Life changes -- one more time!

I must share my latest saga with you.

Here I am 64 years old and 22 years into the gluten free life style and still learning.

This last weekend was another show stopper. My husband and I were celebrating our 48th wedding anniversary at our favorite Hotel & Restaurant. As always when I order my meal I ask about flour and wheat and give a strong dissertation about the gluten intolerance and wheat allergy. They came back with a message from the kitchen "no gluten or wheat in Lobster tail with rice pilaf". WELL let me tell you, that was a message I never should have believed.
I was sick before I finished the meal. I missed listening to the band. By the next morning I was in the hospital hooked up to IVs and heart monitors and wishing I never had to eat again. Dehydration is a very serious side affect not to mention the pain and suffering from the nausea that lasted for hours.
We should never take someones at their word -- we should see the label ourselves. My husband worked with the kitchen and the hotel manager. They gave him a copy of the label from the box that says very plain the rice pilaf contained wheat. And, the katsup used to make the shrimp cocktail sauce contained gluten as a stabilizer. 
I really want to stress the strongest possible message to everyone "please" read labels.
If you are as sensitive to gluten & wheat as I am, save your own life, "Do Not" trusting someone to give you to correct information. Check every label and always ask more questions.