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Don't worry, once you get the versed on board you will have no concerns whatsoever! Good stuff...I've had 3 or 4 EGDs, and I actually got so I started to look forward to them. The putting in the IV is the worst part. Then you have to swallow some nasty stuff which numbs your throat, but after that, you will be all smiles. Trust me. Just don't expect...

Has anybody out there had difficulty with increased urination after getting glutened? I have been gluten-free since 2002, and this is a new symptom for me. Or maybe I am just now recognizing it. I have had this problem off and on for years, and just recently have linked it to instances of possible cross-contamination. Not sure if this could be from gluten...

I got food poisoning last week - from the only place in town that offers sandwiches on gluten-free bread! This is so frustrating! I got really sick - fortunately, it didn't last more than a few hours. We called the place to let them know, and they had gotten another call from someone getting sick - the link between the two of us was avocado. I can't believe...

Nothing compares to Cadbury's, but you can't get REAL Cadbury's in the U.S. The Cadbury's you get in the U.S. is actually produced under license by Hershey's, and is NOT NEARLY AS GOOD as what you get in the UK or Australia. It's still good, just not the same. Anyway, Cadbury's is definitely one of my favorites, and I eat a LOT of chocolate (probably too...

Definitely safe...and convenient...I have eaten about one a day, every day, since I was diagnosed 4 years ago. Chris

My computer won't let me read the posts without opening each one, and I don't have the patience to do that, so if someone has already said this, I apologize! But I wanted to mention a couple things - celiac testing in young children is notoriously inaccurate, so it may not be worth it. What is a much better indication is to just put your toddler on a gluten...

I had symptoms like that the first several weeks I was gluten free also - I kinda chalked it up to my GI system healing itself. It should go away before too long - mine did.

I had a day like that today, big time. Not so much that I couldn't have what I wanted, but I think I got some kind of contamination over Thanksgiving, and I felt nauseated all day long. I kept looking at all my coworkers, thinking no one else has to deal with this but me! It made me feel really bitter. I know there are a lot worse things than celiac,...

Why does he want you off of carbonated beverages? I couldn't survive as a celiac without coke - a meal in itself - at least it works out that way sometimes. I went back to the non-diet ones, I know it is full of sugar, but at least it gives me some extra energy. I have had 3 EGDs, and didn't have after-effects lasting longer than 6 hours or so with...

As far as the recovery goes, I started to feel some improvement after 2-3 weeks on the diet, but I didn't really feel back to 100% until after 3 months or so. It varies quite a bit person-to-person how long the recovery period takes, the only thing I will tell you is to MAKE SURE SHE STAYS ON THE DIET, now matter how she may feel initially. Stick with it...

Just to jump on the bandwagon with what everyone else has said...concentrated soy makes me very ill. My wife had me drink soy milk for a while several years ago (after my celiac diagnosis), and it made me very sick. Just like I had been before going gluten free. Soy in small amounts doesn't affect me, but the milk seemed to big time. Oddly enough, when...

Coffee tears me up also...especially if I am drinking it on an empty stomach. Now I pretty much just drink it on weekends, when I am going to be around the house and don't worry so much about the effects. I think the acid is partly to blame, my GI doc recommended against drinking much coffee, or red wine for that matter, because it can exacerbate GERD symptoms...

I had a very different experience - initially. I used to get 2-3 colds per year, and after going gluten-free, for a long time I never got sick at all. It was one of things that really proved to me that the diet was really helping. Unfortunately, that hasn't been the case over the last four months or so - in that time, I have had a stomach virus 3 times...

Shannon- I tried to send you an e-mail through the board, but I am not sure if it worked. I would love to hear more about your daughter and her diagnosis - it sounds very similar to what we are going through with our son. Please let me know if you got the e-mail - if not, I will try to re-send it. Thanks! Chris

I had a great experience with Qantas over Christmas. We flew from Los Angeles to Sydney to Hobart, round trip, and I got gluten free meals on each leg of the trip. The chicken korma I got on the way home was FANTASTIC! The trip over included a roll which I didn't eat, because it looked a bit too normal, but otherwise I was quite pleased with the whole...