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Hi Joe, haven't been to this forum for quite a while but today this discussion caught my eye... hope this link works: Open Original Shared Link That's a list of restaurants in the Hague that are familiar with gluten free. You should I think still talk with the manager, preferably call in advance, basically all the precautions you'd take eating...

Amber, as far as I know the dextrose etc. aren't processed differently in different parts of the world. They are considered safe because indeed the amount of gluten left after processing is very very small. Some people, including me, do react though, which makes shopping a bit of a pain... I don't know the source of the glucose syrup in the free from...

About chocolate candy and lactose - all milk chocolate will have some lactose simply from the milk that is one ingredient. But lactose is also commonly used as a sweetener in chocolate, so some chocolates will have even more lactose because of that. Pauliina

My first quick thought is fatty acids, are you supplementing those since our diet is apparently very low fat? Pauliina

Just a quick note that buckwheat despite it's name has nothing at all to do with actual wheat, so unless you're avoiding buckwheat for some other reason, it shouldn't put you off a product! Pauliina

It sounds to me like your mother-in-law really doesn't have a problem with accommodating you, so it's really just a problem of your own making so to say. Think about it the other way around: if your mil would have celiac, and you would cook for her for the first time - would you prefer that she gave you very clear instructions how to go about it, or...

(((((((HUGS)))))))) You're not a hypochondriac, you're really ill. You're doing the right thing putting your health first. You'll get there, with time! Seriously, a couple of years from now it's quite possible that you'll be healthy enough to handle both work and school, and a couple of years after graduation it won't matter one whit...

One thing you could do is keep a symptom diary. Give how you're feeling a number every day, and over a longer period of time you might start to notice that even if the numbers do go up and down, there is a general tendency to improve (or not, in which case you need to figure out why). Even better, combine it with a food diary, that way you can see if there...

Mama2two, I see you've been around for a while, is it that you have celiac children but no diagnosis yourself? If you don't, maybe it's time to ask for the blood tests for yourself? Now that I've been gluten free for four years, I notice I don't get as depressed after getting glutened, and it lifts quicker again. A sign of getting healthier I hope. Whenever...

Imagine if the situation was the other way around... How sick would you get of telling your boyfriend or partner "it's ok, you don't need to feel guilty"? How about feeling appreciative (is that a word, lol) instead, everybody loves being appreciated. Pauliina

Have they seen him when he's sick afterwards? Or do you always leave before that? My family was even more supportive after they saw how sick I got from accidental gluten exposure a couple times. Telling them about it was not as effective as seeing it with their own eyes. It's not that they didn't want to believe me (in my case at least) they just couldn...

I think it depends on what you have been eating to replace it. If your diet has been low on fiber, for example, and you suddenly eat a lot of whole wheat in some form, the increase in fiber might be uncomfortable. And any sudden change in eating habits might give you some digestive symptoms, but I'd think that would pass in a couple days if it's just from...

Not that I know of, especially since they were both positive and the TTg was pretty high. EmA is very specific for celiac. How are you being treated for the B12 deficiency? The symptoms sound like they could come from that. Pauliina

About the accuracy of the tests - if you want an official diagnosis that a doctor will accept, what you need is a blood test (nowadays usually endomysial antibody (EmA), tissue transglutaminase (TTg) and total IGA) combined with a biopsy of your small intestine (so an endoscopy, NOT a colonoscopy). I think the parent site of this board, celiac.com, has...

It's past 2 am here so I'm not my most coherent... but wanted to post a quick note of sympathy in any case. Pauliina