Walnuts. - VGF

CuccoLady · 12-28-2007, 03:52 PM

I have an anaphylactic allergy to them.

Well, it's not that bad at this point, but it will be soon. Hell, my mom and I had to rush to 7-11 Christmas afternoon to get some Benadrill because she gave me a chocolate with walnuts in it.

I thought it had nuts in it, but she said it didn't.

It did. I only had one bite, but that was enough.

(Not to mention half of our Christmas cookies had walnuts or pecans in them... but I didn't eat those. I pretty much just ate sugar cookies while everyone else pigged out on the other ones.)

...

so... anyone else with allergies, or other related thoughts? You know you do.

**Dylan** · 12-28-2007, 03:55 PM

That sucks. Does your allergy include peanuts?

-Dylan

***Ace Mercury*** · 12-28-2007, 04:02 PM

Yeah, allergies suck. I believe I'm allergic to Amoxicillin, which is a first-line antibiotic. Oh the irony, especially since the chemical structure contains no iron at all. =\

CuccoLady · 12-28-2007, 04:05 PM

^^nope, just the brain-shaped nuts.

Which is good, because I never liked them anyway.

I remember when I was 7 and the first time I ever ate a walnut, I wondered why everyone liked them because they left this irritating, scratchy feel in your throat and internal ear.

Eventually I said to my mom, "Maman, I don't like walnuts. I hate how they leave that itchy feeling in your throat."

At that point, I was never forced to eat walnuts again.

Later at Disneyland, I ate a snackbar that had pecans in it and had another reaction.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what happened. So if you eat something and it gives you a weird tingly scratchy feeling in your throat, don't just keep it to yourself. ><

**Kargath** · 12-28-2007, 05:05 PM

Well, that sucks. Do you have to carry an epipen now?
Are you French, BTW?

CuccoLady · 12-28-2007, 07:15 PM

Yes, and half-yes.

I have to carry an epipen, and my dad is completely French. My mom, however, has us call her by the French word for mother (maman) because she's a french-english translator and is bilingual, even though she herself is not French.

***Heroine of the Dragon*** · 12-29-2007, 12:33 AM

OhMYGOSH... I do feel for you!!! I am glad that you didn't have anything serious happen. I don't like the taste of walnuts anyways... so we'll give them to someone else, huh?

I'm allergic to *unrolls list* :/ ...two different antibiotics, cats, dogs, horses, hay and a multitude of pollens and moulds. It's never any fun being allergic to anything!!! Luckily, I can avoid most of mine... except the dreaded Spring time when pollen fills the air.

Swordmaster Link · 12-29-2007, 12:33 AM

I...am allergic to nothing.

CuccoLady · 12-29-2007, 12:36 AM

^^Wow... that must stink. See, at the very least, the things I'm allergic to...

-I don't like the taste of
-are not TOO common compared to other nuts
-are fairly easy to avoid

Allergies are no fun, indeed.

(I also have sensitive skin, especially to Cetaphil lotion and other such products, but that is easier to live with since I don't use too many facial skin products, anyway.)

***Heroine of the Dragon*** · 12-29-2007, 12:57 AM

Just curious, CL... do you read the ingredient labels of everything you buy/eat?

Tad Venture · 12-29-2007, 12:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swordmaster Link

I...am allergic to nothing.

Same. Rock on.

YOU ARE MY FRIENDS · 12-29-2007, 01:12 AM

I am not allergic to anything either.

***CaptHayfever*** · 12-29-2007, 01:31 AM

<-- Duh, but it's very mild, even by comparison to the fact that hayfever is a relatively mild allergy in the first place.

Food allergies are the worst; I'm glad I don't have any. Although you'd never have to worry about walnuts in anything I make, since I hate nuts.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

**Dylan** · 12-29-2007, 01:47 AM

I used to think that I didn't have allergies, but this past semester I found out my face breaks out when I use certain skin products. It's really a bitch when you buy stuff for your broken-out face, only to find out it makes your skin break out even more. Faaaantastic.

