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Do you ever wish you weren't diagnosed with something? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by SpaceFox@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Do you ever think that maybe a diagnosis you received may have come back to bite you?

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[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 11 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Celiac is a real pain in the ass and makes me sound unhinged at a restaurant.

[–] myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website 17 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

I'm just so tired of checking every single ingredient list.

Also tired of terms at restaurants like "Gluten Aware", "Gluten Conscious", etc. Then you find out everything is still going in the same fryer 🫤

[–] stray@pawb.social 1 points 1 hour ago

I really appreciate places like Subway and Taco Bell that just tell you up front they probably have cross-contamination on everything. Most places the workers don't even know what gluten is. When I explain, they think I should just say I don't want bread.

[–] ferric_carcinization@lemmy.ml 6 points 17 hours ago

Also tired of terms at restaurants like "Gluten Aware", "Gluten Conscious", etc. Then you find out everything is still going in the same fryer

At least they're aware of it.

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago

Gluten appears to be pixie dust just thrown about in kitchens and mass food production facilities. It is shocking how much contains it or is near it.

I haven't heard of a gluten aware restaurant. But the term sounds irritating.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

How would it be better if you hadn't been diagnosed?

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago

I guess I was thinking if I didn't have it, which means I could eat everything without having to ask a million questions or carefully researching products/ingredients.

If I wasn't diagnosed but still had it, I'd be very sick and malnourished.