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Author Topic: Living with Food Allergies, 2013 and on  (Read 384809 times)

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Offline CMdeux

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Re: Living with Food Allergies, 2013 and on
« Reply #1275 on: November 06, 2015, 10:39:09 AM »
spacecanada, I believe that was another member who has family in the region, and had attended a conference in Singapore recently, in fact.

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Re: Living with Food Allergies, 2013 and on
« Reply #1276 on: November 06, 2015, 02:13:28 PM »
That is who I was thinking of, yes. I have trouble keeping track of who is who on these boards since I don't know anyone in person.
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Re: Living with Food Allergies, 2013 and on
« Reply #1277 on: November 08, 2015, 04:33:51 PM »
DS got to pick out cupcakes yesterday at a NUT-FREE bakery!  And it's only 30 minutes from us so we can go again sometime.  I might even splurge on his birthday and get a cake from there...she was on Cake Wars.

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Re: Living with Food Allergies, 2013 and on
« Reply #1278 on: November 08, 2015, 06:24:02 PM »
Wow!  How cool is that!!
Me: Sesame, shellfish, chamomile, sage
DS: Peanuts

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Re: Living with Food Allergies, 2013 and on
« Reply #1279 on: November 09, 2015, 01:28:23 PM »
Awesome!

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Re: Living with Food Allergies, 2013 and on
« Reply #1280 on: November 11, 2015, 02:51:51 PM »
When you see someone post in your small business group that they operate an allergy friendly bakery out of their home, but all your thoughts are highly critical because it doesn't seem possible to make everything she does free from all cross contamination for the allergens she lists free from, considering some of the ingepredients she lists.  I haven't got the nerve to ask her about it. Yet.  I don't want to seem crass or rude, but helpful... Because a truly allergy friendly bakery would be nice.  Though I still would have a hard time trusting it.
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Re: Living with Food Allergies, 2013 and on
« Reply #1281 on: November 12, 2015, 06:33:13 AM »
Ay yi yi - what are you reacting to?
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Re: Living with Food Allergies, 2013 and on
« Reply #1282 on: November 12, 2015, 07:37:35 AM »
 :-[
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Re: Living with Food Allergies, 2013 and on
« Reply #1283 on: November 12, 2015, 09:28:25 AM »

Mac, hope that you get this one sorted PRONTO.  No bueno.   :grouphug:





« Last Edit: November 14, 2015, 02:57:55 PM by CMdeux »
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Re: Living with Food Allergies, 2013 and on
« Reply #1284 on: November 12, 2015, 10:21:00 AM »
I think it was shrimp in my Cobb salad--yesterday. Delayed. GI, very rapid heart rate. Itchy skin.


Sesame crouton contamination maybe? Either way,  :grouphug: :-[

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Re: Living with Food Allergies, 2013 and on
« Reply #1285 on: November 13, 2015, 09:48:14 PM »
I will also add about having allergies at the bottom, it's a matter of safety for others, though we are all of course responsible for checking out the safety of foods ourselves. I can say we use certain products and folks can see what I deal with. For example, we don't deal with TNA, so when I say we use a product, folks here know that it's not because we think it's safe for TNA.
Me: Sesame, shellfish, chamomile, sage
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Re: Living with Food Allergies, 2013 and on
« Reply #1286 on: November 14, 2015, 01:08:02 PM »
Mac, I hope you're having no lingering symptoms this weekend from your reactions!  I also hope your meeting goes well on Monday and you're able to narrow down the source(s) so you can be safe at work.  :grouphug:
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DS - peanut, tree nut, milk, eggs, corn, soy, several meds, many environmentals. Finally back on Xolair!
DD - mystery anaphylaxis, shellfish.
DH - banana/avocado, aspirin.  Asthma.
Me - peanut, tree nut, shellfish, banana/avocado/latex,  some meds.

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Re: Living with Food Allergies, 2013 and on
« Reply #1287 on: November 14, 2015, 02:58:46 PM »

Random FA thought for the day:

Catering and student food services aren't necessarily the same staffing or systems-- or prep spaces-- in college and university settings.    Explaining this to others has occasionally proven maddening.  So no-- DD and I will not be trusting that particular catered luncheon, no matter how often they say that they've "checked" on things.  Nope.  No way.    They can be peeved that I won't trust them all they like.  But I don't.   :dunce:
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Re: Living with Food Allergies, 2013 and on
« Reply #1288 on: November 17, 2015, 06:54:19 PM »
DS's symptoms for egg have always been mild and was having cakes etc no problem so allergist had us start with french toast which was fine so she gave us the go ahead at our last appt to try well cooked scrambled egg...we started with one bite, the next time he had 3 bites, and the other days ate the equivalent of 1/2 an egg.  So the allergist declared him no longer allergic to egg today...she did warn us of that he could still react to raw egg.

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Re: Living with Food Allergies, 2013 and on
« Reply #1289 on: November 17, 2015, 07:53:21 PM »
 :happydance: Hezz!
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