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[Ogress]

ok... i am still not getting email updates to new posts.... grrr.... maybe its something in my main settings and not this thread setting... cause i have it set to notify immediately...

later this week i plan to run an experiment on myself.
I am going to go to a friends house. scratch my arms and put fresh avocado on my arm and eat a slice.
last week for no reason, hours after making guacamole i broke out in hives for 10 minutes. freaked me out. that was the only symptom. no itchy mouth, and i don't remember having any digestion issues.
then last night my sister posted on facebook that she is allergic, cause she made an avocado mask and her face broke out (course i think the purpose of face mask's is to draw out the gunk, which causes it to break out) but she said her face was red and itchy and she was itchy everywhere....
in the past year or so i have started to like guacamole.... and people tell me to eat better so i decided to make guacamole here as a healthy snack (which it didn't turn out well tasting, need my mexican friend to make it, theirs is addicting)

So i am curious about how this experiment will turn out. i will have benedryl on hand just in case....
but has anyone every heard of being allergic to fresh avocados, but not guacamole?

I have never been allergic to food... I am not allergic to latex, I work in a lab and am surrounded and use the gloves (i think the gloves are latex, i will have to test that too)

I'm allergic to avocado, but I am also allergic to latex. My reaction to avocado is often worse than my latex allergy. I'm also allergic to mango, papaya, fig...
When I spent all those months on bed rest, my Dr. was in the room once when the dietitian came in to get find out if I had any food allergies. I told her I was just a little bit allergic - latex gloves usually only bother me i I have a scrape on my hand - My skin puffs up and burns. Foods make my tongue swell a little and the roof of my mouth hurt.

My Dr. cut in and said no one is ever "a little bit allergic". All that it means is you have not had a bad reaction yet. It could happen at any time. About 20 years ago he had an RN as a patient and she also stated that she was just a little bit allergic to latex - only minor irritation. They used a latex catheter and she went into anaphalactic shock and died on the operating table.

That is a risky way to find out if you are allergic to something.

That said, I notice I have much less of a reaction to latex now than I would get when I was around it daily. I started sneaking in the occasional slice of avocado just because I love it. I'm being incredibly stupid, but sometimes avocados call to me more than chocolate did in the past. I pretty much lost my chocolate craving when I was pregnant with Alex, and it never came back.

 

[FlyRobinFly]

OK, I'll try to be good so they don't ban me. Really though, I totally understand someone new to chickens to make mistakes but like I tell my kids, it's ok to make a mistake as long as you learn from them and don't make the same mistake twice. This person reported their frozen dead chicks to the hatchery and ordered a replacement shipment for the next week and ta da, more frozen dead chicks. There are people who understand the chick mortality in Feb and order anyway because they really need the chickens to mature by a certain date and that's ok too, although sad. So you just cut your losses and move on. I kind of said something about putting on the big girl panties and sucking it up. I guess that was kind of mean. I need to be more....... something. Can't think of the word right now. Maybe just plain nicer, kinder, courteous. I didn't used to be mean. Shoot, life can sure harden people. I feel like an ice princess.

You don't seem like an ice princess to me, just a practical person who's frustrated by people who need a little whack with the Clue Bat.

 

[Ogress]

Well I am going to get some work down today since we were gone all day yesterday.

More Thanks to TotalColour for hosting, what a great set up she has !

Impressive fence !!!
Beautiful home !
And BTW I love your kitchen...why remodel ?
But compared to what I got, everything looks awesome ha ha ha !!
I love your pantry cupboards & how bright it is & you can see your whole yard with ponds & coops.
Very relaxing & quiet.
Beautiful !


Dang it is just freezing out !!!!!!!!!!!!! Hail is still piled up, where did that cloud come from ???????
I see DH has shoveled the hail out of the van (LOL) and now I got to get to work too.
Later peeps !!!

We got a wee bit of snow tonight, and then the skies cleared and it is realllly cooold out now.

