Guest guest Posted March 4, 2006 Report Share Posted March 4, 2006 Rejoyce, I know it's a lot of pressure to feel like you can't get sick or everything will fall apart! It will certainly be easier when your son is old enough to help understand what is safe to eat. Hope your son is feeling better. Ellen in land > > When Mom is sick, dear husband gave our Celiac Gluten cereal for > dinner last night!!! I was in bed with a temp, chills, body aches etc. > I'm sick with fevers on and off plus yuck of sick, our daughter is > also sick with fever and throwing up, our Celiac son with fever and > cough -- coughs, sore throats, runny noses, body aches, chills... > And I have a jar of fermenting milk in the refrigerator for making > cheese etc (Nourishing Traditions) and he is serving it to our kids!!! > I drugged myself up today so that I could at least give 25% of what's > left of me to my kids. I'm beat... and still sick. > I pray the dear Lord does not take me from this earth before my kids > are raised (ages 7, nearly 4, and nearly 2). > For those of you with competent husband's you are fortunate, my dh > can't even find the medicine in the medicine cabinet! > Rejoyce > VA > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2006 Report Share Posted March 4, 2006 Being indispensable is a really bad idea, huh Rejoyce? Hugs and hugs. DH owes you flowers at least. (I like the phrase “yuck of sick”—so graphic) Laurie lbilyeu@... From: SillyYaks [mailto:SillyYaks ] On Behalf Of Rejoyce Hanson Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 9:23 PM To: SillyYaks Subject: When Mom is sick... When Mom is sick, dear husband gave our Celiac Gluten cereal for dinner last night!!! I was in bed with a temp, chills, body aches etc. I'm sick with fevers on and off plus yuck of sick, our daughter is also sick with fever and throwing up, our Celiac son with fever and cough -- coughs, sore throats, runny noses, body aches, chills... And I have a jar of fermenting milk in the refrigerator for making cheese etc (Nourishing Traditions) and he is serving it to our kids!!! I drugged myself up today so that I could at least give 25% of what's left of me to my kids. I'm beat... and still sick. I pray the dear Lord does not take me from this earth before my kids are raised (ages 7, nearly 4, and nearly 2). For those of you with competent husband's you are fortunate, my dh can't even find the medicine in the medicine cabinet! Rejoyce VA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2006 Report Share Posted March 4, 2006 If I had 2 celiac kids in the house and a husband who would feed them wheat, I would have a house where there was nothing, and I mean NOTHING in the house that contained gluten. Then hubby could bumble about as much as he liked and not poison anyone. I can't see any reason to be cooking two separate menus, anyway. Gluten free tastes just fine. There is plenty of variety, and all my friends who can eat wheat with no problems love my gluten-free food. It's not like the gluten eaters would be suffering. best wishes Chris ----- Original Message ----- When Mom is sick, dear husband gave our Celiac Gluten cereal fordinner last night!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 {{{{Rejoyce}}}} Hope you and your family feel better soon!!! I'm sure your husband had good intentions...but when you are feeling better you may want to do a practice drill with him for the next time (or make an emergency child care kit for when mom gets sick). in VA When Mom is sick... When Mom is sick, dear husband gave our Celiac Gluten cereal fordinner last night!!! I was in bed with a temp, chills, body aches etc.I'm sick with fevers on and off plus yuck of sick, our daughter isalso sick with fever and throwing up, our Celiac son with fever andcough -- coughs, sore throats, runny noses, body aches, chills... And I have a jar of fermenting milk in the refrigerator for makingcheese etc (Nourishing Traditions) and he is serving it to our kids!!!I drugged myself up today so that I could at least give 25% of what'sleft of me to my kids. I'm beat... and still sick. I pray the dear Lord does not take me from this earth before my kidsare raised (ages 7, nearly 4, and nearly 2). For those of you with competent husband's you are fortunate, my dhcan't even find the medicine in the medicine cabinet!RejoyceVA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 Oh no! Get well soon! Sounds a lot like the flu that knocked my whole family on its collective behind within the last few weeks. It was a LONG February (like 37 days when it should have been 28) in our little household! > > I was in bed with a temp, chills, body aches etc. > I'm sick with fevers on and off plus yuck of sick, our daughter is > also sick with fever and throwing up, our Celiac son with fever and > cough -- coughs, sore throats, runny noses, body aches, chills... