Post by stanleyb on Apr 18, 2016 21:29:07 GMT
Who else suffers from them?
I have a couple of odd ones that have nearly ended my life a few times. My problems started after a high speed motorbike crash in 1976. My sense of smell increased after I broke a few bones around my nose. But soon after that I became allergic to freshly cut grass, and pollen. This was before you could get hayfever tablets on prescription even. I actually was one of the initial volunteers to try out the nose drops and tablets. But in 1996 I stopped taking the tablets. They had stopped working on me, no matter how big the dosage was. After about three years the hayfever symptoms became more controllable. But then I started developing some odd allergies. I am allergic to some nuts, but not to others. Hazel nuts would make me turn red and swell up in minutes. But I can knock back a whole bag of peanuts or cashew nuts. I can have about four almonds before I start to experience tingling on my tongue. I can't have avocados with a rough skin. But the smooth skin variety has no effect on me. I can eat orange paprika peppers. They give me a terrible stomach pain. I am OK with the other colours. If I eat a peach I would be in serious problem. It nearly cost me my life twice. I walk around with two types of salbutamol inhalers just in case. One of them has a steroid ingredient that is supposed to act as a counter agent.
For some reason it also affect what I can drink. I can't drink whisky. Something inside it has a bad effect on me. I used to be able to drink it before my accident. Gin is even worse. I can't even smell the thing without falling ill. Again, that too was once on my list of drinks. I can also fall ill from very dark rum, but I am OK with the white and not so dark ones.
My wife and kids have had to put up with another set of allergies of mine. I can't take the smell of freshly sprayed deodorants or perfumes. I end up having an asthma and hayfever attack within seconds of inhaling the lingering smell of the spray.
I have come to the conclusion over the years that it could have been the effect of the hayfever tablets that might have assisted in these odd kind of allergies. But I wonder who else has had to become a lot more aware of what they eat or come in contact with due to allergies.
I have a couple of odd ones that have nearly ended my life a few times. My problems started after a high speed motorbike crash in 1976. My sense of smell increased after I broke a few bones around my nose. But soon after that I became allergic to freshly cut grass, and pollen. This was before you could get hayfever tablets on prescription even. I actually was one of the initial volunteers to try out the nose drops and tablets. But in 1996 I stopped taking the tablets. They had stopped working on me, no matter how big the dosage was. After about three years the hayfever symptoms became more controllable. But then I started developing some odd allergies. I am allergic to some nuts, but not to others. Hazel nuts would make me turn red and swell up in minutes. But I can knock back a whole bag of peanuts or cashew nuts. I can have about four almonds before I start to experience tingling on my tongue. I can't have avocados with a rough skin. But the smooth skin variety has no effect on me. I can eat orange paprika peppers. They give me a terrible stomach pain. I am OK with the other colours. If I eat a peach I would be in serious problem. It nearly cost me my life twice. I walk around with two types of salbutamol inhalers just in case. One of them has a steroid ingredient that is supposed to act as a counter agent.
For some reason it also affect what I can drink. I can't drink whisky. Something inside it has a bad effect on me. I used to be able to drink it before my accident. Gin is even worse. I can't even smell the thing without falling ill. Again, that too was once on my list of drinks. I can also fall ill from very dark rum, but I am OK with the white and not so dark ones.
My wife and kids have had to put up with another set of allergies of mine. I can't take the smell of freshly sprayed deodorants or perfumes. I end up having an asthma and hayfever attack within seconds of inhaling the lingering smell of the spray.
I have come to the conclusion over the years that it could have been the effect of the hayfever tablets that might have assisted in these odd kind of allergies. But I wonder who else has had to become a lot more aware of what they eat or come in contact with due to allergies.
Grass pollen for me and I'm on nasal 'stuff' all year round now...
