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Wow This Is Awesome! (Also, Some Tips I Have Learned)

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Hello all!

 

I am new to the forum but was just recently diagnosed with Celiac Disease. I travel A LOT for work - By car and plane equally. I so much appreciate finding a place with ideas on how to deal with while away from home. I have really struggled with it. I have learned to always keep Ensure and Uber bars on me at all times, just in case.

 

Recently I accidentally forgot to take a small bottle of ensure out of my purse going through security. I am in my 20's so TSA looked at me confused as to why I had that lol. He asked me if I had medical issues and I told him I had celiac and eating at airports is near impossible. He said I could keep it but they would have to run it through some vapor tests. I told him it wasn't worth it for me at that very moment and to just toss it, but it was nice to know that it could be an option for the future if need be.

 

When I am on the road, I travel with a rolling cooler. I prep food ahead of time and pack it in tupperware and keep it on ice until I get to my hotel, in which I use a fridge. When I am getting ready to leave, I fill up at the hotel ice machine.

 

Anyways, sorry to ramble. I am just very excited to see a forum like this and thought I would share some tips that are useful for me.

 

 

 

 

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Have you seen this thread? https://www.celiac.com/forums/topic/109875-my-life-just-got-100-easier/

 

I don't even travel anymore but I want to get one of these.

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Travel is very hard!!!  I also travel quite a bit, mostly by car.  I tried one of those plug in coolers for the car but it doesn't work so that is frustrating.  That food dehydrator is something I'm considering.  My last round of trips I was at 3 different airports and not one of them any any gluten-free options.  I ended up getting some yogurt at the newsstand but that was about all they had--well, chips too I guess.  If I'm just going for a day, bringing food is not a big deal but it's the several day trips that get difficult.  The hard part is needing to leave a cooler in the car with food.  It just doesn't work well.

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