"Arri London" > wrote in message
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>
> Not a single item LOL. She is a happily married Filipina with children.
> Don't think she's changed her hairstyle since she had the first child
> and never wears makeup to work. My real guess is that she likes crab and
> has never heard of anaphylaxis!
>

That's my mother! :-) My mother is also a once happily married Filipina
(now widowed) with children. She hasn't changed her hairstyle since the
70's and wears very little make-up (foundation and sometimes lipstick). And
(here's the connection) she'll eat things she knows she's allergic to. She
loves shellfish but sometimes gets hives from eating it (it depends largely
on the freshness), loves peanuts but sometimes gets hives from eating them
(probably has something to do with preservatives), and loves tomatoes but is
allergic to nightshades, too. Why does she do it? Just because she loves
them, and she's not going to let a little thing like possible death keep her
from them. She keeps around antihistamines and has only had a very very bad
reaction once (about 20 years ago, and it was the first time she had ever
had a reaction to shellfish--prior to that she had no problems with them).

rona

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