Originally Posted by darlindeb25

You know you're a celiac if...

...at Christmas, visions of guar gum dance in your head.

...you've ever had to give a doctor a crash course in Celiac 101.

...you've ever "brown bagged it" to an elegant dinner engagement.

...you've ever driven more than 40 miles to buy flour or a cookie.

.........You pace and circle the store three or four times when deciding on a new product, pick it up look at the ingredients, each time. Only to leave without it, figuring why bother.

.......you are up late at night trying to develop a recipe for pizza without flour, cheese, yeast, tomatoes, beef, garlic and oregano.

.......you can spell transglutaminase and dermatitis herpetiformis.

......you just discovered how to make flour out of turnips.

....having solid poop is the highlight of your day.

…you read the ingredient label on green tea - plain green tea.

….there is a separate cabinet in your kitchen dedicated solely to all your supplements (vitamins, BCQ, digestive enzymes, etc.)

….you talk about your disease (not the unpleasant parts) so much to your friends and acquaintances that your husband tells you you need to get another hobby


..... Your friend invites you over for your birthday and want to make you a gluten free birthday cake but you plead with them not to, because although you're trying to seem like you don't want to put them through the hassle, you're secretly terrified there will be cross contamination.

...your 'favorites' sites are mostly celiac sites;