I am a human pincushion

[proud gonzo]

I was tested for allergies today and I'll start allergy shots next week sometime.

They took 3 x-rays of my head, stole a syringe-full of my blood, poked my right arm once, my back probably a couple hundred times, and my left arm twice.

I'm allergic to peanuts, almonds, melon, shellfish, lobster, oysters, strawberries, corn, rice, wheat, oats, yeast, carrots, nuts, and some other things i don't remember. I'm allergic to basically every tree and grass that exists, along with almost every weed and mold they test for. (yes, har har, weed, i know. ironically, i'm not allergic to hemp ) also, i'm allergic to dogs, cats, and birds.

thankfully most of the food allergies aren't very strong, so i can just ignore them. And most of the strong ones i don' tlike anyway, so it's not a problem to just avoid them. (seafood, melon, etc) Though the Dr. did tell me to avoid peanuts for two weeks and then try them again to see how i react.



it looks like somebody used my back as a dartboard.

[jkm, the stolen pifwafwi]

it looks like somebody used my back as a dartboard.

did they get a bullseye?

[runs]

[Czar Soonerov]

I'm allergic to....melon...

Dang, that .

[OklahomaTrombone]

I'd use the peanut allergy to **** people off on planes.

[proud gonzo]

Dang, that .

watermelon, cantaloupe.... i don't like them anyway. no big deal.

[Czar Soonerov]

I love melons.

[SoonerBorn68]

Dang, that does suck. I went to the allegist when I was a teenager & basically got the same list as you, practically everything. Watch out 'cause they'll want to put you on some weird diet of some green mush or expensive "non allergetic" foods.

Did you ever try the local honey?

[proud gonzo]

not yet--i'm in kansas now. the allergies that were bothering me last week were tree allergies anyway.

he didn't tell me to try non-allergenic foods. just to avoid the few i'm pretty allergic to. he knows i already know all the normal things to eliminate allergens from your environment. most of those i don't have to worry about too much. just the shots.

[BajaOklahoma]

The tests for food allergies are not considered extremely reliable. That said, it is a great place to start and some people respond very well to changes in the diet.
What is more significant is that you are allergic to so many things. Restrict those foods so that you aren't having very many of them in a short amount of time. Peanut oil is in many of the prepared foods, so read the labels.
Also, if it is a bad time with the environmental allergies, don't make it worse by adding in the food allergens.
Good luck! Allergies suck.

[Okla-homey]

I was tested for allergies today and I'll start allergy shots next week sometime.

They took 3 x-rays of my head, stole a syringe-full of my blood, poked my right arm once, my back probably a couple hundred times, and my left arm twice.

I'm allergic to peanuts, almonds, melon, shellfish, lobster, oysters, strawberries, corn, rice, wheat, oats, yeast, carrots, nuts, and some other things i don't remember. I'm allergic to basically every tree and grass that exists, along with almost every weed and mold they test for. (yes, har har, weed, i know. ironically, i'm not allergic to hemp ) also, i'm allergic to dogs, cats, and birds.

thankfully most of the food allergies aren't very strong, so i can just ignore them. And most of the strong ones i don' tlike anyway, so it's not a problem to just avoid them. (seafood, melon, etc) Though the Dr. did tell me to avoid peanuts for two weeks and then try them again to see how i react.



it looks like somebody used my back as a dartboard.

Have mercy child. Its a good thing you live in modern times. If you lived a hundred years ago, you would shortly have been overcome by phlegm and died a horrible snotty death.

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A life without peanuts is not worth living.

[sanantoniosooner]

A life without peanuts is not worth living.

Peanuts are the bologna of the nut family.

[TopDaugIn2000]

wow. what CAN you eat????

out of that list I'm allergic to almonds. that's pretty much the only food allergy I know of.

[slickdawg]

I love melons.

HAW!!!!!!

[slickdawg]

I was tested for allergies today and I'll start allergy shots next week sometime.

I'm allergic to peanuts, almonds, melon, shellfish, lobster, oysters, strawberries, corn, rice, wheat, oats, yeast, carrots, nuts, and some other things i don't remember. I'm allergic to basically every tree and grass that exists, along with almost every weed and mold they test for. (yes, har har, weed, i know. ironically, i'm not allergic to hemp ) also, i'm allergic to dogs, cats, and birds.

thankfully most of the food allergies aren't very strong, so i can just ignore them. And most of the strong ones i don' tlike anyway, so it's not a problem to just avoid them. (seafood, melon, etc) Though the Dr. did tell me to avoid peanuts for two weeks and then try them again to see how i react.

it looks like somebody used my back as a dartboard.

Are we related? I don't have some of your food allergies, but I've got all
of your environmental allergies.

I do believe the shots will make a big difference with the environmental
allergies in 6-12 months, they did for me.

Some food allergies are just brutal and you can't shake them.

I am so allergic to barley and hops, I can't drink beer. People think it's
because I grew up baptist, I have to tell them no, I about choke to death.

[Mjcpr]

I am so allergic to barley and hops, I can't drink beer. People think it's because I grew up baptist, I have to tell them no, I about choke to death.

You poor, poor man.

[slickdawg]

You poor, poor man.

It sucks.

[Mjcpr]

Peanuts are the bologna of the nut family.

Maybe, but Peanut Pony just doesn't have the same ring to it.

[OUDoc]

A life without peanuts is not worth living.

I never thought Charlie Brown was all that funny.

[Viking Kitten]

Had that done too PG.

I am likewise allergic to a lot of stuff, but some of it, like almonds, I just eat anyway because I love it so much. I'll just eat almonds til my tongue gets all mottled and funky looking. Then I'll stick my funky tongue out at Czar and say "Umm 'ere anth 'ive 'nme a gniss." I think it really grosses him out.

I have also always hated any kind of melon as well as cucumbers. I recently read that melon is a cousin of the ragweed family, to which I am really, really allergic, and that cucumbers are in the melon family. I am wondering if there is a connection.