Carla's childhood friend and friend's mother both have celiac and have had it for a very long time, way back before gluten-free stuff was a trend. Back then it was super difficult and you had to really limit your choices and make almost all of your own meals, but these days it's so much easier.

It does still limit you for sure, but a lot of products are now being made gluten-free, and you can find a lot of recipes online with good substitutes for flour and such.

The big thing to be careful about is hidden gluten in things that don't seem obvious. For example, unless it is specifically made gluten-free, soy sauce contains wheat, so it does have gluten, which means you need to avoid a lot of Asian food that uses soy sauce, unless you make it yourself with gluten-free soy sauce.