Beppy8

Okay so I can't use things like wooden spoons/colanders that have touched gluten. It seems like gluten is the hidden monster I have to try to avoid. I didn't think it was that serious. I thought if you just cut out gluten in foods then you would be fine. I didn't know we really had to worry about the minuscule amount of gluten found on sponges/countertops...

One other question, when you say you got cross contaminated from your son's water bottle what exactly happens? I don't have immediate symptoms, so to speak, so I guess I'm confused when people say they were CC. Do they immediately feel horrible? Have to run to the bathroom? Is it really that bad?

Thank you for taking the time to reply. I am hoping that is the case and hey, if I eat right then I will lose that baby weight. Right? That's a positive. From where I stand it would seem that not being able to eat anything or go to events or dinner with friends and family will severely imped your social life more than symptoms would. The symptoms I can...

Thank you so much for the information and the words of encouragement. I am definitely in the denial stage right now bordering on grieving. All I can think about is all the things I can't eat or can't do because of this. I'm angry. I love baking/cooking/eating and I love teaching my daughter. I know I can teach her baking gluten free but I have so many...

Hello Everyone, I was just recently dianosed with Celiac. I had been diagnosed several years okay with IBS-D following my gall bladder removal surgery. I have managed my symptoms pretty good with the help of Welchol to control the diarrhea and not eating fatty foods. A year ago I gave birth to my son and a few months later I noticed that my symptoms...