Today, I learned I'm not allergic to gluten. My mom has kept me on a gluten-free diet since I was 5. She was convinced I was allergic to it. I'm 25 and I am writing this over my first slice of pizza in 20 years. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I had a lovely gluten-free pizza out at a local restaurant. After I'd finished, they informed me it wasn't in fact gluten-free. I am Celiac and this means I will be ill for the next six weeks. FML
Today, I found out I have celiac disease. I also happen to be a baker and will be constantly reminded of all the wheat products I can no longer enjoy. FML
Today, I found out that I have a gluten allergy. What this basically means is that I can't eat anything with wheat in it; bread, pasta, cake, you name it. I am Italian, this basically limits me from eating any of the awesome food my family makes almost every night. Here I come plain rice. FML
Today, I found out that I'm not actually allergic to chocolate, when my mom freely admitted to me that she made it up when I was a child because she didn't want to share any cookies with me. FML
Today, my mom baked a cake for the whole family. One spent EpiPen later, I found out there were nuts in it, which I'm severely allergic to. My mom's defense was that she thought I'd have "gotten over" my allergy by now. FML
Today, my husband and I found out that our daughter's chronic stomach aches are due to gluten intolerance, so we need to cut all wheat out of our diet. We're bakers. FML
Today, I told my mom that I think I'm lactose intolerant, and that I should go to the doctor to get checked out. She said that I was probably just gassy, and then ordered us a pizza for dinner. FML
Today, I went to a niece's birthday party and was very careful with what food I ate, as I have gluten and garlic sensitivity. I left the party with numb lips, so I guess I have a new sensitivity. FML
Today, my two favorite things in the world are Pizza and Beer... I now discover I have Celiac and can't have either. FML
Today, I turned 18. My parents remembered that I loved German chocolate cake, so I awoke to a hot, fudge-filled chocolate cake with a slice cut out just for me. I've been lactose-intolerant for 8 years. As I cried, my mom handed me tissues, while eating the "Happy" part of my cake. FML
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anencephalic 14
Well, at least you have pizza now.
annie_nk 23
Ah a whole new wonderful world has opened up for you :)
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CaughtTheMermaid 5
At least your mom isn't like the one in the other FML where the poor guy was told that he was allergic to chocolate and his mother was hogging the chocolate chip cookies :P
Kristoffer 35
Wow, you successfully avoided that crap for two decades, only to throw that all away when you found out that you weren't allergic. That stuff is pretty damn bad for you, and it's in so much of our food. Companies add it to food because it's addictive and everyone thinks it's healthy.
caity_pie 12
Taken from two different nutrition articles: Wheat products provide protein, important vitamins and minerals, dietary fiber and complex carbohydrates. If you eliminate gluten from your diet, you could cut out essential nutrition as well. Unless you suffer from celiac disease or gluten sensitivity, foods containing gluten offer many health benefits. Often in the absence of gluten, food manufacturers will have to use more fat or sugar to bind foods together (gluten is key in binding food together). A serving size of pretzels containing gluten is 110 calories and 1 gm. of fat. The same serving of gluten free pretzels is 140 calories and 6 gm. of fat.
momogal 22
Gluten is a natural part of wheat and related grains. A gluten-free diet can deprive your body of needed nutrition, which is why it is so difficult for people with Celiac's disease to get by. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that you are either paranoid or a conspiracy theorist.
rhymie 1
Don't get fat by going carb crazy! As a person with Celiac's, I envy you.
LaUruguaya 11
How ironic. I've been allergic to gluten my whole life and my parents never told me until recently! It sucks.
j0k3r91 6
awesome
laurapiggy 3
I have celiac disease and hate it!!! GF foods are tolerable, but not really good. Your mom sucks. Tests 20 yrs ago were not as advanced or accurate, now it's a simple blood test. I wish my diagnosis was wrong:(
marloceleste 2
At least your life just got better!
pandaRanda 0
I would say ydi not to be mean but wcause you literally deserve all the pizza ever
Ruby519 2
You do realize that they make gluten free pizza right?
BogJuan 5
Everybody is allergic to gluten to some extent.