Darn this Celiac!

[tavalon]

I've been so, so very good these last 11 years since I was diagnosed with Celiac Sprue, but I've had accidents, mostly accidental contamination that people who don't know better unknowingly poison me with. I've become wary of homemade food unless I know the person understands gluten intolerance or can list every single ingredient in the item. I'm "blessed" because I have a reaction within about 2-4 hours which consists of joint pain, the kind I suspect those with Rheumatoid arthritis are probably very familiar - throbbing, aching and sometimes even spasms. Yuck.

Anyway, a few months ago, we decided to start letting my son (there's a whole other story about how I accidentally found out I had Celiac) have some gluten. In about 4 months, we will have him tested and decide if this is going to be okay. He has autism and the gluten/casein free diet was a wonderful thing for him through his childhood but now, the gluten doesn't seem to be impacting him negatively.

Finally, the rant. Today, we stopped at McDonald's (his fav) for french fries and chicken mcnuggets. He tends to ignore the protein in favor of the carbs so I pulled the box out of the bag to remind him to eat the chicken. That's all I did. Tonight, I'm hurting like I had a full on gluten accident. I know I didn't, so it must have been touching the box. Geez, after 11 years, I'm getting so hypersensitive I can't even be around gluten. That feels really unfair. And a little nerve wracking.