"Andrew H. Carter" wrote:
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> On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 16:37:13 -0700, Arri London
> > scribbled some thoughts:
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> >
> >Rona Yuthasastrakosol wrote:
> >>
> >> "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).
> >>
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> >
> >Thankfully I don't have any food allergies; just pollens which are
> >unavoidable.
> >Don't know if I'd eat something I was genuinely allergic to; all those
> >years spent studying and working in immunology have left their mark LOL.
>
> Do you eat comb honey? It's said that that will help better
> than just plain honey.
>
> Isn't honey amazing. I just love bees.
>

The only thing that has helped at all is inducing tolerance by not
treating the pollen allergies. Once I live in a place long enough, the
seasonal reaction starts to let up. This is **not** for someone who has
asthma however!!!