Odysseian

Most of the miso soup in a cheap place uses stock from a can, which a trip down the grocery aisle will tell you is usually thickened with modified food starch (wheat). I keep trying on Friday nights, and usually I'm better by Monday... If you go to a really high-end place (or some hippie - earthy - crunchy places) everything is made fresh and cross-contamination...

Eating out can be hard. There are certain social protocols that I have to attend for work and some "wheat speech" would be totally inappropriate. Usually I'm stuck ordering a salad w/oil and hoping for the best. I'll risk steak too, if it's not socially expedient to just do salad. The tricky part is that we're all scotch drinkers, and a salad doesn't exactly...

The itchyness is gone, except for when I excercise. I'm healthier all around. My high-stress job would trigger the itchyness all the time... now I never get it unless I goof and have wheat. Unfortunately I have to echo the joy expressed earlier at not having to scope out the bathrooms... you'd never think to take it for granted. Oh yeah, my doctor wanted...