Newly Diagnosed

Newly Diagnosed

Your first days and weeks after a celiac diagnosis—what to do, what to feel, and how to cope.

What to Expect in Your First Year

A month-by-month guide to the healing process, lifestyle adjustments, and emotional journey ahead.

The Grieving Process

Diagnosis means loss. Here's how to grieve what celiac takes away, and eventually move forward.

Building Your Medical Team

The doctors, dietitians, and specialists you need, and how to find ones who actually understand celiac.

How to Track Your Symptoms

A practical guide to food journaling, symptom tracking, and figuring out what's still making you sick.

Your First Holidays with Celiac

Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, how to navigate family food traditions when everything has changed.

Reading Labels: A Masterclass

Everything you need to know about food labels, allergen statements, and what's actually hiding in your food.

Explaining Celiac to Coworkers

How much to share at work, handling office food culture, and what to do about the well-meaning colleague who keeps offering you cake.

The Healing Timeline: What to Expect Month by Month

A realistic look at physical and emotional healing after diagnosis, when to expect improvement and when to worry.

Understanding Your Blood Tests and Biopsy

What the numbers mean, what a positive diagnosis looks like, and what follow-up testing to expect.

Finding a Celiac-Literate Doctor

What to look for in a doctor who actually understands celiac disease, and when to find a new one.

The Pantry Rebuild: Essential GF Staples

A practical shopping list for restocking your kitchen after the purge, what to buy first and what to skip.

Telling Your Family: Scripts and Strategies

How to explain celiac disease to parents, siblings, spouses, and kids, and what to do when they don't get it.

The Emotional Stages of Celiac Diagnosis

Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance, and the strange loop of going through them all again.

Week One: The Kitchen Purge Checklist

A room-by-room, item-by-item guide to making your kitchen safe after a celiac diagnosis.

Your First 24 Hours After Diagnosis

What to do, and what not to do, in the immediate aftermath of a celiac diagnosis.