michelleL

(I'm not sure exactly where to put this...) I've just made a discovery... After years of weird cycles of having unbelievable multiple food allergies, going on elimination diets, achieving a state of having good health to a point and overcoming the "food allergies," I believed that I had celiac sprue because I for sure could not tolerate wheat and when...

I was going to add, too, to make sure you have your own colander... (I did get glutened using a colander I had cleaned after draining wheat pasta - it's just impossible to clean all those little holes.) And I designate one cutting board as the one that wheat breads are sliced on, just so that I don't get confused, and start slicing things on a cutting...

I, too, share a kitchen with a gluten, my DH. In addition to having my own toaster, I have my own stick of butter, too. I mark it by writing the first letter of my name on it, or I buy a fancy butter all for meself I also insist that all jams, condiments, etc. be extracted out of their jars with a clean little metal spoons, so there are no bread-encrusted...

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I never never eat popcorn from the theater - just can't be sure what they put on it. It's not like you can read any ingredients anywhere. I always bring my own. I pop it at home, season with real buter and salt, put it into a plastic zip lock bag and stuff it in my purse (I have a big purse....) I betting it was the popcorn.

I pack a sandwich using gluten-free bread, a trail mix with nuts and dried fruits, hard-boiled eggs, cheese, and one time I had baked a loaf of gluten-free lemon tea bread so I'd have a lil' something to munch on for sure without the hassle of scrounging around at my destination and ended up eating some of it for dinner 'cuz my flight got delayed 4 hours...

Thnkas for the D.C. tips - going there next month. This will surely help

sounds like a good simple diet - thanks!

This is a relief - thanks so much for advising me. I was thinking maybe there was latex in the tubing or the bag. I was breakng out in front of their eyes - it could almost look like a burn, very red and swollen. I have swollen red patches on my skin just about everywhere. I'm getting hives, too, and I do get little blisters, with most of them pus filled...

I don't. During a Roman Catholic service, I just remain in my seat and take a mental communion, and for a Greek Orthodox service, I join the others in line to get a piece of bread, and then I give it to my husband to eat...

Just had to respond - I have celiac sprue and alopecia. The only thing that has halted the hair loss was a gluten-free and soy-free diet, although it takes a loooooong time before the hair starts growing back again - like 1 1/2 years. Being on a "gluten-free" diet is not enough, however. I had my hair grow back with a full head of hair, happy on top of the...

I'm not sure under which topic to put this - but has anyone reacted to a saline drip? I had to be admitted to the hospital (in short I had food poisoning, was put in the cardiology section and was diagnosed with a psychological diagnosis (panic disorder - yea, right) makes a lot of sense, eh?) I am reacting terribly now from my stay and I think it is...

I don't think an elimination diet makes things worse. I've been on many elimination diets, and when I can't tolerate something, I can't take a molecule of it. I've been on elimination diets for a bit longer than a year (I want to say 1 1/2 years) and then try to re-introduce foods. The only thing I noticed is that I would react a little bit, with blisters...

I used to react to corn - I don't anymore, not to say that it might come back... - 7, 9, 13, knock on wood. I was also allergic to soy, seemd to have recovered from it and could tolerate it for a while, and now I am sooooooo extremely allergic to soy, it is not a laughing matter.

I've traveled several times now, with all very good intentions of adhering to my gluten-free/soy-free diet, being careful of where and what I eat, communicating with restaurant staff, etc. etc. etc., as well as dealing with family - which is actually tougher to deal with than restaurants..., and still, it is inevitable, I get glutened or soyed. Upon return...