We've been on vacation since last Friday. We drove down to Destin, FL and left at 6:00am friday morning. We drove 8 hours to Nashville, stopped and went to the zoo and had dinner with our friends, then continued on to Birmingham, AL. Left again on Saturday morning and got to Destin around 4:30 pm. We packed a cooler of food and I stayed on target the entire time. Saturday night was a group dinner buffet and I again stayed on target and felt comfortable that I was not eating gluten. I slept decently Friday and saturday nights - I took Advil PM just to make sure. I slept through the nights both nights, but didn't feel super rested either night.
Sunday night I stayed on target throughout the day and thought I did at dinner, too. We had seafood at a local restaurant - scallops, crab & fish. Although I told the waiter that I needed my food to be gluten free, I perceived him to shrug me off and kind of roll his eyes. There must have been some kind of gluten in the seasoning on the fish & the scallops because I was up at 3:30 again (even with the Advil PM) and didn't get back to sleep until 5:30/6:00. We had to get up early to be at breakfast and a meeting on monday morning so I didn't have a chance to sleep any later.
Monday I again stayed on target throughout the day. And again woke up over night: 3:00-5:??. For dinner we had a group dinner at the Gulfarium. We had burgers, hot dogs, pulled pork, chicken. I ate a hamburger, a hot dog and some pulled pork (I was told that there was no bbq sauce on it). In retrospect, i think i should have skipped the pulled pork - you just never know what it is seasoned with. So, fail on my part.
Tuesday, again on target (we have a full kitchen so I went and bought the groceries that I needed so I could eat the same here as I do at home). For dinner we went to a restaurant called Calahan's. The waiter was very helpful and attentive to my gluten issue. I had grilled pork chops, vegetables and a side salad with oil & vinegar. I didn't take the advil pm last night because it wasn't helping anyway. I woke at 2 and fell back to sleep around 3:15 and slept until 6:45. I tried to go back to sleep but it wasn't going to happen. I don't feel horrible this morning, but I certainly don't feel rested.
I understand that we are on vacation and I can only control so much when we're eating food prepared by other people. The restaurants here do not seem to be allergen sensitive - they do not have gluten free menus or gluten free items on their menus. I'm trying my best to not get discouraged or upset, however, it is somewhat upsetting that it feels like I have to eat absolutely perfectly or i will suffer at night. I don't want to go to bed anymore.
I will continue to do what I'm doing and hope for the best during the rest of this week.
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