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  1. bellalunarena
    I love Elana's Pantry!!
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    I just googled "what to eat if you don't have a gallbladder". Pretty much it's just "Watch your fats and other foods that required more bile to digest since now you don't have reserves of bile on command".
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    You don't say. Whereabouts? I grew up in Lititz. Heart attack on a plate? Yeah, pretty much. It's worthless without a stick of butter thrown on it. :-)
  4. bellalunarena
    In November of 2012, I set out to lose weight. I overhauled my diet. I attempted to work out. I weighed 217. I weigh 167 now. I have no idea, in light of my recent dx, if that weight came off due to malabsorption, due to my dietary change, or due to medicine I am on for a completely different condition. But I keep telling myself that even if...
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    Oh my god. I need to show this to...lots of people. I don't go to church often, but when I do, it's a Unitarian church, but Mister's family are all like hardcore old school Italian Catholics.
  6. bellalunarena
    I wondered that too... Now I know! :-) Yay!
  7. bellalunarena
    Lexi, that's how I was. I thought I had a gluten intolerance, and once in a while, I deemed it worth the pain. I misunderstood that fried chicken meal to mean you'd willingly ate it after your celiac dx. I completely understand the anger and frustration. I'm going through it too...except I bite people's heads off. I just want to throw a huge temper...
  8. bellalunarena
    I do love Velveeta. I've found a pretty acceptable corn pasta, but when I reheat leftovers, the mac and cheese just turns into this corny mush. But that was made with shredded white cheddar and a roux-based cheese sauce, so I tossed some olive oil in a fry pan, coated little balls of the mush with seasoned (seasoned by me) gluten-free bread crumbs and...
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    I'm finding that it's just easier for me to shop the way you described. I've always made my own salsa, just came out tasting so much better that way, and my own guac too. Probably a lot healthier than pre-packaged stuff too. I also am trying to eat foods that are good for someone who doesn't have a gallbladder. I'm upset that broccoli is on the "Not too...
  10. bellalunarena
    Sorry for my wording...I didn't mean that it hides out, unlisted... It's more that I'm still learning what ingredients have gluten, etc...I never would have thought that soy sauce had gluten in it, but I found a good gluten-free substitute. And I may be 'young', but I know what a broken record is. :-) (I don't feel young, well, mentally I do...)
  11. bellalunarena
    I'm sorry, but this makes me really mad. As Adelaide said, you willingly sat down and ate that meal. Willingly. And It wasn't a bite of bread or other gluten goodness. It was a meal. Adelaide is right, how on earth can you expect your parents to take you seriously when you willing made a choice to eat that meal? It isn't just "Oh I'll be feeling...
  12. bellalunarena
    I'd like to know too. I want to avoid ingesting gluten for the sake of a biopsy.
  13. bellalunarena
    I was completely wrong. The deli meats used were Dietz & Watson. In all likelihood, the source of my gluten came from cross-contamination. Don't beat me up! I'm still learning, lol!!! But I did some more research apparently some uber-processed deli meats have hydrolized vegetable protein or modified food starch as fillers, and some sausages have...
  14. bellalunarena
    That's what we narrowed it down to after further investigation, as her deli uses Dietz and Watson lunchmeats, and they are, from what I've read, generally safe. Whoever made my salad did not wash their hands after working with gluten, and I can probably bet money that my salad was prepared on a countertop that had not been cleaned in the time between being...
  15. bellalunarena
    I was feeding my son some spaghetti and he knocked a noodle onto my arm. I went to eat it off, as my hands were busy, and it was my 8 year old daughter who yelled at me to stop. I have to conscientiously think before I lick my fingers, grab a bite of anything... I've been told in time it will become automatic and I won't have to think so hard about...
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    I was dx'ed by bloodwork at the hospital...I was told to expect that when I have my insurance back that a GI will want me to go back on gluten for the sake of a biopsy. I've read that this glutening is usually for a month, and after an accidental glutening laid me out for about 3 days (I'm only just now starting to feel better), I am terrified of getting...
  17. bellalunarena
    I feel awful...I promised my kids that I'd take them to the park today, but I still feel so horrible from that glutening that I don't know if I physically *can*, and my kids don't quite understand that Mommy got sick from eating deli meat. I didn't actually *mean* that my MIL did it on purpose, I know she didn't...I try to joke about things when I'm...
  18. bellalunarena
    Be careful with lunchmeats!!! I learned that the hard way! And good that you go to a school that has options for you! Wish I could offer more advice, but I'm only a week post-celiac dx and I have been reading my arse off.
  19. bellalunarena
    I think I'm more angry at the unnecessary surgery and the time (not just the past 13 months since surgery but for years before that too) lost to feeling like poop (no pun intended) all the time. To the person who said about accidental glutening...totally did it today. MIL assured me her deli meats were gluten free...they aren't. I feel awful. I have a...
  20. bellalunarena
    Oh my, OP, I understand your frustration, but in a different way...My MIL, when I was telling her about my celiac dx, said "I am bloated and my side hurts, maybe I have celiac disease too". She's one of those people that whenever someone around her is sick, she suddenly thinks she has whatever they have too. "Celiac disease...that means I'll have diarrhea...
  21. bellalunarena
    I did a search, and saw a thread where it said that most members make their introductions here. I am Bella. I am 30, and last week I was diagnosed with celiac disease. I wrote a post on my blog with my story, but I don't know if I'm allowed to link to it, I have a lot more reading to do here, though I've been using the heck out of the forums as...
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