March 8th, 2010 at 8:15 pm
(Better Living Through Chemistry, News)
Yes. Three.
Used my epi pen once, went to the ER for 4 hours of horror and an overnight stay, had one at the allergist’s office, had one yesterday and went to the ER. I’ve lost that 20# I’ve been meaning to. Might as well see where it stops.
Don’t feel like writing much now. though curse it, I am allergic to corn and milk in addition to guinea pigs, dust, and possibly celery. I’ve been told I have GERD possibly due to the allergies and that I’m probably anaphalaxing on my stomach acid. I get to see the allergist again tomorrow. He seems a likable chap if a bit weak on the handshake and he knows his stuff.
February 23rd, 2010 at 4:51 pm
(Thoughts)
Sitting here waiting for the doctor’s office to phone me about my allergy test results or for a sheaf of papers to appear in the mail. A large sheaf of papers. I still have the original sheaf of papers from my first needle-poking extravaganza… somewhere. I grew out of some of those allergies, thank the deities not currently plagued with hemorrhoids. I’m anticipating being allergic to some new things, truth be told. Probably corn or soy in addition to milk. Holpfully not eggs. I would rather not be allergic to corn, since food companies slip high fructose corn syrup into everything they get a chance to and ditto with some form of soy. I sort of have a plan about soy but corn will be a beast to rid myself of as we use corn cat litter and Eloric loves him some corn chips. I have used xanthan gum in baked goods and although it’s not considered contaminated by corn, I’m terribly sensitive to allergens, so I’d have to pitch it as well.
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February 18th, 2010 at 10:28 am
(Better Living Through Chemistry)
I sit here typing this with an epi-pen in my pocket and an inhaler within easy reach. Boy did my PA believe me about the milk allergy and the wheezing. Yesterday I had 8 tubes of blood drawn and heard a lot of confusion over why there is a “Corn” test and a “Corn Panel” test. I don’t really think I am allergic to corn but I’m willing to try anything at this point. I hope to gods that I am not allergic to corn or soy or I’m just going to have to spend all spare time cooking and cleaning up after my cooking if I want to eat. I was very overwhelmed yesterday. I mean, while it’s good to have that epi pen, toting it around really lets me know that I could get in heap big trouble with stupid dairy products. I wonder if seeing the epi pen will make mother more batshit or make her more inclined to believe me…?
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February 13th, 2010 at 9:59 pm
(Better Living Through Chemistry)
I finally scared myself into making an appointment to get allergy tests. Since I had some wheezing with milk plus the rapid onset of feeling like total shite, I figure it’s a good idea to make sure I don’t need an epi-pen or something. My other exposures have not been to whole milk and didn’t present until 6 hours after the fact and without wheezing, so I don’t know what to think at this point. Better safe than sorry, I guess. I dunno what sort of tests my PA will suggest. I don’t know if I could do a RAST test or if I’ll have to have that god-awful test where they use about 2,000 syringes and make bubbles of allergen under the skin of your arm… which fkn HURTS and then itches like nobody’s business for about 2 weeks after the test and looks horrible for a long while afterward as well. If they do that, I’d rather be where they have epi on hand. Because I’m paranoid, yo.
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February 8th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
(Better Living Through Chemistry)
I poisoned myself again. *sigh* This is much worse than trying to be gluten-free. I cannot believe the things I also forgot from going off gluten. I poisoned myself by laying my fresh, clean coriander on the fridge shelf without a second thought. My fridge shelves aren’t piggy-dirty but it’s been a few months since I’ve gone over them with bleach water. Result? PAIN! And all the other lovely allergic reaction things except wheezing. Hello toilet, my old friend. So sorry to see you once again. As together we endure the explosive sounds of… diarrhea. *sigh* As a result of this, I have begged Eloric to please bleach water my shelves, please wash the tainted dishes, please get me a new non-stick frying pan, please NEVER BRING MILK PRODUCTS INTO THE HOUSE AGAIN EVER. I’m still a bit sore from this most recent poisoning and more than a little paranoid.
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February 5th, 2010 at 12:28 am
(Thoughts)
I’ve cooked more in the last two weeks than I have since I first got married- You know, back when I thought I absolutely had to cook everything or fail at life. I’ve roasted gardens of garlic, tried lamb for the first time, got poisoned by an innocent-looking of supposedly free from everything bbq sauce, and I’ve generally had a good time. My house smells like I have a herd of Italian grandmothers running free-range through it.
So the bbq sauce incident- I’m still waiting for that crap to leave my system. When the sites you read say that you really DO care about shared equipment or shared facilities: BELIEVE THEM. I’m usually good with shared equipment with gluten. Oy veh, not with caesin. My bbq sauce was not made with any evil ingredients but it was made in a facility that shared space with evil ingredients and hoo-boy did cross contamination happen. So while my first go at pulled pork was technically a success, it was epic fail in that I managed to poison myself anyway. Originally, I thought I was feeling off because a house burned down to the foundations the same day in town, since burning houses give off all sorts of horrible chemicals and such. But then I decided it was the sauce. So from now on, if I don’t want to make my own bbq sauce (and I don’t), I’m going to have to order it from allergygrocer.com.
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January 28th, 2010 at 10:14 pm
(Thoughts)
I’ve been eating GFCF for about a week now. It is both less and at the same time more of a pain in the rear than I had thought it would be originally. Allow me to explain: It is less of a pain in that I was avoiding a lot of milk products instinctively beforehand. It is more of a pain in that 1) I now freak out over undeclared caesin/milk on labels WAY more than I ever freaked out about wheat/gluten, 2) Suddenly I have to worry about calcium far more than I ever wanted to, 3) Selection is very limited here in podunk.
I do feel better. I’m having less anxiety but that might have to do with my new BCP as much as the diet… although I do have more anxiety praying to whichever deity who likes me today that I won’t run into undeclared dairy or read labels wrong because that wheezing is fkn SCARY and it happens with such rapidity that I’m far less adventurous than I was when I was just worrying about gluten. I mean Starbucks’ cafe mocha should be totally caesin-free if made with soymilk if you leave off the whipped cream…. but I don’t trust them to keep it free of cross contamination. I’ve totally been crapping my pants about cross contamination so I refuse to eat out. That respiratory involvement is causing me to be way more phobic than a little diarrhea, blisters, abdominal pain, and farts of death ever did in the past.
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January 24th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
(News, Rants)
Yo internets.
I’ve recently discovered I have a new food allergy. I am allergic to milk and milk products. No, I am not lactose-intolerant because lactose intolerance doesn’t make you wheeze or get allergy-induced shiners. I thought I was done with this food allergy crap after finding out about my Celiac disease but apparently if you have one food intolerance, chances are you’re going to have another one. It’s like some deity with hemorrhoids is saying “You like cheese, right? Chocolate? Sorry. I know you were getting happy again so I decided to nip it in the bud before you were too joyful. Have a scary allergic reaction. Oh, and when we were making the foods you people like to eat? Yeah, we put this in absolutely everything you don’t have to make yourself. Keep telling yourself that at least I didn’t take corn away from you… yet.”
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