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    I had the best gluten free Italian meal I've had in a LONG time last night, and I just wanted to make sure all the other Pittsburgh people on here know about this place since I think it's fairly new! It's Pazzo Ristorante, on Washington Road (Route 19) in Mt. Lebanon, across the street from the Galleria and just up the road from South Hills Village. They...
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    Happy birthday and may God bless you today!

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    ARCHIVED Cheddar's

    mesmerize replied to skipper30's topic in Gluten-Free Restaurants

    I emailed Cheddar's about gluten-free options and received the response below from their VP of Culinary Operations. It took a while to hear back from them, but I'm glad that they sent an intelligent and thorough response. ------------------------------------------------- There are none of our appetizers that I would recommend for you as all have...
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    I just saw this thread and wanted to say that I have had nothing but wonderful experiences at PF Chang's! It is one of the few places that I consider truly "safe" based on the fact that I have eaten there at least 20-25 times and never once gotten sick. I usually get the lettuce wraps or the lemon scallops. The servers have always been very knowledgeable...
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    OH I'm so excited that the Pennsylvania locations seem to have the gluten free pizza now too! I have a friend in Boston who came down here to visit me, and he brought me TWO glorious Uno's pizzas! I was just ecstatic. I ate half of one for breakfast because I just couldn't wait any longer. I think they taste/texture/everything are just perfect. The crust...
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    Great, thanks for the tips!
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    This might be a long shot, but does anyone have any recommendations for finding gluten free stuff in the midcoast area of Maine? We're staying in Owls Head (near Rockland/Camden) all next week... I'm planning on bringing a ton of my own food, but I just wanted to know if there are any grocery stores in that area carry gluten free stuff. Or restaurants. ...
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    Doesn't Almond Breeze contain soy lecithin? I know the new "reformulated" version of Pacific Foods almond milk has soy lecithin in it too. I don't always go out of my way to avoid lecithin, but I know some people have to... I switched to Westsoy rice milk a few months ago and I like it sooo much better than almond milk. It is soy-free and has a really...
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    In terms of dating & relationships, I kinda look at Celiac as just one more thing that makes us unique. Everyone has differences and quirks, and often that's what makes relationships dynamic, fun, and interesting. A guy I dated last year was literally fascinated by my gluten issues... He did his own research, bought me a gluten free dining guide, scouted...
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    In my experience, it seems that smaller privately-owned natural food stores usually carry Kinnickinnick products more often than the larger chains do. The closest place I can find them is 45 minutes away from me, but it is SOOO worth it. I think the happiest moment of my Gluten-free Casein-free life was when I made my own Gluten-free Casein-free cookies...
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    The lemon scallops are my favorite... I always love scallops, and these ones are just awesome! Very flavorful. I get them every single time I go there, so I don't have much experience with the rest of the menu. I did try some of the lettuce wraps that my mom got there once, and they were amazing too. ~Sara~
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    Well it seems every restaurant that has a gluten free menu also has a disclaimer on it warning about cross-contamination and everything... Doing away with the gluten free menu entirely seems very extreme, especially for a place like Bravo that previously was so dedicated to serving gluten-free guests! On the bright side, I ended up having a wonnnderful...
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    For months, I've been SO excited to try out Bravo... I'd read so many good things on here about their gluten free menu! From what I'd heard, their Pittsburgh location at the Galleria (Mt. Lebanon) was supposed to be among the best and most accomodating -- and conveniently, that one's closest to me. We were finally going to go last night, and I thought...
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    Awesome, I think I'm going to stop on my way home from work and try to find some Nature Made ones. Thanks so much for the recommendation! I was also thinking that maybe there was something else in my vitamin that was making me sick... I mean, besides gluten. Like a reaction to one of the specific vitamins or something. I have no idea though -- any ideas...
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    For the past several weeks, I've been having TONS of tummy issues. It seemed like I would get sick almost every afternoon at work, no matter what I ate (even if I only had leftovers that hadn't bothered me the night before). I couldn't figure it out and it was driving me crazy! Well two days ago, I had a lightbulb-moment... What else was I having at...
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    I definitely agree with what georgie and loraleena said... When your levels are on the low end of "normal" and you have classic symptoms of being hypothyroid, the best thing you can do is find a doctor who is willing to work with you until YOU feel better. A great resource for finding doctors like this is Open Original Shared Link. It has reviews of doctors...
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    My vertigo went away about 2 days after I started taking the Antivert, and it hasn't returned since then. I really have no way of knowing if the Antivert actually helped, or if my symptoms just went away on their own...
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    For those of you who missed my last reply, I did go to a doctor. They gave me a prescription for Alavert, and by Tuesday my symptoms were completely gone. I still don't know for sure what caused it, but it really didn't seem to be related to gluten. And a note on "self-diagnosing"... I don't like trying to self-diagnose, but I don't have insurance...
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    Well I ended up going to an urgent care clinic last night because I was still really off balance and having trouble walking straight or even sitting up. The doctor there said that the majority of vertigo cases are "benign paroxysmal positional vertigo," which has something to do with calcium crystals in your inner ear breaking off and floating around where...
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    Last night around 1am, I woke up very suddenly with the feeling that I was spinning/falling. I sat up in bed and it seemed to ease a bit, although I still felt very dizzy and nauseous. As soon as I would lie back down it would start again. It was so scary, it literally felt like I was spinning very quickly and falling, and my eyes would start jerking around...
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    Yea... I've been through all the thyroid stuff before. I was hyperthyroid in Nov. 2004 (diagnosed with Graves), got overmedicated by my idiot endocrinologist and ended up being hypo for quite a while after that. My levels finally stabilized somewhat and they've stayed about the same for quite a while. I don't think I'm hypo right now because when that...
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    I think for now I'll just try to do some research on the Lyme stuff, keep it in mind until I have insurance. And I can imagine corn is harder to eliminate than gluten... I swear, after trying to eliminate dairy and especially SOY, gluten-free seems easy! There are so many things you can substitute for wheat, but it's a whole different story with dairy...
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    Hmm... interesting ideas. I've never tried eliminating corn, although I guess I probably do eat a lot of it. Maybe I should give that a try. As for Lyme disease... wow, never thought of that. I just did a little reading online about it and I'm already overwhelmed. The really icky thing is that I don't even have health insurance right now because I just...
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    I'm seriously at my wits end here. I've been gluten free for a year, since February 2006. After a few months off of that, I started having more problems -- heart flutters, chest pains, skin problems, fatigue, etc. -- so in August 2006 I decided to experiment with quitting dairy (after several people here recommended trying that). ALL those symptoms disappeared...
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