Aimee

I haven't found any of those items to have gluten in them yet, but its always safe to just ask to check out the labeling when you arrive. =)

Thanks for posting all that! I haven't been there yet with Celiac, but mom has assured me that they are very accomodating and their chefs are very aware of all the health issues out there and special dietary needs, and will bend over backwards. Makes me look forward to my trip even more! =)

I emailed Tony Romas about their menu and this is the response I just got back: The following is a list of products that DO NOT contain any gluten/wheat/malt ingredients: All flavors of Tony Roma's Barbecue Sauce All salad dressings Cole Slaw dressing Ranch Style Beans Potato Skins (CAUTION - potato skins are deep fried in the vat where the onion...

Before I would start the diet, I would see a doctor. Talk to your parents about what you've found about Celiac and see if they can get you into see a gastro doctor. They should be able to do the blood tests quickly and find out if it's something you might have. Good luck to you!

I am attending my first conference this month since being diagnosed and it's a huge pain to find out about food. Its being catered in, and there won't be an opportunity to leave to get food or to have access to a fridge and microwave. I may just tell them to not worry about it and bring rice cakes and peanut butter. I'm dreading it... the food at those things...

My mom works at Disneyworld in reservations. She has been doing research on the restaurants there for me becuase I'll be visitng her in May for the first time with Celiac. Disney is WONDERFUL about making accomodations for guests. They are used to having visitors from all over the world with various dietary issues. SInce most of their nice restaurants heavily...

Not always. I bought some cereal bars right after my diagnosis in the health food section of my grocery store that said "wheat free"... before opening and eating them, i checked the ingredients and they were full of barley. i think most items that are wheat free and gluten free will say it on the box, check the ingredients if they don't state they are gluten...

From my understanding, gluten is found in alot more items than just bread and pasta, so even though you may have been adhering to an Atkins diet, you probably were ingesting *some* gluten of some sort. Its amazing the kinds of things I've already found that contain gluten... I'm new to this, but I've found it to be true so far... So you may not have been...

Boy, can I relate. I have only been on this diet one week, and I feel like I'm in the beginning of a grieving process. I, too, read that article last night and immediately identified with her in her grieving process. I woke up several times this week and thought "its all a joke right? I mean, come on, gluten? Who ever heard of such a thing! This is ridiculous...

Mine was diagnosed by a blood test, and then the doctor said that they wanted to biopsy my small intestine to absolutely confirm things and assess the damage done. It sounds like it quite possibly could be Celiac from what you've described. I also read somewhere that a traumatic emotional experience could spark it as well, which could explain why it showed...

Found McDonalds has one too. You can find it at: Open Original Shared Link They even have a printable one you can download. Updated last on 1/20/04, so pretty recent! =)

I'm not sure if this has been posted before, but I was reading Chick-Fil-A's site and they have a gluten free menu as well... The link is Open Original Shared Link They also list other food allergies on their site, if you have others. These are the items they say are safe (boy, I'm going to miss their nuggets): Entr

Hi! I have recently been diagnosed with this, and it seems that mine didn't come to the surface until I had a surgery last May. The surgery was one in which the wound is left open to heal from the inside out (supposed to be 6-8 weeks) and at 5 months, it still wasn't, so a Wound Care Center was brought into help. It was my wound care doctor that discovered...