#coeliac

[thedenofravenpuff]

Welp, it's official

It's not merely gluten intolerance - it's coeliac disease.

So that's my life now

[spilledparchment]

Me: Ok, and did they give me the gluten free pizza/bread?

The pizza/bread: *has not been touched* *is falling apart*

Me:

[gethealthynotslim]

Carrying on with this week in food thing

1. Halloumi mezze salad (from the gym)

2. Another day another pad Thai (inspired) tofu noodle bowl

3. Banana pancakes with Greek yoghurt, honey and raspberries

4. Granola and raspberries with Greek yoghurt

5. Halloumi Mediterranean tray bake topped with home grown basil

All gluten free, obvs.

[skydaemon]

if you see me screaming in the gluten free aisle mind your business

[puppywhosdoggy]

this just feels so evil to me... it's the exact same product with a different flour. thats it. TRIPLE THE PRICE. and thats just bread. everything in my life is triple the cost, for essentially half the experience. all because when i was 7 years old i was diagnosed with an immune disease. in what world is this fair?

[finnlongman]

Heads up to UK coeliacs: Lidl have changed the recipe of their fake pringles (previously the only ones that didn't contain wheat) and they now contain wheat! Not just a "may contain" but an actual ingredient! Be careful, check the ingredients, and tell your gluten-free/wheat-free friends.

[mh-and-coeliac]

I’ve always thought about how coeliac is a very socially isolating condition. We can’t just go out for a meal with friends. We have to go to specific safe places that are few & far between. People don’t understand that we can’t just go wherever. Food is such a social activity.

But something I was thinking about today is how that limits other social activities too, because getting a meal or going to a cafe is just such a natural part of going out. I miss going out to dinner & movie. I miss being able to take off to small towns & explore, get a meal, do a ghost tour. I miss going up the mountains, getting something from the local cafe & going in to the bush (forest). Sure, I can still do a lot of that, minus the food. But it reminds me of what I’m missing out on. It’s so much more cognitive energy to plan a meal/meals to take if needed. Especially when easy meals on the go without anything to keep it cool or warm it up are very limited with coeliac. Or the emotional energy of trying to advocate & explain & hope someone will listen & help at a cafe if you do want to try to be ‘normal’. I see what I’m missing out on & trying to make up for that is hard. Going out is already really difficult, even when I really want to do it without all these extra things.

I think there’s a lot of people who don’t understand all of this, even if they have coeliac because they don’t deal with mental health, neurodivergence, other chronic illness. Definitely people who don’t have coeliac wouldn’t really understand. But it sucks & I’m going to be sad about it.

[catastrophiccapybaraconundrum]

Being asexual and coeliac is a nightmare

Can’t even lust after delicious baked goods