Staring in the eyes of gluten

Have you ever ordered something at a restaurant, it comes and you realize that you're staring directly in the eyes of GLUTEN?! You blink a couple times to make sure you're not dreaming and think to yourself, How do I get out of this without a scene and with a non-glutened substance in my belly?

Well, I don't quite have an answer to this because the first time it happened to me I took the 'poor me' approach and let my girly emotions take the best of me. However, the second time this nightmare occurred, I apologized to the waitress, explained my food allergy and ordered a different menu item. She looked a bit doubtful of my excuse but I didn't get charged for the first meal. I'd say that was a success!

Upon being diagnosed, the doctor can't exactly tell us what awkward situations we'll eventually be put in and how best to react to them because, let's be honest, they don't even know. No one does. I may have my days where it doesn't bother me that everyone in the office gets free pizza except me but for every 20 'good behavior' days I have, there's about 1 or 2 'bad behavior' days. They do say that negative experiences often overtake positive ones in your memory and that's true in this case.

My best advice on the matter is to surround yourself with people that respect your disease and understand that it can be a sensitive subject from time to time. We all have our bad days and it definitely doesn't help when your restaurant food is inedible for you and your stomach is growling at you to feed it.

Show gluten who's boss the next time you two cross paths!!

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