Poppy seeds

malamud69, BSN, RN · May 29, 2018

Contact your case manager... Tell them

Big Blondie, ASN, BSN, MSN, APRN · May 29, 2018

Ditto on Casemanager

Lisacar130 · May 29, 2018

Well I had an everything bagel which has poppy seeds a few months ago. I tested about 9 hours afterwards. I emailed my case manager. But I never did have a positive from it.

RN_4 · May 29, 2018

That's good to know, I don't want to email her if it's nothing cause I don't want to draw attention to myself also I'm not sure that she'd even believe me if it did come back positive for it!!! It's so stressful.

Lisacar130 · May 29, 2018

No I would still email her. Someone else I know had a hotdog from Portillos with poppy seeds and did pop positive, although a very very low positive.

Eris Discordia BSN, RN · May 30, 2018

If it was just one cracker, you are probably fine, test wise...but I would still shoot the case manager an email in this case.

jackstem · May 30, 2018

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RN_4 · May 30, 2018

Thank you. I ate them on Sunday so I waited as long as possible to go test today in hopes that would be out of my system by now. I'm gonna email my case manager to be on the safer side í ½í¸¬

Uncle-JoJo · May 30, 2018

There's no good answer to this. You're not being dishonest if you don't notify your case manager. If it was really one cracker and you noticed it on the second, I'd just wait to see what the tests show. In the three years I was in TPAPN I once at a poppy seed bagel when visiting my nephew in Chicago. I was tested in Chicago the next day and the test was negative. The bagel was one of those ones that was so heavy with poppy seeds that you couldn't see the bread on top.

I've always believed that "letting them know just in case" in these monitoring programs is similar to putting a police lights on your account.

If you get a positive from one cracker I'd be shocked at the sensitivity of the testing. There is no right answer, but I honestly wouldn't raise suspicion towards your name/profile unless the results are unfavorable. Even then, the numbers would have to be so insignificant and low it would possibly be seen as an incidental exposure.

Keep us posted.

Lisacar130 · May 30, 2018

I bet they get these kind of emails all the time. They can't punish you for letting them know you ate a cracker. (Even *if* it makes them more suspicious.) On the other hand, if it is positive, you at least gave a heads up ahead of time, which could potentially be a big help.

Our tests are very sensitive, so it is possible. Also, I read that poppy seeds from some parts of the world are more likely to pop positive, which can explain why some people have been negative and others positive. Like I said, I do know someone who ate one hotdog with a poppy seed bun and did get a very low positive.