still here but havent' been on for a while.

twirlitgirl · Post by **twirlitgirl** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 1:37 pm

Hi Everyone,
I just want to say thank-you to everyone for such great posts and inspiring lessons for all of us. I sometimes think, what have I got to contribute to anyone? Do I have this way of life figured out? I thought I did for my own individual body's needs and intolerances
but I really need to think them through once again. no body is perfect in anything we do, we do the best we can with what we know at the time right!
I had a visit from the Diarrhea after eating poached eggs in a restaurant, it had been quite a while since I had eaten an egg in any form, I didn't pick the restaurant, but being there , it was the only choice that I felt was safe as what could happen being boiled in water eh!, so I trusted it, I am not sure if it was that or the gluten free bread they served me, maybe cross contaminated with other bread at the table, I was the only one eating gluten free bread and the server lumped my bread in with the others separated only by a paper napkin, I didn't want to make any fuss or fussy around everyone else who were having a ( delicious to them , poison to me, gluten filled breakfast ") so I just ate in silence and right after consuming the eggs and bread I got really horrible cramps and hit the toilet with diarrhea, it had been so long since I had an episode like that, and to make matters worst I was 5 hrs from my home and had to be getting on the road shortly afterward, my hubbie drove and I spent the next hours just not eating until getting home but cramps were persisting without anything in there I didn't have an accident but I sure felt miserable. Fast forward, I went back to eating very bland, small meals for the next week, to get my energy back. It has made me think twice once again about eating in a restaurant unless I know for sure everything is being handled with care for the gluten free to reach me not cross contaminated. I was very surprised of the immediate reaction after eating, as I thought I have healed well enough to not get an immediate reaction like that, but I guess I was wrong. Has anyone else ever had this happen to them, thinking they have it figured out and be blind sided like this. I sure appreciate your time and reading my post, as I know everyone deals with this disease differently,
, another day I was at a function whereby no gluten free foods were available I just chose to eat at home before going there, and I was not hungry at all, I felt fine, that is, until, I overheard another person say, "she must be on diet pills because she is not eating this food and is so slim. how could anyone resist that stuff.." I chose not to acknowledge that I overheard the conversation so as far as they know I am on diet pills.. Let them think what they want, I just have to care about my immediate family and friends and their loving thoughts towards me and this disease and understanding when I have to be vigilant about my environment and accepting of what I need to do to be comfortable. I apologize for the long post, I guess I just felt like venting today. I am usually so bubbly and full of so much positivity towards getting through no matter what comes up and I know it is human to fall sometimes to have to jump back up, so I will jump for joy because I am still here breathing and in this little corner of my world I am fine once again. Happy summer and happy eating whatever you eat today , and everyday
enjoy it to the last mouthful. someone made it with love, "You did" hugs to everyone. :pictal:

Post by **tex** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 6:48 pm

twirlitgirl wrote:I was the only one eating gluten free bread and the server lumped my bread in with the others separated only by a paper napkin

That was probably the problem. And if she or he touched your bread after touching wheat bread, then your bread was contaminated. Most restaurant personnel don't have the foggiest idea that such a tiny amount can make us sick, but it can.

If they baked the bread there, it may have been cross-contaminated when it was being mixed, or when it was baked in a contaminated oven, or when it was placed on a contaminated counter top, or when it was sliced with a contaminated knife, or . . .

twirlitgirl wrote:Has anyone else ever had this happen to them, thinking they have it figured out and be blind sided like this.

Yes, definitely. It has happened to me, and it has surely happened to most of us here, if we have eaten in a restaurant.

twirlitgirl wrote:I chose not to acknowledge that I overheard the conversation so as far as they know I am on diet pills.

I agree that they can think and say what they want, because they won't be the ones living in the bathroom if I make a mistake and allow them to talk me into eating something I know I shouldn't. I'll be the one in the bathroom. And I've spent enough time in there in the past that I feel I've earned the right to stay out of there, whether they like it not.

Tex

twirlitgirl · Post by **twirlitgirl** » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:07 am

thank-you so much for your reply, Tex. , it has been so long since I have eaten out in a any restaurant for that fact, I didn't want to get sick again. It was a huge reminder to me that no food is safe unless, you know exactly what went in it, how it was prepared and if all clean utensils were used to plate it for you. I feel a bit stupid, but if it helps someone else I am glad,believe me " no bread that comes in on a basket lumped with any wheat bread separated by a napkin or not will ever touch my lips again. Like you said" the person who prepared that, didn't even think of the fact, if it was gluten free bread, enough to put it on a separate plate , so he or she most certainly probably didn't think anything of holding my bread and putting in on the counter beside the wheat bread without washing hands in between... Wow! big red flag for me from now on.... and most importantly
"no more thinking that fussing is wrong, being on the toilet in pain and suffering afterwards is the WRONG thing..... I have done my share of that with such horrible memories of it, I don't want to give anyone else that kind of control over my life like that ever again.
I am not saying I will not enjoy my life and eat out again, I will, but it won't be without making sure even if I have to ask a dozen questions keeping in the back of my mind, its is my life, it is I, who will suffer if they don't care enough to take care of my food. We have to be our body's best friend , nobody else can do that job. Have a great day and hugs to all.

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maestraz · Post by **maestraz** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 4:31 pm

I subscribe to Gluten Free and More magazine. This month's issue has a couple of articles about this very issue. Maybe you want to look for it.

twirlitgirl · Post by **twirlitgirl** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 6:06 pm

Hi Suzie,

is this the article http://www.glutenfreeandmore.com/blog/L ... 326-1.html
thank-you for sharing. hugs

twirlitgirl · Post by **twirlitgirl** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 6:07 pm

sorry about that, I meant to write Suze.

maestraz · Post by **maestraz** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 6:31 pm

No, that's not the one. I wish I was better at being able to put in links. It's the Aug/Sept 2015 issue. The article is called "Eat Out." The other is called "Free From Labels."

twirlitgirl · Post by **twirlitgirl** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 6:44 pm

Hi Suze,
I found this one, I think this is one of the two you mentioned, I really like the line...." label our food, don't label us"... eh! thanks for sharing hugs

http://www.glutenfreeandmore.com/issues ... 323-1.html