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ARCHIVED What Do You Say? How Do I Explain Celiac?
jinkywilliams replied to mamaupupup's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
My girlfriend has Celiac (as well as being casein-intolerant, a Type 1 diabetic and having kidney disease), and I find myself being afforded the position of explaining why she's not eating X food, occasionally. Conversation might go: "So, why doesn't she eat x ?" "She has Celiac ." "What is Celiac?" "She can't eat gluten. Twenty parts per million... -
ARCHIVED Getting Married, Scared For My Future Children
jinkywilliams replied to gfreegirlie's topic in Parents, Friends and Loved Ones of Celiacs
My girlfriend has Celiac, and because of the advanced stage of it when she was diagnosed she is also very sensitive to casein, a protein found in lactose. She is a Type 1 diabetic, and has a kidney disease that--while dormant--means that she needs to take really good care of herself or she could quickly be looking at needing a replacement. When I was...