I understand what you're saying about the work and church and social event obstacle course -- and my allergy isn't as bad your ceiliac condition. I'm just allergic to onions, which make me violently ill if I have them, so a potluck is a minefield and there's many a time I've found myself with just rolls to nibble on. Which you wouldn't even have the option of, I realize. It is tiring to have to explain why you can't share in some of this stuff and a lot of times I just find a reason not to participate and walk away.
But what you said about ceiliac disease causing other ailments made me think; aside from worshiping the porcelain god all night after ingesting onions, what else does that do to my system? Again, nothing on the level with what ceiliac could cause, but my digestion's grown a bit more delicate as time has gone by and I have to wonder if the times when I have ingested onions has contributed to that. It's certainly made me more aware of other people's allergies and food-related conditions.
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Date: 2010-10-10 02:11 am (UTC)But what you said about ceiliac disease causing other ailments made me think; aside from worshiping the porcelain god all night after ingesting onions, what else does that do to my system? Again, nothing on the level with what ceiliac could cause, but my digestion's grown a bit more delicate as time has gone by and I have to wonder if the times when I have ingested onions has contributed to that. It's certainly made me more aware of other people's allergies and food-related conditions.