten in my life, hands down, and I've only been gluten...
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    I'm A: lazy and B: don't have an appliance for grinding flax. I <3 my blender/food processor but it is not friendly for grinding. If I buy meal can I just throw it in the freezer to keep it from being funky or is that not effective?
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    I never win at trivial pursuit. Stupid sports. I know pretty close to nothing about sports. If it was all science, music and world war 2 history though I'd be taking names with my kicking butt. I haven't seen coconut on any no-no lists and I'm good with eggs. (I large amount all at once makes me a little gassy but that's my husband's problem. ) I...
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    Thanks for all the hugs and support, I really needed it. I'm done feeling sorry for myself. I'll find out in the next two days if this is permanent (everything I read suggests it is) or if I can switch to a "eat with caution" sort of diet once my vision is restored.
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    ARCHIVED Opinions?

    Adalaide replied to Googles's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Gluten is gluten, I can't believe our bodies would respond differently based on the fact that it's ever so mildly different in structure. Of course, if they're up for cleaning my bathroom, hiring me a maid and taking care of me for a week, I'm up for eating their bread. Increased awareness is not increased occurrence. Throughout history people have died...
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    No leafy greens (like spinach and collard but lettuce is okay), no beets, no peas, as far as I can tell the recommendations on dried fruits are mixed so I should probably just avoid them. Either way, cranberries and cherries are on the list. (Cherries? Weird.) You know though I forgot flax exists, I've never eaten it but I don't see why it wouldn't be okay...
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    I'm done feeling sorry for myself with my new diet restrictions. Now I need to actually make the changes but I'm having one issue. Where in the heck will I get fiber from? No yeast (not that bread is generally healthy), no nuts, no beans. Until now I've been eating some beans or a handful of nuts every day. Other than buying a tub of sand... uh, Citrucel...
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    German/Irish here. Family history suggests my ancestors moved from somewhere in Scandinavia to Germany before coming to America although we haven't been able to confirm that for certain.
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    Thanks. I appreciate the suggestion of white chocolate but frankly I won't touch the stuff. There isn't any chocolate in it and it is nothing more than an edible lie. (Also it tastes nasty.) I'll check into carob, the list the doctor gave me says I can't have it but from what I've found so far there are plenty of foods that are in the "maybe" area where one...
  25. Adalaide
    So I have an answer for my blurred vision. Apparently I have pseudotumor cerebri. Basically, the I have too much spinal fluid which is creating too much pressure in my head and pressing on my eyes. It's also probably causing the migraines I got this week and the frequent headaches and some other problems. I go back next week to see if tests point to lupus...
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