Well i just need to know there are other people who know what im going through
thanks

There are THOUSANDS of us who have been through or are going through what you are going through!!

It gets much better, and SO much easier! Hang in there, and feel free to ask as many questions as you like! We all did when we first arrived here!

I've been here nearly 2 years. There are people here who were diagnosed a decade or two ago, who know an enormous amount, and people who had symptoms for several decades, but their idiot doctors had no clue about celiac, so those people suffered a lot of unnecessary and sometimes permanent damage from continuing to eat gluten because nobody told them it was a possible problem for them.

There are recipes galore for just about anything gluten-free you'd ever want--and the homemade stuff tastes way, way better than anything store-bought. You might want to go very very light on the gluten-free breads, cookies, muffins, etc, or even wait on trying them until you've been gluten-free for a couple of months. If you eat them before your gut heals, you might get a tummy ache.

Hang in there!

Hi, k-kitkat. Glad you found the board. I have posted some support group locator links below. Maybe there is one in your area. It is great to have gluten-free friends here in cyberspace, but it is also nice to know some people in person. Hope we can all help each other out on this gluten-free journey.

http://www.enabling.org/ia/celiac/groups/groupsus.html

http://www.celiac.com/st_prod.html?p_prodid=310&p_catid=35&sid=91hH9H1EwA1ECGc-50105403992.ae ://http://www.celiac.com/st_prod.html?...50105403992.ae

Celiac Sprue Assoc. Chapters: http://www.csaceliacs.org/chapters.php

Gluten Intolerant Group Branches: http://www.gluten.net/branches.html

Wow thanks so much for the tips and to know there is alot more people out there like me
Thanks so much for your kindness

I'm the only one in my family that has it too, so i'm in the same boat as you! I've had doctors tell me all kinds of things that they thought could be the cause of all my illnesses, and i finally got an answer about 6 months ago. It's gotten easier every day not eating gluten, and just the fact that i'm feeling better really makes it worth it! We all have to start somewhere right?

Yes i guess we do and you are all right it dose get eaiser
Thanks

hey kit kat!
(my friend's name is kit kat! awesome name!)
just wannted to say that you are definately NOT ALONE.
though most of the time you will feel like it, sadly enough.
just breath, say your cool at heart, and life shall be lived and go on happily.
though, that is not always done easily!
but i'm here for ya and we all are!
.::STARGIRL::.

WOW i just love how nice people are here THANKS sooooooooooo much

Its amazing to see how supportive people are here, isnt it? it just goes to show how people with a similar cause can really ban together.

I totally understand what you mean! I was recently diagnosed and it can be really hard but it will get so much easier and your friends and family can be so supportive of you and they can make things so much easier!

Don't feel alone, were here with you.
Look for different celiac gatherings.
I went to a gluten free convention awhile ago in like LA in Southern California and they had a teen meeting where I met other teens with the same allergies.
Don't look at it as a bad thing. You'll meet people, whom you might not of ever met before.
Try new foods.
It's like a game to me for some reason.
What's good whats bad.
Is there anyone at my hightschool with the same allergy.
Don't think your alone.
I mean, I'm here.
That's one person.