Living with Food Allergies, 2013 and on

[starlight]

I think the Reese's donut is only in the UK....

http://grocerygems.blogspot.com/2015/02/review-krispy-kreme-reeses-peanut.html

[Macabre]

Yes--just called them. Only in UK/International.

[Macabre]

The rep said that their US locations are nut free.

[YouKnowWho]

THANK YOU!  Edited my picture and retagged all. 

[SilverLining]

YouKnowWho, you may have accidentally saved my life.

Because of your post about KK, I looked into the Canadian location. They now have bagels. I can't get any information from the web-site, but bagels tend to have sesame seeds. Which would make everything in there poison to me.

[YouKnowWho]

YouKnowWho, you may have accidentally saved my life.

Because of your post about KK, I looked into the Canadian location. They now have bagels. I can't get any information from the web-site, but bagels tend to have sesame seeds. Which would make everything in there poison to me.

You know it's a reminder to me as well - I need to call on products that we use often because they will not always continue to be safe.  (Though others made that call for me but they are folks that I trust to lend a hand who understand what my comfort level is whereas others, not here think it is overkill).

[spacecanada]

How many firefighters and paramedics can fit into my really small living room, you ask? We did a little experiment yesterday and the answer is SEVEN.

Worst part is that we have no idea what caused the reaction. 

[GingerPye]

oh NO.     What happened?

[spacecanada]

oh NO.     What happened?

Dunno, really.  Ate lunch and my throat and tongue felt funny.  I ignored it because we didn't have anything new.  Ate a bit more of the same thing for snack and nausea, throat swelling and tongue tingling got worse. Epi.  Boo.   ER doc wasn't convinced it was allergies because of no rash or face swelling. He asked about what the allergist told me when I saw him ages ago (the quack who said adults don't develop food allergies and I won't need EpiPens). Paramedics were more convinced.  Sigh. Off to the GP and get a referral to a new allergist I guess.

Possible suspects: new bag of Skittles given to me as a gift (called company and they should be safe), new bag of SunMaid raisins, or plain mashed potatoes which we never have. 

[GingerPye]

wow.  Histamine reaction to the raisins??  No idea.  I'm so sorry.

[SilverLining]

What are your allergies?

My sister had to be careful what raisins she bought because of being allergic to soy.

[spacecanada]

What are your allergies?

Tree nuts and peanuts, with intolerance to dairy and an unknown intolerance we are trying to figure out - possibly potatoes or tomatoes (thus the mashed potatoes today... So maybe it is a new allergy?). Anyway, leg hurts today, headache but otherwise fine. 

FYI Allerject worked great. Paramedics and ER staff were all intrigued by it as they had never seen them used before. They beep at you constantly after they have been used until you put it back into its case.  When you take it out again it tells you it has been used and to return it to medical staff for disposal.

[starlight]

Tree nuts and peanuts, with intolerance to dairy and an unknown intolerance we are trying to figure out - possibly potatoes.

If one of the things you ate was mashed potatoes, maybe your possible intolerance is now a definite allergy? 

[spacecanada]

That is my guess too, unfortunately, or contaminated Skittles or raisins.

[rebekahc]

So sorry you had a reaction!   

It seems I remember a long time ago reading that raisins are possibly nut contaminated because the baskets/barrels/whatever (can't remember the vessel for sure) they were stored/transported in were often used for nuts also with no washing between?

ETA:  Here's a link to a long-ago discussion about Sunmaid specifically - not sure if things have changed since then.
http://www.peanutallergy.com/boards/sunmaid-raisins

ETAA:  Here's a link to a less long-ago discussion that sounds promising.
http://allergy.hyperboards.com/index.php?action=view_topic&topic_id=12586

I still haven't been able to find that discussion about the raisins being dried/stored/transported before packaging, though.