Do any of you have food allergies? Do you think it is something your family members could/should remember?

Not my family

I CAN NOT eat bell peppers or rye bread... My stomach bloats up and my throat swells until I'm gasping for air

I become the fart monster from hell that can't breath... Isn't that entertaining?

But after years of telling them, no one in my family seems to be able to remember

They can remember, imagine and dwell on anything and everything else they find unacceptable about me... But they can't remember that I will have a bad and possibly life threatening reaction to certain foods

Go figure

Anyway, that's my bitch 

What food allergies do you have?

Food? None luckily, but I am mildly allergic to sulfa based medication, learned that the hard way in the ER

Hi Virginia,

Allergy to bell peppers, nice one Are you OK with onions? Is it any kind of capsicum or only the hot ones?

The common allergies are gluten in bread etc. Milk (lactose), nuts especially peanuts. Seafood, particularly prawns (shrimp TYG's) and lobster. Be people sometimes forget that cheese has lactose, peanut residue is present in heaps of foods, including biscuits . MSG in Asian food. Had a friend nearly die in a plane trip to Japan. She had a massive reaction to a rice dish.

It's really worthwhile having a list of foods you are allergic too, or even o Medic-Alert bracelet with them listed 'cos if you have a full respiratory shock the ER people need to get adrenaline in quick.

For years I was allergic to onions. I can now tolerate cooked onions but not raw.

I'm also allergic to whisky, I get a headache

Hugs Doll

Cindy

Allergy to whiskey causes headaches? Hmm, I have a few allergies of the alcohol variety then.  Love my whiskey.

Quote from: ƃuıxǝʌ on May 10, 2010, 04:11:21 AM
I'm allergic to cocoa - no chocolate for me

Chocolate is known to bring on migraines, horrible things. Had a friend who had a cascading migraines for two weeks, as soon as one finished another one started. She was in HELL.

Cindy

Allergy to chocolate would be hell with or without migraines. Hell with migraines sounds like ...unutterbly awful.

Quote from: ƃuıxǝʌ on May 10, 2010, 04:48:13 AM
This is more the throat-closing-up-can't-breathe sort of allergy.

Oooh not nice. Anaphylaxis reactions are the worst reactions to have. There are more people killed in Aus to reactions to bee stings than shark attack by oodles. I know you  are probably aware of that. Do you carry an adrenaline syringe with you just in case? We do make sure our bee sting people carry one.

Cindy

Quote from: ƃuıxǝʌ on May 10, 2010, 04:53:59 AM
Fortunately white chocolate is fine. Though I feel like the KKK Easter Bunny has visited when everyone else is getting brown eggs and I'm not.

Probably because white chocolate isn't.

I can't eat kiwis.
KKK easter Bunny? I will ever think of white chocolate the same again.

I can eat onions, hot peppers and most breads and seafood...

But for some reason I have a very bad reaction to bell peppers and Rye bread

I'm also allergic to bee stings... But haven't tried to eat any bees of late... LOL 

I'm okay with coco but can't eat much sweets so most chocolates or candies are out... It's a problem with processed sugar... But I can eat honey like it's goin' out of style

KKK Easter Bunny...LOL 

*experiments with making a Virginia chocolate bunny with Honey and no processed sugar*

.*or bees*

Allergy wise I'm pretty lucky in the food department. I just can't take salmon well, some shrimp kinds and occasionally eel.. They cause an itchy red ring 'round my mouth.. So I avoid them and always wash my mouth and hands thoroughly after having fish. It's no biggie.

I'm allergic to Citrus in a "oh god I can't breath" sort of way but this stops nobody from offering me lemonade or something similar and then acting confused when I say I can't have it

Lactose intolerant too, fun times

The only thing I am allergic to is very spicy foods.  Jalapeños , cayenne pepper, habaneros will cause my throat to close.  I know it is the amount of capsicum in the peppers.

I also avoid fresh cucumbers as they cause me to belch.

I'm allergic to the weirdest food out there

There's this cake frosting that's cherry flavored out there made by Pillsbury. I'm pretty sure it was the Pillsbury one I had. Anyway, it gave me an itchy rash all over my body if I remember correctly. I was a kid when this happened so I don't remember much. I remember itching a lot and my mom saying that it's a rash but at the time I didn't notice the itch that much, lol

I thought I was allergic to almonds one time, because the day I had some for the first time (I think my first time) I reacted like I just got food poisoning. Until I finally threw up, no food stayed in my system. It lasted for a couple days until I finally threw up. But turns out I don't think it was the almonds because now I eat them with no problem

i'm allergic to banana ha3 ^^