allergies/asthma

[OakLeaf]

I don't know what I'd do if I had to give up almonds, walnuts or cherries.

One of my finger joints got all inflamed last week. Hours after my allergy shot. I am hoping so bad that it isn't related, because I am going to be in very serious trouble if I can't take shots any more. I do NOT want to go on oral steroids.

[Owlie]

I don't know what I'd do if I had to give up almonds, walnuts or cherries.

One of my finger joints got all inflamed last week. Hours after my allergy shot. I am hoping so bad that it isn't related, because I am going to be in very serious trouble if I can't take shots any more. I do NOT want to go on oral steroids.

Yikes, Oak. Hopefully they're not related...

In my case, not all of the foods listed trigger a reaction, and there are some that aren't on the list (peanuts). I can eat parsley, but not celery. Walnuts don't bother me, and almost every food on the list is fine if I cook it. I prefer almonds and peanuts roasted anyway. Cherries are the only iffy one. If they're properly ripe (dark red and slightly squishy), they're fine.

[Crankin]

I know about the cataracts thing. That's why I don't take the Flonase continually. I used to use Nasalcrom when it was a prescription drug. I didn't know it was OTC... my insurance stopped paying for it and that was probably why.
I am allergic to peanuts (not horribly, i.e. I can be around them, touch them, just not eat them), dust, and mold. I am also allergic to thimerisol, IV contrast dye, and penicillin. I have been tested 3X, once at age 7, again at 16, and another time when I was about 33. I tried allergy shots at 16 and 33 and every time I would have a fricking asthma attack after the shot. I suspect the solution had preservatives, Thimerisol. I didn't know I was allergic to that until they started putting it into contact lens solution, when I was about 35. My eyes swelled shut. Thankfully, lens solutions are preservative free now. I gave up on the shots.
I am much healthier, in terms of allergies, since I left AZ. The dust and molds in the desert were killing me. I developed asthma when I was in my early thirties and was on a nebulizer every 4 hours at one point. A couple of years ago, I had a CT scan for back pain, they saw spots on my lung and my PCP freaked. I went to the pulmonologist and he looked at me and said, Cocci? Yes, I had Valley Fever and didn't even know it. And it seems like I must have had it some time in the late 80s, because that's when all of my asthma and bronchitis started. So, my lungs are definitely compromised, but I have very little issues with them, even in very cold weather. For about 5 years I couldn't even walk through a store that had perfumes or make up without getting a reaction, but somehow, I outgrew that.