People who are unfamiliar with celiac disease may think we active celiacs aren’t quite up to the challenge that other athletes are. Football, golf, tennis, running—all of these take major skill and athleticism in their own way. But once someone with undiagnosed celiac gets the correct diagnosis – it’s life changing – even for an athlete. If you doubt me—take a look at some of these examples: College Success This week the Dallas Morning News profiled the second-string quarterback at the University of North Texas. Nathan Tune got on the team as a walk-on three years ago and has been a on the bench ever since. His college coach is proud of him for his patience and sticking it out with UNT, saying he could have given up. “Tune had an excuse to give up football in celiac disease,” the article says. “The disease forced him to give up sandwiches, pasta and fast food last year. He stuck with it, though, and after adapting to the condition, he moved up the depth chart to become UNT’s backup quarterback.” – Dallas Morning News Because of a recent injury to the starting quarterback, Tune was able to start against one of the […]
New research suggests certain genes could make a perfect mix inside our bodies to create celiac disease. But which genes are they? A new one has been added to the list.
A wild case showing the complicated dance between celiac disease and health insurance. The question: which came first the celiac or the insurance. My answer and rant is– it shouldn’t matter.
If healthcare reform actually happens in this country right now, will it help or hurt the treatment of the people we love who have celiac disease? This post explores some issues celiacs have with health insurance and whether reform will actually help.
School starts Tuesday. I’m ready, my kids are ready and — so are their teachers. This post explores why our open house (also known as the time when teachers find out about Emma’s celiac disease) had an added twist for our family that I never saw coming.
Sometimes we stumble on little celiac stories when we least expect it. This one was a radio story — you’d think the story had nothing to do with celiac disease until the very end.
A dietitians’ association calls for increased awareness of celiac in the medical community. The new research supports the fact that celiac isn’t always easy to diagnose.
My brother who has celiac recently began complaining to my sister-in-law that he was “getting something” somehow. He could just feel it. And a mystery ensued. What could have been causing his reaction–without eating an ounce of gluten. Turns out the answer was in the bathroom.
Three and a half days of outdoors, activity, exercise and of course gluten-free food — and my daughter came home a proud celiac. The kids even concocted a song for their disease that actually is quite catchy. This post looks at the week, what the kids did and why the like to go back!
Technology is changing the way we get our celiac information. Between Twitter and Apple’s Apps — we’re getting newer information quicker than ever before.
