I HAVE SEVERE NUT ALLERGIES, want to talk to someone who also has this allergy

I know a lot of Mom's will love to pick your brain on this subject!

I am allergic to all nuts. I don't let it bother me too much. I guess because I have accidently had nuts at least once a year I really don't panic too much when I have nuts. I have found that citrus fruit really helps. If I have access to an orange or lemon or even orange juice that does help, and take a benedryl or claritin, whatever is available. I don't carry an epi pen. I read all labels when looking at a new food item and when I dine out I may let the server know of my allergy. I find that it seems to be a problem when ordering desserts. They come back out and say the item may have come into contact with nuts. Its their way of saying please don't sue us if you have a reaction. I take my chances!

I am 43. When I was in school, particularly elementary school, I think I was the only kid in that school who was allergic to nuts. I just had to be smart about it. When kids brought in baking for the class I had to ask if there were nuts in the cookies and if they really weren't sure, I would wait and have my best friend eat some of her cookie first to tell me if it was safe. If they were still unsure, I just wouldn't have it. It didn't really bother me even then!

My daughter is 17.5 months old, she has a peanut/tree nut and also just found out on the 13th egg allergy, I have been losing my mind a little cause it is a little depressing, she is my 1st child,I elimanated everything already for her and myself to eat the things she eats, now eggs are out also, can anyone help me plllleeeeaaaaseeeeeeeee with some breakfast foods, she is a breastfed baby, picky eater, don't like milk unless it's organic or in cereal and she will only take sips then,she don't eat waffles, pancakes,or french toast. I need all the ideas I can get for breakfast that's egg, peanut/tree nut free where I can switch up daily.

Hi Williamstanisha2426,
For breakfast you could try oatmeal and top it with fresh fruit, applesauce, or brown sugar or cinnamon with raisins. You could add soy milk to the oatmeal for added creaminess. Steel cut oatmeal is really good and you can make it in a rice cooker and make it in small batches and use throughout the week. Waffles, pancakes, and french toast are not good for anyone. It's all fat and sugar. Breakfast has wonderful options. You can do fruit smoothies, fresh fruit, yogurt (greek organic topped with fruit or honey), cottage cheese, and there is a variety of grains like quinoa, bulgar, oatmeal. You could also look for healthy bread that has no eggs in the ingredients and have toast. Look online for breakfast ideas (think vegan - no eggs or dairy) or go to a health food store and ask for some assistance.

I hope that helps. Living with allergies is an easy adjustment as long as you have knowledge and are proactive. Read labels, ask questions. Teach your daughter to be her own advocate in staying safe with her allergies. It was easy for me, I always asked questions about ingredients when I was young because I hated having a reaction and feeling sick. Asking was always easier than suffering afterwards.

take care,
mrsroberts

My son is 7 and has a severe allergy to both Peanuts and all tree nuts. We are currently on a waiting list for a desensitation program with his allergy Doctor. Once we are admitted to the program he should be able to handle one Peanut M&M after 22 weeks of treatments. The best part is there are no shots all liquid and pills.
A another kid on his Basketball has been in the program for over a year and can now tolerate over a tablespoon of peanut butter per day. Hopefully they will get my son in soon. His peanut/Tree sensitivity has more than doubled in the last three years.

the only drawback is there is only one doctor in all of Iowa that is doing this a nd the waiting list is over a year.

Let me know if anyone needs information.

Thanks,
CW

Thank You all for your comments, @mrsroberts, that's all we eat is oatmeal anyway we can think, yougurt any flavor for her and just peach for me,have to try the cottage cheese & peaches for her and see if she likes it, We did the fruit salads and she loved it, I'm getting the hang of it now, the more ideas you guys give the more help I get,"AGAIN THANK YOU ALL" I have also been looking into a vegan lifestyle for us. I found some delicious recipes for vegan food online, I just have to find a health food store in my area. @cwilts01, she can't come incontact at all, although our alllergist did mention something like that when she gets a little older, maybe two or three then she might try it then, but for now she just wants her to stay far away from it, I got so scared a couple wks ago cause my dad touched her after eating a reese cup on the thigh, she broke out with-in secs from head to toe instantly, I had to immediately give her some benadryl, give her a bath to clenses her skin, then put some hydrocortisone cream on her, that's her routine if she comes in contact with food she's not suppose to have,That's another reason I keep her away from everyone, I take her in the yard where we just play, I might be unfair, I'm just being safe.