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 I took the idea posted here about labelling foods. I got a bunch of color-coded stickers at the dollar store. Red means GLUTAMINATED. Green means gluten-free. If my older kids accidentally glutaminate the jar of jelly, PB, stick of butter, or pack of cream cheese, they change the sticker from green to red. Go with the stickers. It's great! When I got knocked on my behind with that flu, though, I couldn't bear to eat anything. So, red, green, purple or chartreuse stickers wouldn't have mattered to me. I'm the celiac in the house. If it's a young child that needs protecting, and someone else may do the serving, " Red Means Stop, Green Means Go " , is a rather universal signalling system. It's also one that's easy to put in place in a mixed gluten-glutton/GF household. The person doing the serving has to remember who's who, though. May not work so well for a babysitter who's talking on the phone with a boyfriend/girlfriend. But for a husband/father, it *should* work. Then again, with my four, I have three who are allergic to medications and one who's allergic to other things. It's SO HARD TO REMEMBER Who's Who, What His/Her birthday is, and Who's Allergic to What. And I have to think about these things every day. Pity on my husband if he has to take someone to the ER........ He probably can get the birthdays right, but can he get the medicine allergy list right? And social security numbers? Fahgettaboutit. I don't have a hope of memorizing those. But who can eat gluten, and who can't? If hubby can't remember that, please recruit the older children to help. " ny can't have the cereal with the red sticker, dad. Only the green sticker cereal. " Hugs! Get well soon! And be prepared that your DH is likely to get the flu, too. And all the kids. It's SO VERY CONTAGIOUS. And the flu that I got wasn't covered by the flu shot I got. (We're all high risk in this family for one reason or another, but only three of us managed to get the flu shot.) Even though three of us got the flu shot, all of us got sick. And yes, I know for certain that we had the true flu. I ended up in the ER for breathing assistance. When I was there they tested me. Truly I'm a statistical data point for this year: got the shot AND got the flu. But, I didn't get pneumonia. Thank you, G-d! Esther in RI > > when you are feeling better you may want to do a practice > drill with him for the next time (or make an emergency child > care kit for when mom gets sick). > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 Or, at least, make it clearer which foods are GF. Put stickers on the cereal boxes, use separate shelves if you can in the pantry etc. If you're going to continue to have a mixed house, you'll need more clarity for babysitters too (DH isn't the only one whe is likely to " wing it " in your kitchen ) Hope you feel better soon. Sue in Denver > > {{{{Rejoyce}}}} Hope you and your family feel better soon!!! I'm sure your husband had good intentions...but when you are feeling better you may want to do a practice drill with him for the next time (or make an emergency child care kit for when mom gets sick). > in VA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 Which is another argument for not allowing any gluten foods into the house (would not help with him serving them soured milk, tho!). Of course, when I was little, if mom got sick, we all went out for fast food (cold cereal for breakfast was as far as dad's cooking skills went). When you are feeling better, stock the freezer with some ready to eat meals that the kids can have if you are ill again. > > > > > When Mom is sick, dear husband gave our Celiac Gluten cereal for > > dinner last night!!!... > > And I have a jar of fermenting milk in the refrigerator for making > > cheese etc (Nourishing Traditions) and he is serving it to our kids!!! --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 I know you use this term in fun, but you might want to use something more precise, so you don't confusing newcomers to the forum. Glutaminate is the anion form of glutamine, one of the 20 amino acids in protein, but not actually a gluten problem (which is a protein chain, not an individual amino acid - it is a sub-portion of that chain that is a problem not any individual amino acid contained in it). You are likely to see glutaminate or glutamine on labels, but neither is a gluten problem. > -----Original Message----- > > I took the idea posted here about labelling foods. I got a bunch > of color-coded stickers at the dollar store. > > Red means GLUTAMINATED. > Green means gluten-free. > > If my older kids accidentally glutaminate the jar --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Sometimes I wonder if dear husbands do stupid things on purpose so that they don't have to EVER DO THIS AGAIN. Of course I'm not suggesting that either of our DH's would do