Okay - just to be clear - for the sake of allergy naive people such as myself and any others who may be browsing this board in the future.

Each of us has different instructions from our doctor.  We should understand that CMDeux, you were following the instructions given to you by your doctor for you.  The rest of us have to follow the directions given to us by our doctors (and our Epi Pen plan if we have one) for us.  So if our doctor said use the Epi Pen for diarrhea then we *must* do so.  Similarly, if our doctor/Epi Pen plan says use it for feeling faint - we *must* do so *right away*.  If we are not sure what one of the symptoms is that our doctor told us to look out for, we should ask the doctor what he or she means.

I know the experienced folks on the board know all this.  I'm just reiterating in case someone who doesn't normally frequent these boards comes across this post.  I want to make sure that folks don't misinterpret this post to mean they don't need to use their Epi Pen when their instructions/plan call for it.

Just reading this ... so sorry to hear about your reaction CM.  Glad you are feeling better.

 

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Thanks, nameless-- and you are correct, it is a good idea to let them know that if I had been paying attention, I would have known to avoid the product.  Because it is labeled for XC.

No, that's not what I meant by it.  I meant...that if it's labeled as "shared equipment" and not "Contains traces of..." or "Contains..." then they should know to check the product/log it, etc. Their new premise is "good manufacturing procedures" so if it says "shared equipment" they are just letting the consumer know, but don't expect any of the allergens actually in the product.

That's what I meant, not that they'd point out to you they told you with a 'shared equipment' label....but that you could tell them, "Yes, you have cross-x and should label it contains" type of thing.

Adrienne

So glad to hear that you are feeling better, CM.

It's a good reminder to many of us to be especially careful with foods now, especially since the pollen counts are really getting up there.  I know that I'm completely at 'full cup' status, since the pressure of my boot for the broken foot is giving me hives.

Thanks, everyone.

I know that this was probably just the result of a really full allergy cup combined with bad luck (this is something that I've eaten a bite or two of before on at least 2 or 3 occasions... and I think that this points out something about cross-contaminated items, too-- the amount is completely RANDOM, so every time you eat it, you're gambling, basically).

I felt pretty good by bedtime last night, but I could tell when my cetirizine wore off-- about 5 this morning.  Bleh. 

  hope it has "passed" and you're feeling much better!

Ay yi yi.  Hope all is well when you wake up this morning.

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