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Bloody hell, this is a s**t thing to have.
Went to Subway this morning for a delightful Subway Club (which was actually very nice) and I got a cookie and drink included in the price. Wonderful, I thought, until i noticed on the packet of the cookie that it may contain traces of nuts. Now, I know full well that I'm allergic to nuts, but often things say they may contain traces just so the manufacturers can cover themselves. Not so this time, it would seem.
I ignored the (what would now appear to be very sensible) words of, "Don't eat that, David, it's probably not a good idea" from my girlfriend and ate the cookie anyway. It was bloody nice and it didn't taste of nuts, so I thought all was well.
I got back into the Trophy (this is a Trophy forum after all!) and began to drive home. As I got fairly near I began to feel rather unwell, and started to become aware of the all-too-familiar feelings of having my chest go tight. The area around my eyes also started to swell up (something which has never happened to me before, but the allergy is getting worse as I get older), and by the time I got home I felt really horrible. I decided to go to casualty and hoped they would give me some adrenalin or something, but by the time I was seen the symptoms had started to subside. People knock the NHS, but it was damned efficient for me today. I'm sure the A&E staff would have much rather been somewhere else (as would of I!) on a sunny Saturday afternoon, but everyone I came into contact with was most pleasant to deal with. The nurses especially were lovely.
Anyway, that's my ranting over for today. I hate being allergic to 'em - it's so bloody inconvenient, and it feels awful. The last time I ended up in casualty (around five years ago) the doctor said to me that next time it'll be much worse. It seems he was right. I'm so angry at myself for being so stupid and needlessly worrying those I love, but that's hindsight for you, I guess!
Considering the cookie didn't actually have any actual nuts in it is actually quite concerning; I really don't know what would happen if I happened to eat an actual nut. I'd probably be a bit dead, actually. Bugger.
Went to Subway this morning for a delightful Subway Club (which was actually very nice) and I got a cookie and drink included in the price. Wonderful, I thought, until i noticed on the packet of the cookie that it may contain traces of nuts. Now, I know full well that I'm allergic to nuts, but often things say they may contain traces just so the manufacturers can cover themselves. Not so this time, it would seem.
I ignored the (what would now appear to be very sensible) words of, "Don't eat that, David, it's probably not a good idea" from my girlfriend and ate the cookie anyway. It was bloody nice and it didn't taste of nuts, so I thought all was well.
I got back into the Trophy (this is a Trophy forum after all!) and began to drive home. As I got fairly near I began to feel rather unwell, and started to become aware of the all-too-familiar feelings of having my chest go tight. The area around my eyes also started to swell up (something which has never happened to me before, but the allergy is getting worse as I get older), and by the time I got home I felt really horrible. I decided to go to casualty and hoped they would give me some adrenalin or something, but by the time I was seen the symptoms had started to subside. People knock the NHS, but it was damned efficient for me today. I'm sure the A&E staff would have much rather been somewhere else (as would of I!) on a sunny Saturday afternoon, but everyone I came into contact with was most pleasant to deal with. The nurses especially were lovely.
Anyway, that's my ranting over for today. I hate being allergic to 'em - it's so bloody inconvenient, and it feels awful. The last time I ended up in casualty (around five years ago) the doctor said to me that next time it'll be much worse. It seems he was right. I'm so angry at myself for being so stupid and needlessly worrying those I love, but that's hindsight for you, I guess!
Considering the cookie didn't actually have any actual nuts in it is actually quite concerning; I really don't know what would happen if I happened to eat an actual nut. I'd probably be a bit dead, actually. Bugger.
