Hello beautiful people!!
If you follow me on any form of social media (instagram, facebook, twitter) you will know that I got glutened last week :(. So not fun. All the symptoms were awful. How did it happen, well I wanted a cookie and couldn’t bake, so while at the grocery store in the gluten free section I just picked up a box of cookies and continued on my way. Driving home, ate one, by the time I got home I was not feeling good. So I thought hmm strange maybe I will read the ingredients which I did not do at the store( my fault). And these cookies are not gluten free, the box doesn’t claim it, the website doesn’t claim it either. GREAT, now I understand and take responsibility that I didn’t read the ingredient list! That is like a fundamental rule for us Celiac but for some reason I thought I could trust a gluten free section even though I know better. But I wonder how responsible the store is? If at all. I am in discussions with the manager, maybe it is time for some education lessons by this little lady, only so they don’t run into more of these problems!!
I was going to post about this earlier but the brain fog really got the best of me. I always find that one lingers, extra long for me.
So I’m left feeling a little bummed about that. I have gone so long without that trauma, and now my body is back to healing. But it just reminded me of how much I don’t trust now with this disease, and that is scary. Slowly I am working on that, the more I educate myself, the more I can trust.
Never stop learning
Now for some good news, Saturday was the Celiac market here in Calgary. I love this day. I remember when I first went last year, and I was still so fresh and new to this disease, my mom pretty much bought me everything I looked at. She knew and felt how scary this was, and as a learning tool and to make me feel better, we bought everything we could there. So this time, I went knowing some good things would be there that I wanted, certain spices, gluten free treats. And SAMPLES!! I cannot explain how much I enjoy being able to eat all the samples with only one question ” What is this?” I bought some new things to try that I will be blogging about as I eat them. It was super fun to be there and not feel stressed about food.
This summer I decided I really wanted to get more involved in the calgaryceliac.com so I filled out the volunteer form, and next Tuesday I will be attending an awareness workshop! I can only imagine what this will entail, and I am so excited. I think that if I can give back in someway to an organization that has been so fundamental in my understanding of what this lifestyle means, it is the least I can do 🙂
xoxox
B
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