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It is frustrating. You have to be in the mode of i am going to live a gluten free lifestyle. You have to read all labels of everything from lotion to every food your daughter may eat. and you have to read the labels every time you buy something. Me and my kids have been gluten free for about 4 years now, and we have had some mishaps now and then. It...

My sister is getting married in May or June, the date has not been set yet. She thinks she can make her own gluten free wedding cake for her own wedding. I keep telling her that she will be far too busy and stressed out to do this, even 2 weeks before the wedding. She says she can make it, then freeze it and have someone else set it up for her. Being that...

I was diagnosed via a blood test as celiac after being sick my entire life (28 years). Initially, when I started the gluten free diet, I was sick for 2 weeks. I was horribly sick, and I first thought why am I doing this? I thought I was getting glutened and ended up throwing out almost all of the food in our house [to avoid cross contamination issues,...

I went undiagnosed through 2 pregnancies. The only "problem" I had was in my 6th month I lost about 5 pounds (with both pregnancies) and the doctors just told me to eat more. They didn't even consider this to be a problem and didn't run and tests. My first baby was born with celiac and not diagnosed until age 4. My second baby didn't get celiac until...

We do the regular trick or treat and then separate the gluten and gluten free candy. I usually send the gluten candy with my child to school and he gives it to all his friends or I would take it to work and put it in a bowl on my desk so my co-workers could chow down. It was usually gone within a couple of days. My kids know that they can't have gluten...

Wow, thanks lvsupport group leader. I will have to check it out.

I am 1/2 swedish, from my mother's side (the side celiac came from), part german, & french from my father's side. The fair skin has nothing to do with gluten. I have an olive skin tone and my mom tan's pretty good too.

You can always try out the gluten free diet for a month, just to do a test run to see if this makes her any better. If it is not gluten intolerance or celiac disease then I would think that her symptoms would continue to repeat themselves. I am no expert, by my oldest son was diagnosed as celiac after a positive response to the gluten free diet. His blood...

Thanks Phyllis28. I did go to the whole foods store and they did have the flours and starches I was looking for, but no lasagna noodles I will keep searching. - Angie

I just moved to Las Vegas, NV and I am looking for a support group near where I live (Horse (north of the 215)& Decatur). Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

I just moved to Las Vegas, NV on the northwest side. We live right next to Aliante. I have been trying to find a store that sells gluten free pasta, not just spaghetti (I found some at Wal-mart); also looking for different flours, like potato starch, fava bean flour, tapioca flour, and tapioca starch. I bake alot for my kids and used to be able to buy...

I would give him cream of wheat cereal, which is pure wheat, this way you or the doctor doesn't have any concerns about the other ingredients in the wheat cracker being fed to him after going gluten free. As stated above, I would keep a food journal, with times you fed him. Also write down the reactions, being very descriptive and possible taking photos...

It has been 4 years since me and my 2 oldest sons diagnoses of celiac disease. At first I was in such shock because it was a simple blood test and it took 28 years of [me] feeling miserable and seeing dozens of doctors to get a diagnosis. I was mad that it took so long to get diagnosed and so many of my problems could have been avoided. At the same time...

Lara bars are great to snack on and give you that quick energy you need without coming down hard later. Costco sells them in bulk. Costco has some other snack "bars" that are also gluten free.

Cashew cookie and cherry pie are great.