Allergic kids vs kids without allergies at school
Jan 30th 2014, 8:46 pm
#166
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Re: Allergic kids vs kids without allergies at school
On airlines, he informs the airline ahead of time, and the airline will instead serve something like pretzels instead of peanuts as a snack. He's been lucky that someone around him hasn't brought peanuts onto the airplane. (It's not so sensitive that someone nearby having a Reeses Cup or something will set him off - the incident with the Thai food was different beacuse it was hot, there was a lot of it, and it made the room stink up pretty badly.)
He goes to movies, but doesn't sit in the middle of the theatre, he'll sit towards the edges, just in case.
I think he's found a good way to still live his life wtihout being, as you say, in a spacesuit - and he tries not to inconvenience others in the process.
Jan 30th 2014, 9:08 pm
#167
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Re: Allergic kids vs kids without allergies at school
Restaurants - he stayed away with ones that use a lot of peanut and peanut product (Thai, Chinese, etc). If we were at a steakhouse or Italian place, it was fine.
On airlines, he informs the airline ahead of time, and the airline will instead serve something like pretzels instead of peanuts as a snack. He's been lucky that someone around him hasn't brought peanuts onto the airplane. (It's not so sensitive that someone nearby having a Reeses Cup or something will set him off - the incident with the Thai food was different beacuse it was hot, there was a lot of it, and it made the room stink up pretty badly.)
He goes to movies, but doesn't sit in the middle of the theatre, he'll sit towards the edges, just in case.
I think he's found a good way to still live his life wtihout being, as you say, in a spacesuit - and he tries not to inconvenience others in the process.
On airlines, he informs the airline ahead of time, and the airline will instead serve something like pretzels instead of peanuts as a snack. He's been lucky that someone around him hasn't brought peanuts onto the airplane. (It's not so sensitive that someone nearby having a Reeses Cup or something will set him off - the incident with the Thai food was different beacuse it was hot, there was a lot of it, and it made the room stink up pretty badly.)
He goes to movies, but doesn't sit in the middle of the theatre, he'll sit towards the edges, just in case.
I think he's found a good way to still live his life wtihout being, as you say, in a spacesuit - and he tries not to inconvenience others in the process.
I have to admit that I didn't realise that peanuts had a smell that was discernible from more than 1/2 an inch away, nor did realise that the temperature of peanuts affected one's reaction to them.
Jan 30th 2014, 10:27 pm
#168
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Re: Allergic kids vs kids without allergies at school
Looks like hiding from nuts is not the way forward after all
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/...ticle16605537/
Doctors at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge started by giving 99 children aged seven to 16 with severe peanut allergies a tiny 2-milligram dose of a special peanut flour mixed into their food.
After six months of treatment, more than 80 per cent of the children can now safely eat five peanuts at a time.
I wonder if they will try the same with milk
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/...ticle16605537/
Doctors at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge started by giving 99 children aged seven to 16 with severe peanut allergies a tiny 2-milligram dose of a special peanut flour mixed into their food.
After six months of treatment, more than 80 per cent of the children can now safely eat five peanuts at a time.
I wonder if they will try the same with milk
Jan 30th 2014, 10:53 pm
#169
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Re: Allergic kids vs kids without allergies at school
I understand that he can control what he consumes. I was curious about how he deals with what other people are doing. What if the person behind him on the plane was eating peanuts, the person in front of him in a dark cinema, etc.
I have to admit that I didn't realise that peanuts had a smell that was discernible from more than 1/2 an inch away, nor did realise that the temperature of peanuts affected one's reaction to them.
I have to admit that I didn't realise that peanuts had a smell that was discernible from more than 1/2 an inch away, nor did realise that the temperature of peanuts affected one's reaction to them.
Jan 30th 2014, 10:58 pm
#170
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Re: Allergic kids vs kids without allergies at school
Hot particles , more energy, move further from source or sauce 
Fizzics innit?
