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I Got Glutened Somehow...work Or Home?


CarolinaKip

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I feel like crap tonight, glutened feeling...side cramps, terrible bloat, foggy. At work I have lunchroom duty, so I'm in a big gluten room for 30 minutes. I punch in lunch numbers for my kindergarteners, and try not to touch trays. I wasn't eating in there until we came back from Christmas break. I had the worse week of pain coming back to work. I can feel good /no pain and after lunch my sides are cramping! We had snow days and I'm low pain everyday even working a teachers workday at school. If i don't go in there when they are cooking, I'm good. Go back to the lunchroom today and I'm in so much pain and bloat tonight. It started 30 minutes to an hour after being in there...mild headache. So, am I CC at home with my food or I'm touching something I shouldn't at work. I wash my hands in there, but could there be gluten hanging out there? I'm a Celiac with a wheat and barely allergy. I'm not going to eat in there tomorrow to see if there is a difference. It one of my duties and I have no choice but to be in there. Any ideas of what I can do? My teacher I work with thinks I'm nuts to think the lunchroom makes me feel bad. I'm really careful when I cook my food at home, ut I know things can happen.


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I work in a school environment also. Try wiping the table down before you sit to eat. I have been glutened by this before. So, now I carry a wet paper towel and wipe the table down and then wash my hands before I sit to eat. Could be leftover crumbs from food they served to previous visitors or from breakfast.

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