celiac disease

[blessed2bhismom]

Hi took my almost 4 year old to the gi doc yesterday they think he might have celiac disease my goodness not a good bit of new for us do to the face he eat mostly things that have gluten or wheat in them :(:( guess i am going to start today trying to find gluten free choice of the foods he likes

[dawncs]

Welcome to the group! I know Celiac's Disease is a pain in the neck to deal with since I have it unofficially. I never had myself formally tested, but I know from observation that I have trouble with wheat. It is unfortunately a costly diet to deal with on a regular basis since wheat is in so many different foods. I recommend trying your local natural foods store to find gluten free stuff. Some grocery stores and supermarkets carry it, but it takes a little bit of searching and asking for directions to find it. I recommend picking and chosing what manufactured gluten free foods you use on a regular basis, and you should keep some of the stuff for special occasions.

[sammygrl77]

Welcome to the group!

There is a blog with lots of gluten free recipes, SuperPickle. I'm not sure the exact address. I'll try to find it when I get on the PC.

[JessSpiz]

You can definitely start out with Gluten-free foods to see if it makes a different-no harm in that. However, I would definitely to the blood test that can show a gluten intolerance to confirm. My daughter just had it down and we had results within a day. I don't know where you live but , most grocery stores stores have a Gluten-Free section (Walmart/Target do which are national), and health-food stores have a larger section. Our local pizza places even offer a gluten-free crust. Celiac is really prevalent so it shouldn't be too hard to find things unless you live in a very remote area. If you google "gluten" you will find tons of info...http://www.celiac.com/

Good luck!

[sammygrl77]

Here's the blog link.

http://cookinwithsuperpickle.blogspot.com/search/label/Gluten%20Free

[mandee1503]

Good luck. That seem like a tough change in food.

[ShannanAjluni]

3 of my 4 kids have three different degrees of Celiac Disease. If you want help, let me know!

[blessed2bhismom]

thanks if it turns out to be i will definitely ask not going to start changing things till i know what is up we do the blood draw on may 1st hopefuly that wont b to long not sure if i should try to find gluten substitutes sooner or just wait what do you think

Quoting ShannanAjluni:

3 of my 4 kids have three different degrees of Celiac Disease. If you want help, let me know!

[ShannanAjluni]

There needs to be gluten in the system for the blood test to be accurate. But, you can start the switch the day of the test.

[blessed2bhismom]

oh ya tat makes since thanks for the heads up

[JessSpiz]

ask them to move the blood test up!