Do you ever just wonder about things sometimes? I've been repeatedly told I am weird, strange, out-there, crazy, etc. Still, I have a wide variety of people in my life that enjoy me as I am so I don't take what they way in a negative way. Better to be myself (as different as I am) than to try to be someone else. So...I ask questions, get answers (most of the time) and, occasionally, make people shy because of the questions I ask.
Here goes. I have celiacs disease. It means that I have to live a gluten free lifestyle for the rest of my life in order to live a healthy life. Admittedly, I have moments of weakness where I eat something glutinous AND later on...hate myself and damn myself for my weakness (it's always one of the foods or desserts I haven't converted to a reliable gluten free recipe yet). Either way, it occurred to me when I was contemplating all the stuff I needed to buy in order to avoid cross contamination (I've actually never bought a toaster!!) that I could get cross contamination from any number of things...including PEOPLE!!
Think about it for a second...I have celiacs disease. Any miniscule for of gluten is going to throw my immune system into overdrive. The itchy, leaky gut (some doctor's give really gross descriptions!), the cramping, heavy periods, etc. Here...this is my life when I eat gluten...and if I continued to eat it.
So, I have been experiencing a high level of cross contamination since I moved back home...which sucks. It hurts. I would love to move out and get back to everything being gluten free and Julia friendly. This would be a good thing. With that in mind, I have been looking into houses because I need to be sure this time. I'm not doing the roommate thing again. I'm totally soured on roommates. Either way, I know I have damaged by body by not following my diet. So I explained this to my doctor. Explained the current situation and she basically scolded me. I felt small but still maintained by position. The housing shortage is ridiculous here!! You wouldn't think so...but it is. Anyways...I had questions. Because if I could get cross contaminated by sharing a spoon with someone who ate toast...then how else could I be cross contaminated?!
Sooo..I asked my doctor a few questions. Some of them I will NEVER write here. But these two are embarassing and funny so I'm going to share them hahahahahahaha!!!! So, since I have had sexual relationships with men and women in the past, I asked my doctor if sexual secretions contained gluten?
That's right! I basically asked my Doctor if sperm or cum had any gluten in it? I have a sound basis for asking this I swear!!!!
You are what you eat.
If I could potentially be cross contaminated just kissing someone (yes, this was the first question I asked the Doctor), and if the person I'm with ate pasta for supper, and we got jiggy with it, would I cross contaminate myself by ingesting their secretions? It's a perfectly valid question! I can just imagine the head shakes of my parents, who I am hoping do not read this EVER - but I have horrible luck lol
Either way, the Doctor told me that kissing someone who just ate, did not brush and floss, wear lipstick that contains gluten or uses toothpaste with gluten...I might have a reaction. But the other Doctor I have to see about my malabsorption syndrome said that it depends on my sensitivity and to not let it get in the way of leading a full life. Although she recommends that I don't simply because she knows I will hahahahaha!!! She knows me too well. So there is no real set answer....it's basically..at your own risk.
Now for the semen and vaginal secretions portion of my question they both said...
and it was the same for vaginal secretions. Breast Milk has gluten though. I didn't ask about the breast milk, that information was given freely. Just so you know...lol
Have a good one!
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