AAARRGGHHH! Bugger it....

[riffer]

Ah well, these things do happen Paul. Give me a call anytime I can fill you in mate. Our son Tim was diagnosed with coeliac disease about 3 years ago now. Gini has the most AMAZING recipes for all sorts of gluten free and diabetic friendly stuff having one of each in the family. Get Vicki to talk to her - we have heaps of info. Also, the amount of food that's come out in the last three years is amazing. Get in touch with the Coeliac Society - they're really helpful.

There's a booklet called the Manufactured Food Database. It lists EVERYTHING sold in New Zealand by the major manufacturers that is gluten free. Talk to the CS about it or google to find out more.

A fellow from around these parts called Robert Anderson is at the forefront of fighting this AI disease, and from what we heard at the Gastroenterologists conference last year they're pretty close to some amazing breakthroughs. But yeah, it's a bit of a bitch finding out at your stage in life but hey, if the alternative is death it doesn't look too bad now does it?

You survived Type I diabetes, you'll knock this bastard off too mate. Call me any time.

Simon

[ynot slow]

Hope the camera up the jacksie was not the usual wide angle,they hurt much easier the tele lens.

Seriously have had first hand camera,feels very strange under sedation,you can hear the people talking vaguely,but no pain as such.
Can really understand your ideal of someones always worse off than me thinking.Go in any radiation waiting room folks,most of the jokes will be from the nurses and patients,you meet good people(most of them anyway)a few older folks bitching about a small mole on their arm,meanwhile others worse than yourself(in your mind)grin and bear it,met many women having to lose their hair through chemo,and guys with prostate probs complaining less than those with minor(well comparitively sp)radiation regemes.

Sounds cliche but keep positive dude.

[shafty]

Chin up Paul, feelin for ya.

- I was going to suggest the Coeliac Society also - as a resource, - I used to work for a med supply co who promoted gluten free prod's - before you know it, the various 'mods' will be built in to your life no probs;

Oh, and pussy is gluten free I believe - get in to some of that

[Paul in NZ]

Thanks chaps - lots of great info ;-)

Just shared a bottle of vino with Vicki, spent an hour working on a bike while she was cleaning up an old tool chest grooving to some sweet sounds in the shed and now my mojo is restored! (I then spent another hour repairing what I broke in the first hour) doh!

Pussy is gluten free eh? Might have to ask for a perscription ;-)

[davebullet]

c ould I just dress in black and be johny cash?

Hey - you just said you were gluten intolerant, now you like to wear black dresses?

How about fish?

[Paul in NZ]

Hey - you just said you were gluten intolerant, now you like to wear black dresses?

How about fish?

Nah - I dont wear fish either but I like catching them and eating them...

[Nasty]

So – I can’t eat sweet or fatty things, I don’t eat red meat and now any thing with gluten (almost everything else) is forbidden… and yes – I’m feeling a tad put upon frankly!

So – do any of you have a good recipe for rocks and air – seems that’s about all there is left….

Not for rocks and air .. but I have some awesome Macrobiotic cookbooks ... that is based on the whole food diet ... being vegan. You can have if you like.