Comments on: Employers Take Note: Celiac Disease Affects Employees and Workplace Morale http://www.glutenfreehub.com/celiac-disease-affects-employees-and-workplace-morale/ Gluten-free reviews, recipes, and resources. Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:55:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lesli Taylor http://www.glutenfreehub.com/celiac-disease-affects-employees-and-workplace-morale/comment-page-1/#comment-334 Lesli Taylor Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:57:25 +0000 http://www.glutenfreehub.com/?p=440#comment-334 Hi Leslee, I have recently determined that I am Celiac. I've known that I am, wheat, then gluten intolerant since 2002/03. I don't need scopic put down my throat to know this. I have had too many cross contaminations, being the only explanation for my severe symtomology (dermahepitits & ears, nose, throat, etc., tissue issues, and now fatigue, joint, and bone pain. I am done playing games with this, and am starting my first vigilantly gluten free month as of this weekend, including face and hair care products. I will no longer react to a co-worker's suggestion (thankfully they are few) that it is all in my head. Thank you for your post, and I support you doing whatever it takes to take care of yourself at work. Hopefully, it will be enough to double zip lock bag your condiments, and use a marker after each use, if need be. I plan on keeping a back up, unopened bottle in my desk. As long as you are doing your best to minimize, HR should back you up 100%. I usually bring about 2-3 days worth of lettuce, etc. at a time. For me, I am at the point where I can't afford to entrust my wellfare with just anyone when it comes to this. Best to you, Lesli Hi Leslee,

I have recently determined that I am Celiac. I’ve known that I am, wheat, then gluten intolerant since 2002/03. I don’t need scopic put down my throat to know this. I have had too many cross contaminations, being the only explanation for my severe symtomology (dermahepitits & ears, nose, throat, etc., tissue issues, and now fatigue, joint, and bone pain. I am done playing games with this, and am starting my first vigilantly gluten free month as of this weekend, including face and hair care products. I will no longer react to a co-worker’s suggestion (thankfully they are few) that it is all in my head. Thank you for your post, and I support you doing whatever it takes to take care of yourself at work. Hopefully, it will be enough to double zip lock bag your condiments, and use a marker after each use, if need be. I plan on keeping a back up, unopened bottle in my desk. As long as you are doing your best to minimize, HR should back you up 100%. I usually bring about 2-3 days worth of lettuce, etc. at a time.

For me, I am at the point where I can’t afford to entrust my wellfare with just anyone when it comes to this.

Best to you,
Lesli

]]> By: Leslee Patriquin http://www.glutenfreehub.com/celiac-disease-affects-employees-and-workplace-morale/comment-page-1/#comment-319 Leslee Patriquin Sat, 02 May 2009 12:41:16 +0000 http://www.glutenfreehub.com/?p=440#comment-319 I'm in my first gluten free month. A co-worker recently badgered me about taking precious fridge space with my brown-bagged lunch, saying I'd have to learn to bring food that doesn't need refridgeration. She and several others have threatened to remove my lunch from the fridge and are offended when I advised that they cannot use the salad dressing I left in the fridge due to cross-contamination issues (I was very tactful - I'm in HR and have the skills to deal with these issues). Do you have some tips on how to educate co-workers on food sensitivity issues? Since I haven't had anaphalactic shock I guess I'm not taken seriously (and will have to lug the salad dressing back and forth; I know a losing battle when I see one). I want to preserve workplace relationships and not make this a big deal. GF is what I do; it doesn't define me and I hope I'm still me. Leslee I’m in my first gluten free month. A co-worker recently badgered me about taking precious fridge space with my brown-bagged lunch, saying I’d have to learn to bring food that doesn’t need refridgeration. She and several others have threatened to remove my lunch from the fridge and are offended when I advised that they cannot use the salad dressing I left in the fridge due to cross-contamination issues (I was very tactful – I’m in HR and have the skills to deal with these issues).
Do you have some tips on how to educate co-workers on food sensitivity issues? Since I haven’t had anaphalactic shock I guess I’m not taken seriously (and will have to lug the salad dressing back and forth; I know a losing battle when I see one).
I want to preserve workplace relationships and not make this a big deal. GF is what I do; it doesn’t define me and I hope I’m still me.
Leslee

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