psychosomatic gluten?

[Guest guest]

Can one get psychosomatically glutened just from thinking about gluten?

Up until yesterday there were two restaurants that had never glutened

me. Just two.

Now there is only one.

BUT, the family, the waiter, the manager, and I cannot figure out

where the gluten lurked. I was completely sick, before I even

left the restaurant.

Since I was sick before even getting in my vehicle, it leads me

to suspect the appetizer.

I've had the appetizer many times before without incident.

Yesterday, however, the sour cream had specks in it. I didn't know

what the specks were and fished them out. I was sure I'd gotten them

all out and avoided eating them. (I should have just sent the sour

cream back.)

I don't know what the specks were. I wondered if they were gluten

specks from being scooped out of a common sour cream bin with

a spoon that had gluten on it.

But the manager tells me that the sour cream is dispensed from

a bag, like cake frosting in a bakery that decorates cakes. There

is no way a glutened spoon touches the sour cream.

So..... was I glutened by imaginary & psychosomatic gluten?

Please tell me it's not possible to psych oneself into a gluten

reaction just by thinking about gluten.

If I had that much power over the situation, says hubby, I should

try psyching myself OUT of a gluten reaction so I can go enjoy

some onion rings, Tim Horton's donuts, or a big bowl of pasta

alfredo at Olive Garden.

Esther in RI

with the aching belly

(The restaurant did have tonic water and brought me a big glass

of it ASAP.)