Travel and flare ups....

[CathyMe.]

Hi there,
I haven't posted in a LONG time. I was diagnosed in 2010 and have been in remission up until the past year when I have traveled on 3 separate occasions. Two times in the US and once to Aruba. I have come home and within a week am having explosive diarrhea multiple times a day for a period of 3-4 weeks and then I am in remission again. This stinks and I wondering if anyone else suffers after traveling?

[Marcia K]

HI,Cathy. I'm sorry that you're having a flare. I haven't had any issues after traveling. We've been to FL several times & CA once since my diagnosis. The only meal we eat out is dinner & I guess I've been lucky as I've never had a flare afterwards. I've already felt like I was glutened, but not to the point that I had a flare. I hope it soon subsides for you. Do you think it was the water? I try not to drink anything other than bottled water when I travel.

[brandy]

I have traveled a lot but try to eat out minimally when I travel. I just traveled for 5 days in Virginia.
We ate out for 3 dinners and I cooked two dinners in and ate in for my breakfasts and lunches.

I've had one bad reaction after eating in the Charlotte NC airport. I forgot to pack travel food and I was starved
and I ate some breakfast cubed fried potatoes. I knew they would be sketchy and I had a bad reaction the next day.