Sheri F

Update - Bunco was a big success!! I brought my own veggies and gluten free corn chips & guacamole for appetizers to share. For dinner, I brought a precooked chicken thigh wrapped in plastic wrap in a Baggie and asked the hostess if I could keep it in the fridge until dinner. I brought a little container of salad dressing too. It was a potluck...

Hi - thanks for checking in on me! This week is going much better for me! I'm trying to be brave and eat out more socially. Last night I went to a party and brought raw veggies. I ate beforehand, but the party started at 2 pm and ran until 11 pm, so I brought some bars just in case. I had alcohol, cheese, fruit, veggies and a bacon appetizer (I checked...

Thanks for the welcome everyone! I'm so glad I found this forum. BlessedMommy, that's great advice!! I have a Bunco potluck on Monday actually, so I'll just bring my own meal.

Thank you for making me feel so welcome and validated also! BlessedMommy, that exactly what I'm afraid of - they I might not survive a gluten challenge! Cross contamination is exactly the issue I'm dealing with right now. It's a learning curve I guess. Now I just tell them I'm Celiac at restaurants - once at Pieology (pizza place) I told her she didn...

Hi Karen - thanks so much for your reply! Yes, unfortunately I know that I will need to eat gluten again before the blood test and endoscopy part of the diagnosis. I plan to start with the DNA testing first. If the DNA test is negative, no point in putting myself at risk to do a gluten challenge for further testing. I accidentally got glutenend at...

Hi, I'm Sheri and I'm a new member. I'm 47 and live in Southern California, USA. I'm so happy to find this website and forum! Most Internet searches kept leading me here. What a great resource. I still need to schedule formal testing, but I believe I have Celiac Disease or severe gluten intolerance. I think it was triggered by severe pneumonia...

Hi - I'm new here to the forum but have been lurking and reading for about a week. I know this is an old thread, but I'm replying in case someone else comes along and reads it like I did. I have a couple more suggestions regarding hair loss. For me, the main issue was that my thyroid tested 25% lower than usual after doing Atkins induction. Since I...