this... Michele When Mom is sick... When Mom is sick, dear husband gave our Celiac Gluten cereal for dinner last night!!! I was in bed with a temp, chills, body aches etc. I'm sick with fevers on and off plus yuck of sick, our daughter is also sick with fever and throwing up, our Celiac son with fever and cough -- coughs, sore throats, runny noses, body aches, chills... And I have a jar of fermenting milk in the refrigerator for making cheese etc (Nourishing Traditions) and he is serving it to our kids!!! I drugged myself up today so that I could at least give 25% of what's left of me to my kids. I'm beat... and still sick. I pray the dear Lord does not take me from this earth before my kids are raised (ages 7, nearly 4, and nearly 2). For those of you with competent husband's you are fortunate, my dh can't even find the medicine in the medicine cabinet! Rejoyce VA Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 [[[[......Sometimes I wonder if dear husbands do stupid things on purpose so that they don't have to EVER DO THIS AGAIN....]]]]] Of course they do that. Well, qualify that.. Of course, some of them do that. I was on a different message board where a gal couldn't get her husband to fix the kitchen sink and wouldn't let her call a plumber. So the men on the list started telling her to get out a couple a pipe wrenches, and then get under the sink and break it, but good. They advised that after she "fixed" a couple of things to the point that it took hours of time and a lot of money to repair, her husband would stop saying he would do it later, and he would come flying up out of his chair any time she walked through the living room with a wrench and a screw driver in her hand. I have also heard on at least 4 occasions, men advising other men to put a red shirt in with their wife's white blouses and after they did that a couple of times, she wouldn't ask them to do laundry again. I wasn't going to say it, but there doesn't exist any man anywhere who is so stupid that he can't understand the concept that some foods make his kids really sick. That is not a difficult thing to grasp the basic gist of. best wishes Chris When Mom is sick... When Mom is sick, dear husband gave our Celiac Gluten cereal for dinner last night!!! I was in bed with a temp, chills, body aches etc. I'm sick with fevers on and off plus yuck of sick, our daughter is also sick with fever and throwing up, our Celiac son with fever and cough -- coughs, sore throats, runny noses, body aches, chills... And I have a jar of fermenting milk in the refrigerator for making cheese etc (Nourishing Traditions) and he is serving it to our kids!!! I drugged myself up today so that I could at least give 25% of what's left of me to my kids. I'm beat... and still sick. I pray the dear Lord does not take me from this earth before my kids are raised (ages 7, nearly 4, and nearly 2). For those of you with competent husband's you are fortunate, my dh can't even find the medicine in the medicine cabinet! Rejoyce VA Yahoo! MailBring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 I just had to share. The one time when I was sick in bed my husband left my dd eat 7 hot dogs for dinner! His reply?....they were GF! SIGH Judy Gettysburg PA From: SillyYaks [mailto:SillyYaks ] On Behalf Of michele stalewski Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 12:07 PM To: SillyYaks Subject: Re: When Mom is sick... Sometimes I wonder if dear husbands do stupid things on purpose so that they don't have to EVER DO THIS AGAIN. Of course I'm not suggesting that either of our DH's would do this... Michele ----- Original Message ----- From: Rejoyce Hanson To: SillyYaks Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 9:23 PM Subject: When Mom is sick... When Mom is sick, dear husband gave our Celiac Gluten cereal for dinner last night!!! I was in bed with a temp, chills, body aches etc. I'm sick with fevers on and off plus yuck of sick, our daughter is also sick with fever and throwing up, our Celiac son with fever and cough -- coughs, sore throats, runny noses, body aches, chills... And I have a jar of fermenting milk in the refrigerator for making cheese etc (Nourishing Traditions) and he is serving it to our kids!!! I drugged myself up today so that I could at least give 25% of what's left of me to my kids. I'm beat... and still sick. I pray the dear Lord does not take me from this earth before my kids are raised (ages 7, nearly 4, and nearly 2). For those of you with competent husband's you are fortunate, my dh can't even find the medicine in the medicine cabinet! Rejoyce VA Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. No virus found in this outgoing message from ClubFlamingo. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.0/276 - Release Date: 3/7/2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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