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would you use a mentor being newly diagnosed? yes  90%  [ 10 ] no  9%  [ 1 ] Total Votes : 11
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ostrich Joined: 30 Mar 2006 Posts: 4170 Location: Nebraska	Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 11:49 am    Post subject: aklap wrote: Just because someone has wheat flour in their house, does not mean they don't know how select GF food. I suspect you are going to find many mixed households. Let me ask you this...would you trust me? We live in a mixed house. I don't personally use wheat flour, but Peg does on occasion. We do this too, and I'd be mad if somebody came through my house and threw out half my stuff because it's NGF. However, I would appreciate it if somebody came through my house and helped me organize my stuff: "NGF food here, GF food there. OH, you didn't know __ is NGF? Yup, it goes over here" _________________ Ostrich :>--O==={ I lie below, you float above In the pretty white ships that I am dreaming of
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cruelshoes Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 2550 Location: Washington State	Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 1:07 pm    Post subject: ostrich wrote: We do this too, and I'd be mad if somebody came through my house and threw out half my stuff because it's NGF. I don't think anyone is suggesting that a mentor make the decision on what is thrown away and what is kept. I do, however, think a a mentor can articulate the possible risks/pitfalls/considerations that come in a mixed household. Not that mixed households are bad, I mean, but they have to be handled a lot differently than a completely GF house. The way I do things now is vastly different than when I was trying to keep a mixed kitchen. I know for sure I would not have considered airborne gluten flour a risk before making our house GF. A good mentor makes one think about things that were not on the radar screen before. _________________ -Colleen Dx 8/05 via bloodwork/biopsy 10-YO son Dx 11/05 via bloodwork/biopsy Daughters (12 and 2) have neg. bloodwork A woman is like a tea bag-you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water. - Eleanor Roosevelt
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ostrich Joined: 30 Mar 2006 Posts: 4170 Location: Nebraska	Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 1:47 pm    Post subject: Sorry, I didn't mean that literally. I don't think anybody would go through your pantry in such a manner. At least, I hope not. What about meals out? Are there any mentors who'll help with choosing restaurants? That was difficult for me too. _________________ Ostrich :>--O==={ I lie below, you float above In the pretty white ships that I am dreaming of
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superdog Joined: 01 May 2007 Posts: 116	Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 1:08 pm    Post subject: thanks for the input everyone:) ostrich, yeah, i think i still need help with the restaurants the only place we have eaten is the outback--which is rather expensive, and we drove over an hour to goto a gf pizza place once when first gf.i know there are alot of restaurants in the area that cater to celiacs, but honestly i am scared to go out to eat, so i take snacks with me in the car, or stop at circle k as the old wisconsin beef sticks are gf:) and labeled so:) oh our local celiac group does go out to eat once a month to different restaurants, so i think i will take a step and try it out, gots to get over my fears some time:) thanks for the input again, highly appreciated!! i feel better prepared when i goto the group meeting now and talk about this. _________________ Gluten is my cryptonite
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