St. George Island/apalachicola, Florida

[pixiegirl]

Well my brother is building a house in this area of Florida and we went for our first visit. For those of you not familar with the panhandle of Florida its very pretty, very "old Florida" in places, much of the area around where I was in protected in conservation areas so its all in its natural state.

However, let me tell you I was glutened every single day. I'm so sick now I can't begin to tell you. I took my gluten card into each restaurant, spoke with everyone... and each time I somehow got glutened. This is really upsetting to me because I do travel often (at least monthly) and I've had pretty good luck eating out. Now I'm very hesitant to eat out any more and I'm in a position where I really have too.

What was worse is that my daughter has a life threatening peanut allergy and every restaurant in this area of florida fries with peanut oil. So my daughter couldn't have anything fried, even many of the local potato chips were fried up in peanut oil. One restuarant put french fries on my daughters plate and I said to the waitress that she told us they were done in peanut oil. So she swipes them off the plate. I tell her we need a new hamburger, that we aren't taking that chance and she goes and talks to the cook and he says its fine. I say its not. They say tough. When the waitress comes back at the end of the meal she says oh didn't you like the hamburger? My daughter says, its covered in peanut oil and the waitress says, well the cook said its not. I was so angry. As an FYI there is not even a McDonalds in this area.

Is there anything I can do to make me less sick? I have the runs so badly and I feel terrible. I feel like never leaving home again. I'm very depressed about this.

Susan

[tarnalberry]

I'm appalled that they treated you that badly! I wonder if a lawyer calling them about reckless endangerment would have calmed them down at all!?!

As for feeling better... Some peppermint tea or ginger tea? I also tend to go with a low-residue diet during those times so that my intestines have less to process. (I'd put down some ideas, but it's been a while, so your best bet is to google the term.)

I hope you feel better soon!

[celiac3270]

Wow! I'm so sorry they were so rude, insensitive, and downright disrespectful. Feel better soon!

[flagbabyds]

That is so Horrible! There is no way that they can treat you like that. YOu should go back to the chef and talk to them because it is a life threatning and they shouldn't make you pay for the hamburger. Hope you feel better