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ARCHIVED Cleaning Kitchen After Diagnosis
snowmom replied to snowmom's topic in Parents, Friends and Loved Ones of Celiacs
Thanks. This is very helpful advice. Just to be clear: we would of course not re-introduce gluten to our daughter, ever. My post must have been unclear. We might re-introduce gluten to our kitchen for other family members or guests, depending on whether we believe we safely segregate it. The cost of gluten-free foods is already feeling prohibitive, and... -
ARCHIVED Cleaning Kitchen After Diagnosis
snowmom posted a topic in Parents, Friends and Loved Ones of Celiacs
My 3 year old was diagnosed a few weeks ago. Cleaning and reorganizing the kitchen has turned out to be a monumental undertaking. At least to start, we plan to go entirely gluten-free, although we're leaving one cabinet empty in case we decide that we can safely re-introduce down the line. I know we need to replace our colander, knives, baking pans,... -
ARCHIVED Help Interpreting Labs
snowmom replied to snowmom's topic in Parents, Friends and Loved Ones of Celiacs
Thank you, Mayasmum! Very helpful responses. We did finally hear from the pediatrician this afternoon that she had in fact ordered a separate IgG test following that IgA TTG test that I quoted above. She said the results from the IgG screen are normal/no celiac, and that she's going to send me that paperwork also. I'm not sure why she didn't send everything... -
ARCHIVED Help Interpreting Labs
snowmom posted a topic in Parents, Friends and Loved Ones of Celiacs
My 3 year old daughter was diagnosed with celiac earlier this month, following both blood tests and biopsy. My mother was diagnosed several years ago. I also have a 20-month-old son, who has frequent but mostly mild GI problems. Other than that, he is growing well and seems healthy. After my daughter's diagnosis, I requested that his pediatrician test...