Need a separate area to dry pots/pans?

[deesgustang]

I live in a house of 5 gluten eaters and then me, celiac sally. I have my own pots, pans, cutting boards, and share plates and silverware. I always wash my pots/pans/cutting boards by hand, but then feel weird putting them in the same drying rack as the gluten cutting boards and pots and pans. I'm pretty sensitive, and just went a whole semester at college sharing pots and pans with my gluten roommate, and wasn't getting better, I was sick all the time. Tried to explain to my mom that I'm trying something new to see if it help (my own cookware) and she tells me I'm being crazy. Yelled at me this morning for not putting my cutting board in the drying rack with the gluten cutting board. Only reason I didn't want to dry them together - cutting boards are a huge source of cross contamination. I don't know what to do, my mom won't listen to what I need as her only sick kid. Thankfully, as soon as I told my dad what was happening, he went out and bought me my own pots, pans, knives, he's very supportive :)

[trents]

dee, first of all, let me assure you that you are not alone in dealing with the frustrations of sharing life with celiac skeptics. Many in this forum community face that same barrier to guarding their health as diligently as they would like. And it's a situation that not only has a physical health dimension but a relational one as well. There is no easy answer to it as long as you live in the same house with celiac skeptics. It requires patience and education. But I would also encourage you to look at other issues that have nothing to do with cross contamination, such as SIBO and other food allergies/intolerances that may have developed over time. It is more common than not for Celiacs to develop other gut problems and food allergies/intolerances because of "leaky gut" syndrome. Are you familiar with that?

[Scott Adams]

I would just dry them with my own clean dish towels, then put them away...obviously others should not borrow and use them.