I ALMOST DIED

sr_malo wrote:
jdzappa wrote:

I might as well jump in here to say I went to the emergency room last night after having a "moderate" allergic reaction to a walnut salad. EMTs were cool but kept telling me that the fact I couldn't swallow and my throat felt constricted wasn't something to panic about. I guess if you can walk and talk in brief sentences you're probably not going to die from a food allergy. But I was light-heated and struggling to breathe for a good hour so scary as hell.

Isn't Anaphylactic shock fun? That happens to me when I eat flaky white fish. My lips will start to tingle first, which is a warning. It's more common for people with shellfish allergies.

I’ve never had a serious allergy before so it’s fun to discover I’ve developed one in my 40s.

...we've been on this site long enough that this thread has turned into stories about actually almost dying.

Well... we're all getting older, it is a risk factor.

jdzappa wrote:
sr_malo wrote:
jdzappa wrote:

I might as well jump in here to say I went to the emergency room last night after having a "moderate" allergic reaction to a walnut salad. EMTs were cool but kept telling me that the fact I couldn't swallow and my throat felt constricted wasn't something to panic about. I guess if you can walk and talk in brief sentences you're probably not going to die from a food allergy. But I was light-heated and struggling to breathe for a good hour so scary as hell.

Isn't Anaphylactic shock fun? That happens to me when I eat flaky white fish. My lips will start to tingle first, which is a warning. It's more common for people with shellfish allergies.

I’ve never had a serious allergy before so it’s fun to discover I’ve developed one in my 40s.

The EMTs might have just been trying to keep you calm.
We’ve been told to use the Epi-pen and get to the ER for less. See an allergist.
And FARE (Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network) has really useful resources.

(Our son has had dairy allergies since 3 months and had a biphasic anaphylactic reaction to cashews at 5. Injecting him with the Epi and watching him pass out in ER from IV Benadryl is the most scared I’ve ever been.)

MathGoddess wrote:

FARE (Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network)

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Edit: fixed url to be mobile-compliant.

MathGoddess wrote:
jdzappa wrote:
sr_malo wrote:
jdzappa wrote:

I might as well jump in here to say I went to the emergency room last night after having a "moderate" allergic reaction to a walnut salad. EMTs were cool but kept telling me that the fact I couldn't swallow and my throat felt constricted wasn't something to panic about. I guess if you can walk and talk in brief sentences you're probably not going to die from a food allergy. But I was light-heated and struggling to breathe for a good hour so scary as hell.

Isn't Anaphylactic shock fun? That happens to me when I eat flaky white fish. My lips will start to tingle first, which is a warning. It's more common for people with shellfish allergies.

I’ve never had a serious allergy before so it’s fun to discover I’ve developed one in my 40s.

The EMTs might have just been trying to keep you calm.
We’ve been told to use the Epi-pen and get to the ER for less. See an allergist.
And FARE (Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network) has really useful resources.

(Our son has had dairy allergies since 3 months and had a biphasic anaphylactic reaction to cashews at 5. Injecting him with the Epi and watching him pass out in ER from IV Benadryl is the most scared I’ve ever been.)

Yeah, if I can cram an airway down your throat, you’ll be fine, if a bit uncomfortable. I’ve used the epipen (and now epi from a bottle since drug companies made epipens prohibitively expensive) four times in my current occupation. It’s serious, and scary af for the patient - especially one who developed a late allergy, but with some calm and collective, you’re not in terrible danger.

I just got tested for allergies recently. Grass and trees, so yeah, no wonder I haven't been able to breathe for years. The prick test mostly just made me itchy but there was a minute there I started coughing and they gave me some water.

Starting shots next week, but apparently I have to get an EpiPen just in case I have a worse reaction after the shots. A little worried about how much this is all going to cost, but the idea of getting one shot a month and being able to breathe next year is very exciting.

BadKen wrote:

Well... we're all getting older, it is a risk factor.

I've stopped jokingly asking people who are overdressed for the situation if they're just back from a funeral. These days the answer is yes about half the time.

MrDeVil909 wrote:
BadKen wrote:

Well... we're all getting older, it is a risk factor.

I've stopped jokingly asking people who are overdressed for the situation if they're just back from a funeral. These days the answer is yes about half the time.

I like "How did your interview go?"

Mixolyde wrote:

I like "How did your interview go?"

Heh, yeah, that's the new standard line.

Stele wrote:

I just got tested for allergies recently. Grass and trees, so yeah, no wonder I haven't been able to breathe for years. The prick test mostly just made me itchy but there was a minute there I started coughing and they gave me some water.

Starting shots next week, but apparently I have to get an EpiPen just in case I have a worse reaction after the shots. A little worried about how much this is all going to cost, but the idea of getting one shot a month and being able to breathe next year is very exciting.

I didn't know they still did prick tests. They can do more accurate tests by using blood samples.

Here are my most recent results. All I'm cool with is mouse urine.

That said, look at those numbers of cats and dogs. I've lived most of my life knowing that those particular allergies could actually kill me. With Dupixent, I'm now living with two dogs and a cat. The dogs are Cockapoos, which are "hypoallergenic," but I've also noticed much, much less reaction to just regular dogs.

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Yeah my doctor mentioned the blood test but then she would have to refer me to the allergist anyway and the blood test took about a week but they were able to see me in less than week so whatever. At least I have an answer and a treatment plan to not feel like crap anymore.

Was very happy to see nothing for cats or dogs, as I have two cats currently and it's nice if my daughter wants a dog someday.

Stele wrote:

Was very happy to see nothing for cats or dogs, as I have two cats currently and it's nice if my daughter wants a dog someday.

Your cats on the other hand...

WTF is Error 522?

Looks like the actual GWJ server was down for a bit. The Cloudflare anti-DDOS layer was still up, but the server itself crapped out for awhile.

I almost died!

This really isn't the time to be messing with people's health like that.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!

Thank you for the head's up, with new changes it's good to keep an eye out for these things.

Rat Boy wrote:

This really isn't the time to be messing with people's health like that.

tuffalobuffalo wrote:

I almost died!

BadKen wrote:

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!

Aww, we love and miss you when you aren't around, too <3

Safe at last!

Someone told Trump GWJ cures covid

Ooh, cash-in time for Amoebic.

Little site hiccup today?

Or a wider DNS issue?

Cloudflare sh*t the bed.

NSMike wrote:

Cloudflare sh*t the bed.

Felt it at work, but ironically did not encounter any GWJ loading problem.

Jayhawker wrote:

I didn't know they still did prick tests.

Goddammit clearly I wasn't paying attention to the thread in November, I would not have left a softball like this go by without a swing.

NSMike wrote:

Cloudflare sh*t the bed.

It seemed specific to cloudflare DNS.

Maybe putting half the internet behind a single authoritative DNS provider has its downsides.

absurddoctor wrote:

Maybe putting half the internet behind a single authoritative DNS provider has its downsides.

The purpose of distributed, decentralized protocols and standards is to allow users the freedom to determine around which providers to re-centralize them.

I think half is a gross overestimation. It broke Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 resolver though. Quite a few people use that to avoid their ISP's resolvers doing DNS hijacking. A fix would have been to temporarily switch back to the ISP, or to Google's public resolvers (8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4).

WAAAUGH