Rare Food Allergies ARE serious!

My sister decided to cook Turkey [It was CHICKEN!] today and forgot to turn on the fan over the stove. My chest started hurting really badly, but not bad enough where I had to take the epi-pen. I was having asthmatic symptoms. I had to go down there and tell her to turn on the darn fan. Keep in mind that it is winter out and we just had 7 inches of snow! I had to open up the landing window to help draw out the fumes as it is verbotten by the association to have windows open in the winter time. :P

UPDATE: It was chicken and not turkey. Also, because I had to take my inhaler again at 4am, we've decided that all chicken will have to be cooked at mom and dads. 

And another UPDATE: 1) I should have taken Epi-Pen and gone to hospital.
2) The reason why I decided that God was right when He said I should not date anyone who can not give up Beef and Avian for me is because it IS an integrity issue. Believers aren't supposed to put food before God. God is not required to Cure us of everything Man finds offensive. Man is required to get out of their comfort zones and learn to love and live with us who have rare food allergies. 1 in 250 people have a Rare Food Allergy. How rare is that? Not very!




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She then decided to cook homemade soup with Chicken broth from a cube. My chest never really recovered from the first time. I was supposed to wait thirty minutes after taking the inhaler before taking the anti-histamine as they react badly together and make the heart palpitate too quickly. I didn't take the anti-histamine because my chest hurt and I wasn't sure it would do anything. Well, I finally did take the anti-histamine and now will take the inhaler in twelve minutes. The house is freezing and there is nothing we can do about it because I need to breath.

I did pop my head outside and breathed in fresh air. That helped a lot, but as soon as I popped my head back in, I had issues again. The entire house smells. I smell it when I go to the loo. I smell it when I go to the kitchen to get dinner. Fortunately, I had something I could nuke.

 Should I have taken my epi-pen and have my sister try and dig the car out of 7 inches of snow all the way to the hospital? She is understandably in tears. I told her I was going to cook fish and not give a darn if she lived or died! Why? Because I was a prisoner in my own home and she didn't give enough to remember to turn on the fan! Problem is that I have no grace or mercy anymore. I lost it with the 46 years of abuse from too many sources. I'm trying to get it back.

We discussed what we could do differently because I need to grace her and totally reject my reactions. She is allergic to fish. I believe if she eats fish, she dies. Her face turns very white if she smells fish and she gets nauseous from the smell of seaweed. When I make my Sushi (no fish, as that would be sashimi), I turn on the fan and make it as quickly as possible. I also don't get the entire house smelling like allergen. We decided that when she cooks avian, I'll have to go to the coffee shop. I'm fine with this because I love the coffee shop.

Today was not a good day for me because I really wanted a nap and couldn't take one. I sleep on the couch in the living room still. We have the bats gone, but still have bat damage in the attic. We've not dealt with that yet. :P No money and I'm tired of fighting the association and my stupid father on that. My father is supposed to be the go to person but he is too slow and too frustrated. I also decided that she might have to cook it at parent's house instead - just like me! I cook my fish at parents house when she isn't around.

What is the difference between Nori and Avian? Avian and Fish are alike in that when you cook them, the smell is strong and travels far and wide. Nori stays in the kitchen. If I were to cook with fish, she would feel just like I do now. Yes, the fish smell goes away quicker because it only takes 4 minutes or so to cook. The turkey takes a lot longer.

Other issue? The same one I have been dealing with before...the peanut gallery. My sister agrees with me and not the peanut gallery. The peanut gallery thinks I can just kiss the guy on days he doesn't eat avian or beef. I can not do that. I was very close to having to take my epi-pen as it was. I can not risk even 1 parts per million of avian protein in my body. And no, I can not stay at my parents house for very long as I'm allergic to the cedar. I'm actually allergic to the cedar bed they have upstairs in their bedroom too. I've slept on that bed and woked up with my chest hurting. Its not anaphylactic yet. But...I have a severe reaction to Red Cedar in the three season porch. I ended up with bronchitis. Within 1 minute of standing in that room, my chest hurts. Its only a matter of time before that turns anaphylactic. I go into the living room and sit on the couch when I have to be at my parents house for too long. They now have a cedar table and chairs in the breakfast nook. The house is an open concept house where the kitchen is open to the breakfast nook, which is mostly open to the dining room, when is open to the living room. Picture this inside a geodesic dome. I feel like I am not a daughter to my dad. I feel like I am not really apart of the family.

I know to a point, how someone who was adopted feels. Its not exactly the same thing because I feel like my parents aren't really my parents even though they are. My mother does get it, but can't cook for me when I come over. It is too confusing for her. Have you ever wished that psychosomosis could be found to be the underlying cause of food allergies so you can get it over with and eat whatever you want? I did! I even tried to make it psychosomosis for ten years while I worked out issues in counseling. The result was I forgave everyone but still have the same food allergies. It didn't work. I even learned how to have deadline, to a point, without being overly stressed out by them. Yep, I still require an epi-pen and am not happy about it.

I shall end here because anything else I add will just be rambling. My brain is numb and my chest is beginning to feel better after taking a second round of inhaler. I took it after 18 minute wait. My heart didn't have issues with that. It was definitely an allergic reaction. The last time I accidentally took both too close together, my heart felt it. I wasn't having an allergic reaction at that time.