Allergies: what are yours?

[garbon]

Although, what does bother me is the potential for developing allergies to cats.  Being around so many on a daily basis, and we've had so many surrenders of cats where families developed allergies to cat dander over time.

Now that would completely break my heart.

There are meds for that.

My son, the asthmatic, is highly allergic to cats, and we have three. They've never triggered an attack in him, and he sleeps with them wrapped around his head.

Yeah meds these days are good enough for that. Hell my family had a dog all through my teens.

Oddly, when I spent Labor Day taking care of my mother's boxer, I didn't end up needing to take anything at all.

[merithyn]

Whenever I let people come to my apartment, I also let them dust my bookshelves.

I have to use a wet cloth to dust. Otherwise, it's just an asthma attack waiting to happen.

We have a damp basement, too. (107 year old house) When I go down to clean that, after about 25-30 minutes I'm in a full-blown asthma attack with swollen throat and eyes.

[Razgovory]

Nope.  Just fine.

[CountDeMoney]

Nope.  Just fine.

You've got bigger problems.

[PDH]

I am also allergic to stupid freshmen.  Even the girls.

[CountDeMoney]

I am also allergic to stupid freshmen.  Even the girls.

But much like garbon's avocados, I have to keep perving on them anyway.

[Razgovory]

Nope.  Just fine.

You've got bigger problems.

I thought about saying that, but I'd just be telling people what they already know.  Oh and Congrats on going back to school.  I was afraid you starting to turn into me with your unemployment and increased... idiosyncrasies.

[MadImmortalMan]

Most pollens, plus cats and gerbils. I have a cat anyway. Not going to take him to the shelter just for that.

Oh, and raw tomatoes trigger the gag reflex for me. I don't think that's an allergy though.

[Razgovory]

Most pollens, plus cats and gerbils. I have a cat anyway. Not going to take him to the shelter just for that.

Oh, and raw tomatoes trigger the gag reflex for me. I don't think that's an allergy though.

I wouldn't take my cats to the shelter just cause they make me sneeze.  I've beaten human beings for less then that.

[CountDeMoney]

Oh and Congrats on going back to school.  I was afraid you starting to turn into me with your unemployment and increased... idiosyncrasies.

Playas gotta play.

[Barrister]

I have a weird allergy to the skins of several fruits.  Apples, pears, plums... all set my lips on fire.  But only the skin.  If I peel them I'm good as gold.

So I wind up eating a lot of oranges and bananas.

[Admiral Yi]

Pollen and cats.  I was a mess every spring in DC.  Thankfully the cats allergy didn't kick in until well into adulthood, so the family cats growing up were no issue.

[Pedrito]

Not me, but my youngest daughter is highly allergic to a whole range of foods, including egg, every kind of nuts, every exotic fruit including banana and kiwi, chestnuts, fig, tuna fish.

These are the potentially lethal ones, meaning that when she eats some of those foods she develops a systemic reaction that needs a shot of epinephrine to save her life.

Then there's a long list of foods we never tried to give her because we're frightened by potential reactions, like shellfish and mushrooms.

L.

[Maladict]

Bee/wasp stings.

[Syt]

There's a certain milk protein that gives me major gas. Cheese is fine, but fresh milk, yoghurt and such are a bitch, but may work in small doses.