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Dear Members,
I have listened in for close to a year now without the need to post a
general query. But here I am now.
My company has chosen to send me to a two week education course in
Memphis, TN. At home I have settled into a pattern that many of you have
probably become familiar with; eating certain things, avoiding certain
things -- relying upon family members to watch for things I might miss on
an ingredient list. Knowing my cupboard is safe to a certain degree, and
knowing where to buy foods that have larger odds of being safe.
That will not be the same for two weeks in a hotel room, across the
country. I am actually quite scared. I will need to have my brain at
the sharpest it can be, at a time when I will be going through a lot of
"foraging" stress. Understand, I do not show classic celiac symptoms
when I ingest gluten. I get along just fine for a day or so, with just
very mild classic indicators, then suddenly my brain fogs up, my head
starts pounding, my skin breaks burns and breaks out, I become immediatly
allergic to whole groups of foods, and I deteriorate from there.
The archives had little concrete information on the health food stores
in the area, and restaurants. I am more interested in health food
stores, I have yet to find a restarant that can provide me with anything
that doesn't make me sick the day after, though Indian foods are better
than most. I know a few of you do live there from the archives, but I
thought a general posting would get me better information. Last time I
journeyed south, to OK, everything seemed battered or bread crumbed, I
did fine with the help of my family, but I will not have that crutch now.
Plus, during classes everyone will probably want to "go out for lunch",
and I will have to try to find a way to grapple with that.
I will definitly take some comfort foods with me - both sent ahead to my
hotel, and on the trip, but not really enough to cover me for half a
month.
Thanks in advance,
Matthew Schneider
Portland, OR
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