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Elisabeth Gerritsen

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  1. Elisabeth Gerritsen
    Thanks for the advice. But I don't eat cheese or butter (lactose) and I am a vegan too. Any food you carry with you gives a problem. Most people in customs have no clue about celiac or lactose intolerance and so on. To cover their ignorance the bluntly say no and no further discussions possible. The same way I was not allowed to take my insuline in the airplane...
  2. Elisabeth Gerritsen
    No, all my food was taken from me while on transit in Dubai. I couldn't prove the ingredients and it was not factory packed and sealed. I did not miss the sandwich part. But with my diabetes I also have to take "real meals" with me, so no snacks. Glutenfree sandwiches wit jelly or peanot butter get very soaky after 8 hours flight. Cheese is not allowed...
  3. Elisabeth Gerritsen
    Easy to say, but when you are a diabetic, a few energy bars would not help me through a 10 hours or more during flight with stops in between! I am glutenfree, lactose free and vegan! Impossible to find those in granola bars or so.
  4. Elisabeth Gerritsen
    I tried to book a flight with KLM from Amsterdam to Seattle, to visit my daughter, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. I could choose between glutenfree or lactose free food. because they did not sell both in one meal! So they advised me to bring my own food. But I wouldn't be allowed to heat my food in the microwave! Further more, they told me...
  5. Elisabeth Gerritsen
    I totally agree!
  6. Elisabeth Gerritsen
    Hi, I'm thinking of my mother, who lived until she was 100. She was born in 1906. At that time nobody knew about Celiac, especially in Suriname, South America. She was very particular with food, we noticed. She would not drink milk or yoghurt an she didn't like bread or pasta. She told us some stories why, but I never believed her. She was in very good health...
  7. Elisabeth Gerritsen
    Because I live in the Netherlands, and my husband used to work at the DSM-factory (where maltodextrine is made), I know that they used to buy the foam of the beer breweries. This foam is called malt (from malt beer) Hence the name maltodextrin. We have a few breweries in the south of Holland. Lately they used patatoes in stead, but after two years of not...
  8. Elisabeth Gerritsen
    The maltodextrin could contain gluten. In Europe it is made of malt beer. In the US mostly of corn, so no gluten
  9. Elisabeth Gerritsen
    On March 6th I got very ill; all symptoms of the corona virus, except fever! I went to the ER twice, but was send home for this reason: no fever, so no corona! The third time I went to my own GP, who gave me antibiotics, the mildet sort available. It did no good either. I stayed sick for four weeks and I slowly recovered with now and then a flare up. Because...
  10. Elisabeth Gerritsen
    In my case I had to import the gluten- and lactosefree medicine from the US to the Netherlands! No lactosefree Plaquenil for sale here. But the same problem here: no mention of any gluten or lactose contents. You have to read the ingredients and make a complete study of what is: glucose-fructose syrup, maltodextrin, dextrose and so on. It also differs from...
  11. Elisabeth Gerritsen
    I am also lactose intolerant, so I have to skip the butter and because I am vegetarian, I have to skip the pork. So nothing good is left in your soup for me.
  12. Elisabeth Gerritsen
    I am gluten- and lactose intolerant and I have arthritis too. Not so long ago I could not find Plaquenil without lactose, so I had to buy them in the States and have my daughter send them to me. I was ridiculed because they thouht that a little lactose never could do me any harm! Same with my diabetes. I was taken to the hospital because of low sugar coma...
  13. Elisabeth Gerritsen
    In Europe they make glucose-fructose syrup, maltodextrin and dextrose of wheat. That could maybe explain why you still have flair ups. And many celiacs also suffer from lactose intolerance, like me. So it might help to avoid lactose. In my case it does. I have celiac, lactose intolerance, Rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis. I have to use RX for my head psoriasis...
  14. Elisabeth Gerritsen
    It looks like Haifa and Tel Aviv are the right places for me to go on holiday with Celiac and my lactose intolerance!
  15. Elisabeth Gerritsen
    Great!
  16. Elisabeth Gerritsen
    I didn't say my mother is to blame! I only said: a pity she didn't know! I am 76 years old and my mom was from 1906! In those times nobody ever heard of celiac.
  17. Elisabeth Gerritsen
    A pity my mom didn't know when I was young! Had skim milk very young, many ear infections, lack of calcium, lack of B12, had much bread to eat because of poverty and so on. No wonder I've got Celiac now!
  18. Elisabeth Gerritsen
    I wish!!!
  19. Elisabeth Gerritsen
    That is the best way for me too: make everything yourself! Yes, I love the Netherlands too, but I also like to travel to France. Only to find glutenfree and lactosefree food is a huge problem.
  20. Elisabeth Gerritsen
    I live in the Netherlands and Hellman,s is the only mayo without any problems for me! Here it is not labeled as glutenfree though. I learned the hard way: trial and error
  21. Elisabeth Gerritsen
    I wish it were so simple. Are you sure you have celiac???
  22. Elisabeth Gerritsen
    That was great, I wish they did that here too. But to make my case more complicated: I am lactose intolerant too, so there is hardly anything suitable for me you can buy! And I have nobody who can cook for me. And as I am a diabetic, I can not take insuline unless I eat straight after the shot. I think I will move to the USA
  23. Elisabeth Gerritsen
    I'm 76 and I also fear the nursing home, where the cleaning ladies are tought to give insuline shots. My former cleaning lady told me so. So I asked her what she would do with a patient with low sugar? "Give him an extra shot insuline", was her answer!!! As if it was an aspirine! And don't ask her about gluten- and lactosefree meals, she has no clue!
  24. Elisabeth Gerritsen
    I live in the Netherlands and we have a different judical system. You can not sue a hospital for something like this. No way you can prove your case! But the little fridge is a good idea. Today I had to go to the new hospital and during lunctime I could get a nice gluten- and lactosefree salad in the cafeteria. They were very helpful and asked many questions...
  25. Elisabeth Gerritsen
    Horrible, this was not a mistake, this was a "on purpose"! They just don't believe you and they have no knowledge about celiac and dairy free!
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