 

[FlyRobinFly]

So, I finally down loaded the pictures from my Wyoming trip, there aren't very many, mostly cause I'm not good at taking pictures and I don't think I'm very photogenic so I try to stay out of them!!! Justin and Kacey, my kidos Justin is 20 Kacey will be 25 in March!! My son showing off his muscles !! He has had plenty of time to work out!!!

Good looking kids!

 

[Kaneke]

That is so sad. I think they should not send chicks until the weather warms up - poor little things! The USPS seems to be slower than ever at delivering mail lately.

you are not kidding about the USPS being sloooooow

our car insurance cards were supposedly mailed FEB EIGHTH ... airmailed allegedly ... today was the FOURTEENTH and they did not arrive today

we are still stuck in the house with no personal transportation other than our two feet luckily the grocery store is only three blocks away (the EXPENSIVE one)

Costco is seven miles away (and 1500 feet below us) ... Walmart is about ten or twelve away, same altitude as Costco ... and the road from here to there is a highway, everyone drives 65 to 70 on it

DH was on phone with the company for over half an hour today, we suggested they send out a second batch of cards FedEx Overnight, but they declined ... enough to make you want to change companies except the competitors charge darned near twice as much

they just aren't set up for people with two domiciles, with cars at each .... no way could we DRIVE between the two

 

[Chicken Rustler]

OK so I am trying to figure out why everybody says Chrome is so good. Can't do my favorites and can't change size. So far I don't like i! ! !

 

[Ogress]

Well so far the only restrictions I have been put on is 35lb weight limit and to stop working as soon as possible. I will have to ask her what she thinks of me taking a boat ride and 20 minute drive. If I do get to go, I wont be doing a whole lot. lol Mainy sitting and chatting with everyone. If Im up on my feet to long, I tend to put mysef into braxtonhics contractions. They may not be the "real" thing, but MAN do they suck!

I went white-water rafting in Alaska when I was 7 mo pregnant with Alex! Next pregnancy was spent in bed, but at least I got to do a bunch the first time around.

I don't envy you - glad my pregnancy days are over but I do miss having newborns, and that pride you get before your kids start talking back.

I'll see if I can get someone to repair my chair for you to use. It reclines like a dentist chair and is so comfy! Last summer we slept out in the yard one night to watch the meteors and Alex tried to get the chair to go flat. It is not designed to do that and the back supports broke.

 

[Ogress]

sigh.. anyone have any cheap eggs? I just lost 2 batches of eggs...
1 due to my bumping the incubator and well... crash testing eggs is a bad idea.
2 due to bad shipping/packing 16 broken on arrival and the rest look pretty bad (detached aircells, porous shells etc) they are in the bator but not much hope.
that is 90% of my egg money gone and no chicks to show.

80 eggs, no chicks

All mutts, but you are welcome to some. I'm getting over a dozen a day now. There may be some pure barnies and oprs in the bunch, but the rest are all mutts.

 

[FlyRobinFly]

we are still stuck in the house with no personal transportation other than our two feet luckily the grocery store is only three blocks away (the EXPENSIVE one)
Costco is seven miles away (and 1500 feet below us) ... Walmart is about ten or twelve away, same altitude as Costco ... and the road from here to there is a highway, everyone drives 65 to 70 on it

Ugh, that is so frustrating! I don't suppose they can email or fax some kind of temporary proof to use until the real thing arrives? Kind of like the paper things dealers use when they sell a new car?
If you get really desperate, I think Costco delivers, but here's hoping tomorrow's mail brings you relief.

 

[Ogress]

So, I finally down loaded the pictures from my Wyoming trip, there aren't very many, mostly cause I'm not good at taking pictures and I don't think I'm very photogenic so I try to stay out of them!!! Justin and Kacey, my kidos Justin is 20 Kacey will be 25 in March!! My son showing off his muscles !! He has had plenty of time to work out!!!


This one above is a bit blurry, jeez I look big as a cow!!

And always the competitor, I had to add to the gun show!! LOL!!!

Beautiful kids - they look a lot like their mom!