Meeting In A Coffee/bakery Shop

[rtilil]

hi, everyone,

last night i met with friends in a coffee shop that has a bakery in the back. i felt a little tired and unfocused after 45 minutes...i had eaten before, so i only had a drind of seltzer. but, this morning, i woke up completely swollen ( stomach, hands, fingers, eyelids, face), feeling that my nasal passages were stuffed and swollen, feeling like i had a sack of potatoes on me as i lie in bed, and feeling awful. i'm new to the celiac diagnosis, and now realize that it must be the gluten in the air that caused this raction. i used to think i was crazy, but having read some of the posts here, i realize that this might be true. comments, please. thanks.

as long as i'm here, what does 'pinned' mean at the beginning of cach post? what does 'toggle side panel' mean?

reva.

[lorka150]

Unless the bakery section is quite exposed, I am not sure if that was the culprit (meaning from being airborne).

However, being new to celiac, perhaps you didn't think twice about some things - like laying your hands on the table (with potential crumbs on it), then biting a nail (or something maybe not so extreme). Did you have a drink? Could be cross contamination.

I'm not doubting the gluten came from the shop. It's quite possible if it's flying through the air, so if the back room was open, then perhaps that was it.

I hope you feel better.

[rtilil]

thank you for the response. yes, the baking area was paritally exposed. there's only a half wall dividing the bakeshop from the bakery in the back. i did have a drink from a closed bottle. how would that be cross contamination? unless by the worker's touching the bottle and handing it to me, and the cup i poured it into being contaminated by the worker's hands, then my touching it, etc.etc. i think i'm beginning to catch on to how truly careful i must be about flour dust being on restaurant tables, etc. the truth is that i really enjoy not having to deal with breads since they only made me crave more and more. and then i felt awful. now, at least, i do feel much better and since i haven't eaten bread or gluten in about a month, i have no cravings, am hungry at appropriate times, don't feel the need to overeat, and don't worry about being hungry if i go out for a short while.

thanks again.

reva.

Unless the bakery section is quite exposed, I am not sure if that was the culprit (meaning from being airborne).

However, being new to celiac, perhaps you didn't think twice about some things - like laying your hands on the table (with potential crumbs on it), then biting a nail (or something maybe not so extreme). Did you have a drink? Could be cross contamination.

I'm not doubting the gluten came from the shop. It's quite possible if it's flying through the air, so if the back room was open, then perhaps that was it.

I hope you feel better.

[paw]

Sometimes my family eats out (when we are not near home) and I may have to sit there with them. I am careful not to touch the chair because someone with wheaty hands just touched it before I got there. I don't touch the table for the same reason. I don't order a drink because the server will also be carrying wheaty junk to other people.

I put my hands in my lap and I don't touch anything. I wash my hands before I leave and then use hand sanitizer in the car. I am not nuts or anything. I don't like to make myself sick.

When I walked into a Subway shop with my family, I had to leave. I had my daughter open the door for me so I could walk around then go sit in my car -- at least it was a nice day. That place the smell of wheat and bread was so strong it made my stomach feel bad and I knew I did not belong there.

We do have to protect ourselves and for me that means those are toxic places. If I am really careful I won't get sick. One little mistake like touching a chair to pull it out and I could easily get sick. The door handle as you go out is "wheaty" too. I hope you feel better.

[kbtoyssni]

Sometimes people at work have meetings in the cafeteria. Which I am starting to hate because the tables are always covered in crumbs. I always wipe the table off before putting anything on it. It's so hard to keep yourself safe in places like that.

Pinned means that a moderator has read your original post and "approved" the content and forum it was posted in. It's mostly a way for the moderators to communicate to each other that someone has looked at each new topic.

[Lisa]

Regarding Pinning:

kabtoyssni is correct. A moderator will look at a post, make sure that it is placed in the right category, the contents are within that category and insure that no spamming or advertising on the site occurred.

They will then pinn the topic.

[rtilil]

thank you everyone for your replies, and thank you kabtoyssni for explaining what pinned means. it really is a relief to hear from other people with celiac how careful one must be. i'm new to this and it seems i'm always learning how easily i can be contaminated with gluten. i am feeling better, however, every once in awhile i get swollen again and i can't always find the culprit. any suggestions?

reva.

Regarding Pinning:

kabtoyssni is correct. A moderator will look at a post, make sure that it is placed in the right category, the contents are within that category and insure that no spamming or advertising on the site occurred.

They will then pinn the topic.

[rtilil]

thank you, girls.

reva.

Regarding Pinning:

kabtoyssni is correct. A moderator will look at a post, make sure that it is placed in the right category, the contents are within that category and insure that no spamming or advertising on the site occurred.

They will then pinn the topic.