Living with Food Allergies, 2013 and on

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Congrats CM & Sky!!!  That's wonderful!       I'm really happy for you both.



I like the little poem notashrimpwimp      -     to "natural flavors", etc.

[GingerPye]

Sky, 
One for each donut.

LOL

I know how your mom is feeling.  Did she get pics?

[CMdeux]

Does a picture of the EMPTY package count?  I could still get one of those.  LOL!!

[GingerPye]

Well, I guess so --- I was thinking of the pic of your DD eating her first store-bought donut.

I have a few pics like that of my kids and their "firsts" --- weird that we FA parents take pics of our kids eating foods for the first time .... LOL

[SkyScorcher]

I have eaten 4 of a 6-box of jelly-filled powdered doughnuts. 

Saturated fat has never tasted this good.

Will post pics. 

[SilverLining]

So happy for you.  And laughing as I read this.

[twinturbo]

That Q&A from Sicherer about anaphylaxis from contact is a joke. Never, ever does he address contact-to-ingestion in the same response. Have I ever posted the sign from Sicherer's waiting room? Huge all caps that no food is allowed for the safety of patients. Apparently food has magical residue properties in his waiting room but not in a classroom. Another fine example of lab controls that don't exist in real life.

How much would I piss him off if I requested he start to include addressing external validity in his answer as Dr. Wood does. Enough to get our test results first then get pedantic later. Who in their right minds is worried about getting peanut butter on the small of their back for 30 seconds? Obvious answer: no one. So let's drop the polite fiction we're hysterical about peanut butter on our pinky toe in a lab when the true concern is the residue of a sticky, durable protein that is a known potent allergen very likely to induce anaphlaxis in extremely low dosage, yet unlikely to be outgrown, left by HANDS transmitted by hand or surface to other HANDS. Hands that kids use to eat with, pull at wiggly teeth, rub their faces.

[CMdeux]

 



http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/10/10/newser-alzheimers-peanut-butter/2961393/


That's just...  weird in the context of FA.

{brain melting}

Hmmm.

[ajasfolks2]

That Q&A from Sicherer about anaphylaxis from contact is a joke. Never, ever does he address contact-to-ingestion in the same response. Have I ever posted the sign from Sicherer's waiting room? Huge all caps that no food is allowed for the safety of patients. Apparently food has magical residue properties in his waiting room but not in a classroom. Another fine example of lab controls that don't exist in real life.

How much would I piss him off if I requested he start to include addressing external validity in his answer as Dr. Wood does. Enough to get our test results first then get pedantic later. Who in their right minds is worried about getting peanut butter on the small of their back for 30 seconds? Obvious answer: no one. So let's drop the polite fiction we're hysterical about peanut butter on our pinky toe in a lab when the true concern is the residue of a sticky, durable protein that is a known potent allergen very likely to induce anaphlaxis in extremely low dosage, yet unlikely to be outgrown, left by HANDS transmitted by hand or surface to other HANDS. Hands that kids use to eat with, pull at wiggly teeth, rub their faces.

Have I told you lately how much I love you?

 

[twinturbo]

What's bananas is he's a great doctor, extremely nice guy, and incredibly accomplished researcher. In person he is exacting (which I LOVE), not at all dismissive of concerns, and completely open to outliers. I think the problem is in two parts. First, he answers questions as asked so the primary responsibility lies in a faulty question. Note to Allergic Living, ask about contact-to-ingestion with population and ecological validity. Second, he's busy so one could reasonably assume a pat question receives a pat answer to save himself time so he can treat patients like my kids. He's got to cut some corners assuming he actually sleeps, eats and showers within a 24 hour period.

Off to go soothe self with gym and tasteless, chalky protein supplement. 

[Janelle205]

I think that I may be developing a blueberry allergy.

I refuse to believe this.  I need a ostrich/head in the sand smiley.

[SilverLining]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/10/10/newser-alzheimers-peanut-butter/2961393/


That's just...  weird in the context of FA.

{brain melting}

I hope the patient remembers if they are allergic to pb.  Then they could use strawberries.  Because, for this specific test, a pb alternative would not work.

[krasota]

Picked up a package of Brach's candy corn hoping that this was the year they'd decided that they could go top 8 free and be in a dedicated facility.  (Hey, optimism.)

Realized after a few seconds I'd picked up a package of "candy corn and peanuts".  Yep.  Big ol' bag of shelled peanuts mixed in with candy corn.

Goodbye, optimism.

[notashrimpwimp]

Allergies complicate doing a solid for one's mother. I know she loves nut and seed butters so I decided to drop in to the health food store in the complex I was visiting. I emerged, red-faced and hives-sprinkled. Apparently they have a peanut grinding machine too.

Then someone spilled their drink and I rushed to help clean it... only to discover it was of the strawberry variety. 

[YouKnowWho]

Picked up a package of Brach's candy corn hoping that this was the year they'd decided that they could go top 8 free and be in a dedicated facility.  (Hey, optimism.)

Realized after a few seconds I'd picked up a package of "candy corn and peanuts".  Yep.  Big ol' bag of shelled peanuts mixed in with candy corn.

Goodbye, optimism.

I must figure out how to transfer pictures from my phone to here.  I also picked up the same bag and was  <insert O.O eyes>

Is it a southern thing?  Must admit salty peanuts and sweetened candy corn sounded good.  Not enough to buy but I was intrigued.