Celiac support system: Do you have it or are you dealing with this alone? https://glutendude.com/category/relationships/ Celiac Disease Advocate Thu, 16 Feb 2023 15:22:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://glutendude.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/favicon.png Celiac support system: Do you have it or are you dealing with this alone? https://glutendude.com/category/relationships/ 32 32 Dude…how do I support my best friend who was just diagnosed with celiac disease? https://glutendude.com/how-do-i-support-my-friend-with-celiac-disease/ https://glutendude.com/how-do-i-support-my-friend-with-celiac-disease/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2023 15:22:16 +0000 https://glutendude.com/?p=20080 I have had celiac disease for (…counting fingers and toes…) over 14 years and the support I have received from family, friends, and of course this community has been incredible. And for that I am grateful. But after I received the following email, I realized that in that 14 years, none of MY friends or …

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]]> https://glutendude.com/how-do-i-support-my-friend-with-celiac-disease/feed/ 6 How to deal with the holiday meals when you’ve got celiac disease https://glutendude.com/holiday-meals-when-youve-got-celiac-disease/ https://glutendude.com/holiday-meals-when-youve-got-celiac-disease/#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2021 20:29:22 +0000 https://glutendude.com/?p=19874 Good news: It’s the holidays! Bad news: You’ve got celiac disease. Good news: You’re invited to Aunt Enid’s for dinner! Bad news: Aunt Enid doesn’t really get the whole celiac thing. What’s a celiac to do? Listen in (or listen up…not really sure of the difference) as I present a few scenarios with multiple options. …

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]]> https://glutendude.com/holiday-meals-when-youve-got-celiac-disease/feed/ 1 How do I get my family to take celiac disease seriously? https://glutendude.com/treat-celiac-seriously/ https://glutendude.com/treat-celiac-seriously/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2021 19:10:26 +0000 https://glutendude.com/?p=19868 This is a tough one. A young woman writes to me, explaining that she is stuck at home for financial reasons, but her family doesn’t take her celiac disease seriously and has pretty much written her out of the picture. There is a lot to unpack here. And as always, I do my best and …

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]]> https://glutendude.com/treat-celiac-seriously/feed/ 2 Dear Gluten Dude: How do I convince my son to take his celiac disease seriously? https://glutendude.com/take-celiac-seriously/ https://glutendude.com/take-celiac-seriously/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2021 14:15:25 +0000 https://glutendude.com/?p=19709 I had an interesting relationship with my dad. He was my little league coach. He was my golfing partner. He called me his little buddy. He was all around just a great, great guy. I was the fourth out of 4 boys and as I look back, by the time my parents got to me …

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]]> https://glutendude.com/take-celiac-seriously/feed/ 16 Tell Your Family ‘All it Takes is ONE Crumb’ https://glutendude.com/bread-crumb-celiac-disease/ https://glutendude.com/bread-crumb-celiac-disease/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2021 14:49:41 +0000 https://glutendude.com/?p=19499 This post is about a family’s insistence on not being careful around a celiac family member. It seems I get these types of emails once a month. It is so maddening/depressing that here we are in 2021 and people in our community are still dealing with this sh*t. Before I get into the email, whenever …

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]]> https://glutendude.com/bread-crumb-celiac-disease/feed/ 1 Not Getting Celiac Support from Your Partner? Find Another Partner. https://glutendude.com/partner-supporting-your-celiac-disease/ https://glutendude.com/partner-supporting-your-celiac-disease/#comments Wed, 29 Jan 2020 14:36:48 +0000 http://glutendude.com/?p=18138 As you know, I get emails. Lots and lots of emails. And I cannot tell you how many I receive from people who do not get support from their partners when they get diagnosed with celiac disease. It drives me batty. Here are some of the complaints I hear: “My husband says I can have …

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]]> https://glutendude.com/partner-supporting-your-celiac-disease/feed/ 9 To My Fellow Celiac: You are NOT an Outcast! https://glutendude.com/celiac-outcast/ https://glutendude.com/celiac-outcast/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2018 14:48:20 +0000 https://glutendude.com/?p=17488 Hey everyone. I got the following email a few days ago. Being a teenager can be tough enough without dealing with a misunderstood disease like celiac. She’s feeling anger, frustration and even guilt that her sister was also just diagnosed. Please take a read and let’s see what we can do to cheer her up. …

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]]> https://glutendude.com/celiac-outcast/feed/ 26 Can We Just Stop the Food Bullying?! https://glutendude.com/can-we-just-stop-the-food-bullying/ https://glutendude.com/can-we-just-stop-the-food-bullying/#comments Wed, 02 May 2018 13:42:03 +0000 https://glutendude.com/?p=17328 Dude note: The following article, written by yours truly, appears (slightly modified) in the latest edition of Simply Gluten-Free Magazine. It’s a good magazine run by good people. —— When I was in grade school, I was a prime target for bullies. I was small. I was extremely introverted. I had some nervous tics. And …

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]]> https://glutendude.com/can-we-just-stop-the-food-bullying/feed/ 23 Mailbag: 3 Young Celiacs Disease Need Some Advice https://glutendude.com/kids-with-celiac-disease/ https://glutendude.com/kids-with-celiac-disease/#comments Fri, 02 Feb 2018 13:14:58 +0000 https://glutendude.com/?p=17126 Hey everyone. Happy Friday. I took about an hour this morning responding to as many of your emails as possible. Yeah…I’m ridiculously backlogged. I can’t respond to every email but I do indeed read them all. It’s absolutely eye-opening how this disease affects us all so differently; physically, mentally and socially. Today…I thought I’d do …

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]]> https://glutendude.com/kids-with-celiac-disease/feed/ 14 New Boyfriend. New Celiac Problems. Help!! https://glutendude.com/celiac-problems-with-boyfriend/ https://glutendude.com/celiac-problems-with-boyfriend/#comments Mon, 27 Mar 2017 13:24:46 +0000 http://glutendude.com/?p=15945 I’ve been happily married to the one and only Mrs. Dude for 23 years now. We were already 15 years in when I got the dreaded celiac diagnosis. While obviously the diagnosis itself pretty much sucked, at least Mrs. Dude and I were able to learn the ropes together. Well…let’s be honest…Mrsa. Dude took command …

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