Fizzics innit?
Jan 31st 2014, 12:56 am
#172
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Re: Allergic kids vs kids without allergies at school
Looks like hiding from nuts is not the way forward after all
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/...ticle16605537/
Doctors at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge started by giving 99 children aged seven to 16 with severe peanut allergies a tiny 2-milligram dose of a special peanut flour mixed into their food.
After six months of treatment, more than 80 per cent of the children can now safely eat five peanuts at a time.
I wonder if they will try the same with milk
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/...ticle16605537/
Doctors at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge started by giving 99 children aged seven to 16 with severe peanut allergies a tiny 2-milligram dose of a special peanut flour mixed into their food.
After six months of treatment, more than 80 per cent of the children can now safely eat five peanuts at a time.
I wonder if they will try the same with milk
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showp...&postcount=159
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showp...&postcount=161
Jan 31st 2014, 12:58 am
#173
Nuther day in paradise.ca
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Re: Allergic kids vs kids without allergies at school
Who hasn't been reading the thread then, hmmm?
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showp...&postcount=159
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showp...&postcount=161
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showp...&postcount=159
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showp...&postcount=161
Jan 31st 2014, 5:49 am
#174
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Re: Allergic kids vs kids without allergies at school
A comment earlier about a child of 6 not being able to take resposibilty is incorrect also.
My stepson is in the peanut allergy club, has had an anaphylactic thingy and had to be stabbed with his pen (also severely asthmatic, severe reaction to wasp stings, and the same with mango). Luckily the poor little f*****r has grown out of a lot of his others. Anyway I digress - at 6 he was more than able to ask if things contained XYZ - such as me buying him a choccie bar he'd always remind me to check the label.
I think a lot of that is because his mother put the fear of god in him - but they can do it.
My stepson is in the peanut allergy club, has had an anaphylactic thingy and had to be stabbed with his pen (also severely asthmatic, severe reaction to wasp stings, and the same with mango). Luckily the poor little f*****r has grown out of a lot of his others. Anyway I digress - at 6 he was more than able to ask if things contained XYZ - such as me buying him a choccie bar he'd always remind me to check the label.
I think a lot of that is because his mother put the fear of god in him - but they can do it.
Jan 31st 2014, 12:19 pm
#175
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Re: Allergic kids vs kids without allergies at school
A comment earlier about a child of 6 not being able to take resposibilty is incorrect also.
My stepson is in the peanut allergy club, has had an anaphylactic thingy and had to be stabbed with his pen (also severely asthmatic, severe reaction to wasp stings, and the same with mango). Luckily the poor little f*****r has grown out of a lot of his others. Anyway I digress - at 6 he was more than able to ask if things contained XYZ - such as me buying him a choccie bar he'd always remind me to check the label.
I think a lot of that is because his mother put the fear of god in him - but they can do it.
My stepson is in the peanut allergy club, has had an anaphylactic thingy and had to be stabbed with his pen (also severely asthmatic, severe reaction to wasp stings, and the same with mango). Luckily the poor little f*****r has grown out of a lot of his others. Anyway I digress - at 6 he was more than able to ask if things contained XYZ - such as me buying him a choccie bar he'd always remind me to check the label.
I think a lot of that is because his mother put the fear of god in him - but they can do it.
(also, LOL at your "little f*" comment, that made me crack up. It's a good thing I'm the only oen in the office right now!)I was listening to CFRB and they were talking about this last week. One of the guys on the show, can't remember who, has a son who has a severe allergy to dairy, and is a similar age to your stepson. The guy said his son knows to ask others if a product contains dairy, to ask other adults to read a label for him if he has to, and to ask generally what's in things. He also said that in his classroom where he has lunch, he is very careful not to touch anyone else's food, and washes his hands after he eats just in case. It's all pretty civil. The teachers also keep an eye on him - the guy was saying he would never ask the teacher to have the other students stop bringing in dairy completely.
