I feel sorry for people who are severely allergic........

[jjc_7]

I've got a deadly allergy to peanuts as well, I'll go into anaphylactic shock if I ingest a peanut or anything else peanut related. Companies these days seem to just put warnings on things to cover their asses. Luckily a few of them are now promoting peanut-free products so I can now have ice cream and granola bars again!

I'm really cautious about what I eat and reading the label is quite normal for me. I haven't had a reaction in 18 years and I intend on leaving it that way. I thought with being so cautious I could be one of the lucky ones who grows out of it, but alas, I got tested a few summers ago and no dice for me. But I did find out that I'm also allergic to walnuts, pecans, cashews, and brazil nuts. Oh the joys. But hey, that's the hand I've been dealt, it could be a lot worse.

 

[Christopher123]

Okay, so what about all that business about airlines removing peanuts from their snack list? Can people who are deathly allergic to peanuts really have a reaction just from being in the same area (hence, a plane) as someone else eating them?

 

[looseliam]

Some are hypersensitive to even the residue from peanuts.

 

[Christopher123]

That's awful.

 

[jjc_7]

Okay, so what about all that business about airlines removing peanuts from their snack list? Can people who are deathly allergic to peanuts really have a reaction just from being in the same area (hence, a plane) as someone else eating them?

My step-mom spent years writing to Air Canada (the airline we traveled with) to explain the situation and get them to remove peanuts from the plane. Believe me, the last thing you want to experience at 40,000 feet is your throat swelling up (it has never happened to me, but the thought gives me chills). Epi-pens give you at the most 15 minutes, and I carry 3 with me, so that's a max of 45 minutes. They don't stop the reaction, they buy you time. What happens if you are over the mid-Atlantic? You're pretty much screwed. I'm so happy that most major airlines have now removed peanuts from the plane, makes traveling that much easier.

 

[evilest]

I'm lactose intolerant and it is so fucking depressing. No ice cream, chocolate of milky coffee. I'dve thrown myself on the railway tracks by now if it weren't for my sweet, darling Haribo...

 

[cityboy-stl]

I have an allergy to soybean products. Believe me this is really a pain to avoid. Soy products are in almost everything. Much of it is disguised as things like "vegetable protein" or chemical sounding names like "mono and di-glycerides". Almost all chocolate, salad dressing and bread contains soy plus most processed foods. Fortunately I do not have a fatal reaction but I can feel quite sick for 5 to 7 days depending on the dose.

Oddly enough soy and peanut are in the same legume family but I do not react to peanuts at all unless they're cooked in soybean oil. Do any of you peanut allergic people have a cross reaction to soy?

 

[123kid]

i am severely allergic to fish...........the last time i was around it it put me in the hospital, i almost died. scary moment in my life. also soy its in what seems to be everything

 

[Christopher123]

Gads, guys. That doesn't sound pleasant at all

 

[nwdavis]

to milk, wheat and/or peanuts.

Just about every product on the market sticks a disclaimer on the package saying their food is manufactured in a facility that processes milk, wheat and peanuts.

Is there anyone here allergic to these things and do you really have to read labels that carefully to make sure you're not buying anything that may contain these ingredients?

OK my story. For years my dad would have severe heartburn and indigestion pretty much all the time. He just learned to live with it. But my dad finally went to a new doctor and he decided to test my dad for food allergies. So they determined he was allergic to gluten, and probably has been for years. So now that he has eliminated wheat from his diet he's lost weight and his overall health has improved. Gluten is in about everything. So no bread or pasta of any kind. About the only snack you can have are corn chips.

 

[Christopher123]

OK my story. For years my dad would have severe heartburn and indigestion pretty much all the time. He just learned to live with it. But my dad finally went to a new doctor and he decided to test my dad for food allergies. So they determined he was allergic to gluten, and probably has been for years. So now that he has eliminated wheat from his diet he's lost weight and his overall health has improved. Gluten is in about everything. So no bread or pasta of any kind. About the only snack you can have are corn chips.

I've always wondered about gluten allergies. That has to be miserable as well, I'd have a hard time living without bread and pasta.

By the way, I love your avatar, that is SO cute.

Anyway, I think I'd have the most problem being allergic to glutenous foods and seafood. I'm a seafood fanatic.