***CaptHayfever*** · 12-29-2007, 02:58 AM

^I firmly believe that stage makeup worsens my acne if I have it on too long, but not because of an allergy, simply because of the pore-clogging effects.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

LinkManDX... FACE · 12-29-2007, 05:20 PM

I'm one of those people you knew in grade school who was allergic to everything and who you thought was weird.

CuccoLady · 12-29-2007, 10:43 PM

^Everything? Do elaborate.

Quote:

Originally Posted by HotD

Just curious, CL... do you read the ingredient labels of everything you buy/eat?

Absolutely... if it's an energy bar, chocolate, or pastry of any sort, I read the ingredient label and/or ask the person who made it.

The thing is, on Christmas, the chocolates were all boxed together and the ingredients were for all the candies as a whole; it didn't specify which had nuts and which didn't.

It's become my philosophy to just not eat something that's a chocolate/pastry if I don't know for certain what's in it. I usually have my mom be my food tester and eat a bite of whatever it is I'm not sure of, too..

---another side-story--------

My aunt and uncle mailed us a fruitcake for Christmas. It was a really kind gesture and looked good, but unfortunately, every square inch of it had about a hundred pecans. ><

X-3 · 12-29-2007, 11:04 PM

I'm illergic to nothing. Or so I think. I don't eat many varied foods, so...yeah.

It must suck to be illergic to something.

Oh, wait, I know what I'm illergic to! My younger cousins. Sorta.

CuccoLady · 12-29-2007, 11:38 PM

You get used to scanning ingredient labels after awhile.

***Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds*** · 12-30-2007, 03:31 AM

My mouth, throat and lips sometimes feel itchy/scratchy/tingly when I eat certain things. It's not like an actual allergy (yet), though. Uhhh let's see. Cucumber, raw peas, oysters and some other things, I think.

I'm also very allergic to cats, some short-hair dogs and a type of plant called wattle. The wattle is in bloom at the moment, so sometimes I just start sneezing for no apparent reason.

12-28-2007, 03:52 PM	#1
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CuccoLady Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: insert something awkward here Gender: Posts: 4,016 Thanks: 902 Thanked 223 Times in 181 Posts Points: 13,739.56 Bank: 8.14 Total Points: 13,747.70 Donate	^^nope, just the brain-shaped nuts. Which is good, because I never liked them anyway. I remember when I was 7 and the first time I ever ate a walnut, I wondered why everyone liked them because they left this irritating, scratchy feel in your throat and internal ear. Eventually I said to my mom, "Maman, I don't like walnuts. I hate how they leave that itchy feeling in your throat." At that point, I was never forced to eat walnuts again. Later at Disneyland, I ate a snackbar that had pecans in it and had another reaction. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what happened. So if you eat something and it gives you a weird tingly scratchy feeling in your throat, don't just keep it to yourself. ><

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CuccoLady Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: insert something awkward here Gender: Posts: 4,016 Thanks: 902 Thanked 223 Times in 181 Posts Points: 13,739.56 Bank: 8.14 Total Points: 13,747.70 Donate	Yes, and half-yes. I have to carry an epipen, and my dad is completely French. My mom, however, has us call her by the French word for mother (maman) because she's a french-english translator and is bilingual, even though she herself is not French.

12-29-2007, 12:33 AM	#7
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CuccoLady Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: insert something awkward here Gender: Posts: 4,016 Thanks: 902 Thanked 223 Times in 181 Posts Points: 13,739.56 Bank: 8.14 Total Points: 13,747.70 Donate	^^Wow... that must stink. See, at the very least, the things I'm allergic to... -I don't like the taste of -are not TOO common compared to other nuts -are fairly easy to avoid Allergies are no fun, indeed. (I also have sensitive skin, especially to Cetaphil lotion and other such products, but that is easier to live with since I don't use too many facial skin products, anyway.)

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CuccoLady Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: insert something awkward here Gender: Posts: 4,016 Thanks: 902 Thanked 223 Times in 181 Posts Points: 13,739.56 Bank: 8.14 Total Points: 13,747.70 Donate	You get used to scanning ingredient labels after awhile.

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