Living with Food Allergies, 2013 and on

[GingerPye]

ajas, I could have written that post. 

 

 

[devnull]

Sad that it has become this predictable.

[PurpleCat]

ajas, I could have written that post. 

 

 

Ditto!  Not to mention the cases of planters roasted peanut packets in my desk at work.  Only peanuts and celery settled my stomach when I was preggo!

[GoingNuts]

Ajas, I am soooo with you.   

[Janelle205]

Ditto!  Not to mention the cases of planters roasted peanut packets in my desk at work.  Only peanuts and celery settled my stomach when I was preggo!

PB is currently saving my rear right now.  I'm guessing a combination of meds and sickness, but I haven't been able to eat more than one small meal a day for about the past week and a half.  I've added a spoonful of PB a couple of times a day to get some protein in when I really can't force anything down.

Third trimester on Friday, and I'm still losing weight.

[LinksEtc]

I hope you feel better soon Janelle ... btw, congrats on your pregnancy  !


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Dd told me today that she used to think her MedicAlert bracelet said "Cherry EpiPen" instead of "Carries EpiPen"  ... she knew the Epi did not go in the mouth, but she thought cherry-flavored liquid was injected.

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She is now giving me advice on how to deal with her medical stuff.  She told me I should have a journal divided into 3 sections ... one to keep track of FA mouth itching (none lately), one for nosebleeds (quite a few lately), & one for reflux symptoms (which, yes, the GI told us we should pay attention to).  She said a "good mom" would take her advice & that I wasn't being "good".     
(I'm thinking the apple doesn't fall far from the tree  )

[guess]

Your Padawan learner?  It's been a long day and the thrills are coming cheap.  Star Wars references are happening.

[LinksEtc]

Your Padawan learner?  It's been a long day and the thrills are coming cheap.  Star Wars references are happening.

 


I'm afraid so.

[LinksEtc]

As usual, I don't want to go into many details, but I think my FA experiences are helping me to be a better caregiver for my mom.


We were doing some normal stuff & she didn't seem right to me.  Although anxiety is not a big issue for her, she thought maybe her symptoms were due to anxiety.  The more time I spent with her, the more I felt that this was not correct.

I asked for her to call a doc & she.did.not.want.to.  Not at all.  Adamant & starting to get mad at me.

I, in turn, started to feel frustrated & angry ... I hear CM's "voice" ... I find it unhelpful to get angry.


Then I remembered how the Serene&Wise1 s/w my dh about FA ... "Well, I can't force you to follow my advice, but ... "

so I applied my FA-Jedi skills ... calmly ...

"Well, I can't force you to call the doc, but ... "



She saw a doc who sent her to the hospital ... it was very important that she went to the hospital.



TY to CM & Dr-FA-Yoda.


 

[GingerPye]

oh my .... hope she is okay now. 

[LinksEtc]

oh my .... hope she is okay now.

She only had to stay 1 night ... home now doing better.


 

[guess]

That moment you realize that nearly all of the allergen specific subforums apply to you. 

One day I hope we shed some of these suckers.

[ajasfolks2]

oh , guess, just 

[YouKnowWho]

Thinking I would treat two of the kids to a Krispy Kreme today and make donuts for the other.  Then I saw a friend excitedly sharing a new KK donut - the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup donut filled with peanut butter and topped with hazelnuts.  Joy - I can kill two kids with one donut. 

I will deal though - it's really just one food and it's not like they have that limited a diet.  Tomorrow I will make donuts for all.

[Macabre]

Crap.