#and like it goes even beyond food lest we forget the dry shampoo incident of ‘23

[frankiegirl]

wow i just fell down a celiac rabbit hole from one of the fb groups im in (yeah remember i am old) and holy fuck I did not expect it to hit like that people were talking about eating things they know will hurt them when they’re depressed and the inverse of that, being too afraid to eat anything at all and it’s like where do we go from here there’s this entire community just getting poisoned so easily and casually every day all the time and there’s just nothing to combat it and people go a good portion of their lives if not their whole lives not even being diagnosed and it’s like no this destroys our insides and can give us cancer in the long run and yet ? you go to the doctor and they say “awwwww sorry have you considered not eating gluten?” and you’re like have you considered what that looks like in the world we live in? it looks like over researching every restaurant and asking questions that make you look like an asshole. it looks like not being able to go places out drinking bc there’s nothing to eat. it looks like begging your friends to accommodate your diet. it looks like someone not taking you seriously enough and cross contaminating you and then you’re down for weeks until your body recovers. it looks like six fucking dollars for a loaf of bread and never ever being able to buy cheap noodles or fast food ever again. it looks like being concerned about eco friendly take away boxes because they’ve started making them out of wheat husks - and they SAY it’s not a significant enough amount to cause a reaction but it is. it really fucking is. it looks like eating things that are marked gluten free, even endorsed by the fucking celiac foundation, only to find out there’s wheat starch or some other thing in there you can’t have. it looks like not being able to have oats either bc they grow oats and wheat in the same fields opposite seasons. i don’t have a succinct way to end this lmao it just sucks