I was just diagnosised a couple of months ago and never heard of it.

[tabbycat]

I was just diagnosised a couple of months ago and never heard of it til then and no one in family has it so how do you live Gluten free with a family that isn't?

[the sensible celiac]

My spouse does not have celiac disease, but does have tree nut allergies.  We look out for each other.  I cook most of the meals so that part is easy.

When we visit family they are very supportive, my sisters and my sister-in-law have gone to great lengths to look out for me, cooking special meals I can eat.  My In-laws are great too, whenever we visit them in Scotland they always stock up on GF food and cook 100% GF meals while I'm there.

I guess I'm very fortunate to have a wonderful family!

[Sharon]

I was the only one in my family with it too.  My spouse was willing to eat gluten free, anything we could initially figure out to cook (except for one early dreadful experiment).  When my kids or friends come to visit, they don't bring anything into the house that even has gluten in it and they're all fine eating anything I prepare.  My elderly parents cook gluten free when I visit them.  When I used to travel to visit a daughter, she cooked gluten free when I was there and kept my stuff on a separate counter on the other side of the kitchen from her stuff.

I have one friend whose spouse does not have celiac.  They label all contaminated stuff with Mr. Yuk stickers to avoid careless mishaps.

But. . . . . .I remember it all being quite overwhelming at first, and it probably took me a year to feel really in the groove of how to do it in a way that worked for me.  And I was always really firm about my unwillingness to compromise on this.

Good luck -- the payoff can be outstanding.
Sharon