It's good to keep safe! You must remind everyone you know about her allergy. Allergy awareness takes some training for all. My family was always aware and sensitive to my allergy, but I am not super sensitive to it either. I did learn the hard way I can't kiss someone who has been eating nuts! Something for you to keep in mind. No kisses for your daughter from anyone who has eaten nuts.

I can be around nuts. Just not touch them (in the shell it's usually fine, its the exposed nut and the oils I can't touch).

I have heard about the desensitivity program with postive reviews. It is something I have considered myself. Maybe I have desensitized myself in a way because I end up having a nut reaction about once a year. I think with young children it is something to definitely look into. CW, even though it may take a year it will be worth it.

best,
mrsroberts

We are currently fighting with his school about the lunch room policies regarding where my son sits. Doing a 504 form today and getting the doctor to sign off and then another meeting with the teacher and principal and school nurse.

Very frustrated today.

@mrsroberts it should be worth the wait but, it can't come soon enough. My son was excited about the visit with the allergy Dr. and wanted to get started in the program right away. I had to then burst his bubble and tell him it was going to be up to a year wait to get started.

@williamstanisha0426 what is your daughters level of sensistivity? my son just got his stuff back from Mayo and he is a 99 currently or level 5 out of 6. up from a 43 2 1/2 years ago category 4. Not comforting that he has gotten worse.

@cwilts, I'm not sure, I found out when she was 9.5 mnths old she had a very tiny piece of cracker with some peanut butter, i got a call to come home right away to rush her to the er n she had hives all over her body from head to toe, holding her tongue out, they gave her some benadryl n snt us home later that night, the nxt day I took her to her dr. n he did the same thing said the hives n her tongue will go dwn, it wasn't enough for me, I made an er appt with my allergist, that's who took the skin test n supplied her with the epi pen n tld me what to look out for, what to keep her away from, the whole nine, after that I left her dr. I just felt he didn't do what I expected a dr to do for little kids, plus that was not the only time he gave me a strange feeling about not caring for a child good enough, so eventually it was go be a matter of time we was going to leave him. I do know it sensitive enough that if she's touched or kissed she will break out. It starts around the mouth 1st, then spreads on the face, I usually catch it before it spreads anywhere else, I never had to use the pen yet, hopefully I don't have to, I always use the benadryl though, She will grab something of somebody that ate something she can't have n have a break out, like a napkin or tissue. It's stressful at times, I do blame myself all the time even though it's not my fault, I just feel so bad for my baby cause there's nothing I can do for her when she scratches.

@mrsroberts, I tell the family all the time, I think I should just stay away from them till they get the picture, she has a big bright colorful severe allergy bracelet on her wrist you can't miss it, I tell them everytime she comes from the dr, it's starting to piss me off, it's not going away no freaking time soon, I might be wrong from keeping her isolated but thats the reason, people don't want to listen or wash they hands , or respect what the f**k i say about how to protect my child, excuse my language you guys. I'm getting angry

Hi

I have food alergies and the effects of the alergy is going in to shock, bringing on Asthma and also skin welling when skin is marked with finger nail marks.

I have had the alergic reaction from child hood.

I take on a daily basis Zaditen which comforts a lot of my alergies.

The base drug is teva ketotifen which can cause stomach issues oer along time.

I have been taking it for over 40 years.

If you run finger nail over skin and it wells you know you are having an adverse reaction.

We are fortunate that alergies are commonly acepted these days in my child hood they thought it was an emotional issues which was ue to the doctors ignorance they simply did not know of it.

One time only I had an anaphaletic rection to nuts we thought and stopped breathing 3 times.

So I have in the house all the time an epi pen which is a life saver.

Yet since that traumatic lergic reaction I am now thinking it may have been a nut in a shell with some kind of mould in it I did not see.

Love and peace to every one

Dave of Beckenham