i cant believe theres a whole section dedicated just to Allergies. What next? colour of socks you wore today?

[frenchconnection]

thats it really

what a strange way to get your kicks, fc

What I find unbelievable are the people who are stupid enough to try to prove they are right by giving your child precisely the allergen you are trying to avoid. Ohhh and all that people who say that if you feed them nuts more often they would stop being allergic.

FC, I hope you never have to experience your child going in to Anaphylactic Shock(serious allergic reaction, if you don't know what anaphylactic means FC!). My 7 year old son is Anaphylactic to Peanuts. 2 Years ago he went in to Anaphylactic Shock after coming in to contact with peanut protein through cross contamination, which resulted in me having to administer his Epipen. Thankfully it saved his life. Things may have been very different now, he could be either severely disabled or dead. So how can you say that allergies are not life threatening. His first noticeable reaction was moderate and second anaphylactic. Each reaction is worse then the previous.. Go and educate yourself on the matter and you will understand why there is a complete section for us. How dare you come on here talking complete sh**, and offending us the way you have. Seriously you have no idea about allergies and i suggest in furture you keep your opinions to your self FC. I agree with Misdee, "you are talking out of your arse". Now leave Fc and dont return.

What puzzles me is that the allergy threads have been here for ages now, it's nothing new, so the only reason I can think to bring it up is purely to shit-stir. Maybe there's been a covert competition between some posters to see who can write the most offensive thread titles?

not worth biting any more IMO: if you've got a kid with an allergy you know how important it is, and presumably you already knew that there are ignorant arses in the world as well, so it's not exactly news is it?

I think that FC should come around to my house, try and think of something to cook for my ds2 that is high in calories and that doesn't contain dairy, eggs, nuts (not just peanuts, all nuts), soya and wheat. Then, deal with him while he is screaming inconsolably and shaking with pain because he has ingested a crumb of wheat and then deal the copious, mucous filled nappies that smells like the back end of a rubbish truck that hasn't been emptied for a month and deal with the resulting weeping & bleeding nappy rash.

For someone who has 2 degrees, you really couldn't have made yourself appear more thick than you did with your OP. Please go back to the hole you crawled out of and leave this wonderfully supportive board alone. We don't need the likes of you.

Ignore her everybody - she may have 2 degrees (are we supposed to be impressed?) but she's horrible.

Also popped up on a thread of ernest's being really .... well, horrible

Trippety trapp

I really can't believe that the OP posted this! Why should she be so bothered by the Allergies threads

You arsehole!

By frenchconnection on Tue 10-Apr-07 17:13:28
actually slightly pissed yeah

hopefully she is sleeping it off and / or too embarrassed to come back

Frenchcoonections....what planet do you live on?
2 degrees, sadly don't say much about common sense and inteligence really...., lol...as you show in such a wonderful way!
You do realise that a child that is allergic to something, if only a little, cna be sensitized (or should that be de-sensitized...cna't think right now)more and that therefor could suddenly react by anaphalactic shock...if you had a child wiht allergies you would not be so blase about it, or if you just plain knew a bit more and used some commonsense...
however...you might jsut be a troll, so, mihgt not be worth getting excited about, eh!

"slightly pissed" - big fat whatever, she's an arse.

for years my mum told me i was allergic to summer fruits when i got to my late teens i got fed up being told what i could and couldnt eat so i tried some strawberries and raspberries and all that appeared to happen was i got a slight rash , if i took my hay fever medication the rash disappeared wayhey i thought i found the answer. i carried on eating and drinking what i wanted and ignoring the rash

one night i was out with friends and we were hammering the cocktails i went into anaphylactic shock but the first symptons in my case were just not being able to breathe as noone was aware of my allergy it was presumed i had collapsed through drinking and it took nearly half an hour for the paramedics to realise what was actually wrong with me

my allergy is now really bad to the extent i cant touch anything containing fruit or fruit acids which makes my job as a beauty therapist difficult to say the least,

i bascically have to avoid any red or pink food in case the colourings have fruit in them as i no longer get a bit of a rash i always get full blown anaphylactic shock and have to carry an epipen at all times

i really believe that if i had taken notice of my allergy when i was younger then it wouldnt be so serious now

i cant let my dd1 near a cat. not without first dosing her on extra anti histimes and 2 puffs on her inhaler, then washing her eyes after wards to wtop them puffing up, then more inhalers.

teecee sorry your comments make me giggle I know thwey shouldn't because this is a serious subject 'allergies'. I agree FC is an arse!

Heartmum, now that does sound like a true challenge...what on earth can your poor child eat...!
Basically fruit veg and meat? Goattsmilk maybe (i.e. as it is not the same as cowsmilk and maybe more suitable)....but can't think of anything else, really...!
And not being sarcastic or anything, just truely trying to think what you can feed a child on such a limited diet!
Any chance he will outgrow at least some allergies?

she talks out of her arse as well.

i f-ing hate allergies. even dh suffers. even I have started to get contact dermatitis after spending two years using hospital alcohol gels.

4??? still never worked that one out

3andnomore, ds2's diet is quiet a challenge! He mainly eats dietary specials bread, tru-free biscuits or crackers (which do contain small traces of soya, but it is something we have to live with), tuna, meat and some fruit. He still won't eat veg, which is a right pain in the arse! We tried him with goatsmilk and he did react, the protein is similar to that in cows milk. He has rice milk and ready brek for brekkie. That is the basic jist and we do variations on theme. I guess I forgot to mention his excema as well, which although not food related per se is related to the weather and environmental allergies.

Not only do us allergy mums have to deal with the fear of our children suffering from anaphylaxsis, we have to deal with all the appointments, creams, lotions and potions. Not an easy life at all.

I forgot to mention that my son was awarded DLA on the basis of his food allergies alone (although also has a heart condition, eczema and breathing issues). Definately not serious enough to warrant having it's own section then

heartmum, dd1 gets high rate DLA for her eczema, allergies and asthma. obviously not enough for a whole section for it is it

I knew a lovely girl in my class at school, she had severe eczema and asthma, she went on to become a nurse and when I was 21 I read in the paper that she had died of anaphalactic (sp)shock from a veggie burger at her work (surrounded by nurses) that had nuts in it. So sad she was a lovely person.

Heartmum...oh, gosh, your son and you of course, definately don't have the "easy" life...!
I find my own few "stupid" allaergies a nuisance and a pita and have had in the past a few scary moments (i.e. sudden asthma attack things, even though I don't have asthma) and when I was allergy tested I didn't have allergies, neither (hmph....)!
But, luckily they are not somethign I have to live with on a daily basis as such, they don't effect me all the time...like I said though, if they do come out it's not nice, and not just the physical discomfort or itching and soreness...but also, the way it effects my self image and self esteem!
But I am a adult and can rationalise all of this. It must be truely difficult to be a child with such severe allergies, and well, as for being a parent to a child with severe allergies...it must be soooo scary, because there are so many idiots about that don't take it serious and could risk your childs life, etc..!