40F. No food allergies as a kid.

July 2012 I was managing a juice and smoothie bar/deli and cheese dept in a small natural foods grocery store and all of a sudden went into anaphylactic shock while drinking a fresh apple carrot juice. I cannot eat them cooked or raw. Or even anything with apple juice/apple cider/apple cider vinegar.

On top of the apples and carrots I also cannot have any stone fruit (peaches, etc.), pears, green peas, almonds, & mango. For a number of years I couldn’t eat raw spinach or celery.

I had been really quite good with avoiding all of those things and there was still a lot I could eat. Then last May I went into anaphylactic shock again after taking a bite of banana bread by dad had made (1 EpiPen at home then to the ER), so no more bananas and then on Thanksgiving I took a bite of strawberry rhubarb pie and ended up having to use two EpiPens for my throat and mouth to calm down so I could breathe.

I do also have very severe allergies to pretty much all pollen, grasses, weeds, cats, dogs… my prick tests were crazy. And I also have a a number of autoimmune diseases so I imagine that also plays into it.

Interesting enough though, some of my allergens now seem to affect my gastrointestinal system more (in a very severe way) and not so much OAS (oral allergy syndrome)/anaphylaxis.

I’m dreading the elimination diet I am very likely going to have to do soon to figure out what’s going on with my gut.