<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> >>It would be terrible to try to adhere to this diet for one's entire life >>if and when it really isn't necessary! > >I don't wish for the writer to take offense here, however, something MUST be >said about this kind of "attitude". <snip snip> While I'll agree that it's >not the easiest, I refuse to fall into that mindset of this being an "awful >diet". I do not recall the word awful being used in the original post. The original post, as I remember it, was the frustration at reading about alleged "transient celiac disease" and not knowing for certain which end is up. >There is nothing TERRIBLE about this diet, except that general society makes >it difficult. Forgive me, but I don't hear my diabetic friends complaining >all the time about their "awful" diet. Of course you don't. Partly because they can walk into any supermarket and snag a host of sugar-free substitutes. Partly because diabetics have a great poster child with Mary Tyler Moore, who put a face on the disease. And they also probably don't complain because they are probably are not newly-diagnosed. My husband was just diagnosed [well, re-diagnosed, he didn't listen the first time] with type II diabetes and he's one unhappy camper right now. >Constantly brooding about what you CAN'T have serves no other purpose than to >keep you miserable. I don't wish to lecture. But you did, in essence, lecture. You have had had 7 years -- 2,555 days -- to get used to the notion, find the right tools, grab the right recipes and adjust to life. I believe the original poster got the news 10 months ago -- a short 300 days ago. And I do not believe there was any brooding. My impression of the original post was a combination of the frustration of hearing about "transient" CD ... and most likely, not knowing what the right course of action is. Twenty-eight years ago I was misdiagnosed with epilepsy. For twenty-eight years, I took addictive barbituates to curb seizures that were, in fact, caused by gluten. Is that awful? You bet your sweet bippy it is. I am now on addictive barbituates that I don't need, yet withdrawal would cause serious serious issues. I am on barbituates that are made with wheat starch and cannot get them compounded. Do I count my blessings? Absolutely. At least I am no longer running out of dinner parties, fleeing in illness. Do I whimper in the cookie aisle at the supermarket? You betcha. I'm only a year new at this, so I find it still quite a shock. Personally, I think adult-onset *anything* is a shock... At least there is the *support* of this list that guides me to better thinking. Most times. Tracey in Connecticut GF lodging: http://www.innseekers.com/feature.htm