Reply #20: Some information that might come in handy [View All]

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Not that I think allergies are genetic or anything ;-), but my mother and I both had a sensitivity (don't know why they don't call it an allergy when you get sick and break out in hives or a rash) to ultraviolet light. Well, I'm still photosensitive.

I'm also allergic to codeine, dairy products (it's not lactose intollerance after all!), and Australian Pine pollen. The last thing you'll have to worry about is the last thing on that list. A tree grows in Brooklyn, but it's not that kind of tree.

Your father is allergic to penicillin. For a while I thought he was allergic to me, but we talked while you were in the hospital and it seems he wasn't.

Oh yeah, I'm also allergic to that unknown, unseen thing in some water filtration systems. Maybe it's mildew. I can clean mildew from the inside and outside of the house and let it grow like a science experiment on the shower curtain (we always put up a new and garish shower curtain for your visits) without a problem. Guess I just can't swallow the stuff!

Mildew abounds in humid Florida! (I'm waiting for Carlos to discover that.) Guess I'll hold myself in check if I'm ever tempted to lick a green wall. ECK! :puke:

Anyway, now you've got some ammunition if the allergist asks about family allergy history. And the better part of the world knows I can't take a codeine cold pill with a milk shake outside during the daytime under a blooming Australian Pine tree.

Glad you ended up at an ER that knew you. If you hadn't ended up at the hospital on Long Island (that's where I want to go if I ever need a hospital!), I was thinking of suggesting the one in Manhattan where your part-time job awaits. The people you know there would have loved to see you. I hope they'll be seeing you soon.

:loveya:

Ma

P.S. Kids are supposed to outlive their parents! If I don't gain or lose too much weight, I've got a dress for your 112th birthday party that you won't let me back out of. Well, since I'll be 134 that year, maybe I should start looking at pajamas. ;-)