CJsMommy's picture
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How Do I Help Others Understand PA?
My 16 month old son was recently diagnosed with PA. I had a difficult time with this at first, feeling [i]tremendous[/i] guilt since I was the one who fed him the peanut butter. I didn't know I was...
07/17/2008 - 05:28 Latest Post by JoeysPeeps
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Making People Understand PA
Hi! I'm new to the board and this site. But I have been living with PA my entire life (I'm almost 30). As I've grown older it seems it has become harder (rather than easier) to make the people in...
06/23/2008 - 03:11 Latest Post by littlelibra16
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New to this peanut free lifestyle
My 4 month old today was officially diagnosed with a peanut allergy. She is exclusively breast-fed. I was never told when I was pregnant that by eating peanut I was sensitizing my baby to a peanut...
06/15/2008 - 17:47 Latest Post by lakeswimr
Lindensmom's picture
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ice cream social season
How are people handling ice cream socials? We are inundated with them - school, neighborhood, etc. My daughter is 4 1/2 and PA only. We have been letting her have Breyers ice cream and some Trader...
06/15/2008 - 13:55 Latest Post by falcon
oompa_loompa's picture
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new and overwhelmed!
Hi all. I'm new to this pA thing. DS, 3, was just exposed to peanuts for the first time, and he reacted badly - coughing, wheezing, clawing at his throat after a very little bit of food w/peanuts....
05/12/2008 - 14:06 Latest Post by tommysmommy
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Did You Crave Anything In Particular When Pregnant With Your PA Child?
Did you have any particular food cravings that you can remember when you were pregnant with your PA child? (and yes, it's okay to say if it was pb or peanut products [img]http://uumor.pair.com/...
05/05/2008 - 03:05 Latest Post by Newallergymom
adgirl's picture
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PA outgrown -- now what?
General question: What do the experts say to do once the peanut allergy is outgrown? Should we continue to avoid, or give on a regular basis to stay desensitized? Do you have any links to studies on...
04/10/2008 - 07:49 Latest Post by CVRTBB
Marcela's picture
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We were at an indoor play area today and I wasn\'t sure what to do
My daughters and I were with some friends today and we went to an indoor play area. We were trying to pass some time while we waited for another place to open. I had never been to this play area...
03/28/2008 - 16:53 Latest Post by lalow
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Camp
Our daughter is 10 years old and PA. We have been "kicking around" the idea of sending her away to camp this summer for a week. Anyone know if a peanut free camp or can anyone make a recommendation...
02/23/2008 - 17:11 Latest Post by Mrsdocrse
Janet76's picture
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New to this
Hi, We just found out that our 8 month old is allergic to peanuts and egg whites. We have the epi-pen and the medical band, but I was wondering how servere he is. For peanuts he tested 4+ and for egg...
02/15/2008 - 02:08 Latest Post by Mrsdocrse
jmk33180's picture
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Too many medications?
We just had our follow-up with the allergist yesterday after the first RAST results came back. DS (2.5yo) was a 19 for peanut and something really low for macadamia nut, plus "severely" allergic to...
02/02/2008 - 20:51 Latest Post by Mrsdocrse
Marcela's picture
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Was this an atopic reaction?
We went to our neighbors house today and when we got home just before dinner DD screamed that her lips hurt. I looked at them and she looked red around the lips. I thought it might have been...
01/20/2008 - 20:04 Latest Post by 22alison
Invisible's picture
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Medic Alert offers FREE service to those who can\'t afford them!!!!! XP
A XP.... just an fyi [url="http://www.medicalert.org/Main/faqs.aspx"]http://www.medicalert.org/Main/faqs.aspx[/url] What if I am unable to afford Membership fees? As a nonprofit, our...
12/31/2007 - 21:02 Latest Post by Invisible
gatorgrrl's picture
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Newbie with birthday party coming up
We just found out last week that my 2yo DS has a peanut allergy. I'm completely overwhelmed trying to learn everything about the allergy, eliminate anything nut-related in our house, and let family/...
12/11/2007 - 03:50 Latest Post by LDR
LDR's picture
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Does this make sense? Cosmetics & the PA mom
Just noticed that cosmetics I have contain Shea butter. I only recently learned that my PA kids should avoid shea butter because some are classifying it as a tree nut. My kids avoid tree nuts for...
12/04/2007 - 00:20 Latest Post by mom2sydney
lulu's picture
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hello possible PA new here...
today my daughter and i visited the allergist for the first time this evening. she had a milk allergy at birth (blood in her stool) later she tolerated milk - she never had any breathing or vomiting...
11/30/2007 - 13:46 Latest Post by lulu
gatorgrrl's picture
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Do you avoid cottonseed oil?
When DS was diagnosed with PNA, our allergist also told us to avoid all seeds. So I'm cleaning out cabinets today and notice that many things have cottonseed oil in them. I know that refined oils...
11/21/2007 - 15:26 Latest Post by Calista's Mom
Marcela's picture
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Airline travel - very nervous
Hello everyone, My daughter just got diagnosed with a peanut allergy. I'm sick about it. It's only been a couple of days and I haven't had time to get "comfortable" with it, not that I ever will...
11/17/2007 - 21:20 Latest Post by Marcela
sugar's picture
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How do you keep track of safe manufacturers?
Do you just keep a list posted? On the computer? What about for travel? Or do you just always read labels no matter what?
11/14/2007 - 17:45 Latest Post by dulcinea
Peg541's picture
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Jury Duty Peanuts in public buildings
I just finished one week of jury duty. 7 days in total. I was appalled at the amount of peanuts in that courthouse. I can see now my son will not be able to do jury duty any time soon. They sold...
11/09/2007 - 17:48 Latest Post by lj


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