[Maritime Q-Scout]

Here's a question. What do you think the proper protocol is if you have diverticulitis?

You can't digest seeds or nuts, and go into extreme pain if you consume them. However it's not an allergy like seafood or peanuts where incidental contact doesn't affect you.

Do you say allergy? As you go into extreme pain from consumption, but you don't need the kitchen to go into full on clean room mode.

Do you say you don't want them? Thus the kitchen doesn't go into full clean mode to ensure zero incidental contact, but less attention is paid. Thus you will get food with seeds and nuts from time to time (and from my experience more often than once in a blue moon).

Now I don't suffer from diverticulitis but I have a family member that does. She never used to like to say "allergy" but when food continuously comes out incorrect she switched to allergy. If they ask how severe she will tell them, incidental contact is ok but the meal cannot contain them.

So, what should protocol actually be here?