Living with Food Allergies, 2013 and on

[Macabre]

That's a really good point. Their price point is not sustainable for long I fear.

[CMdeux]

... which is really sad.

This is why I feel it is SO important to THANK companies that aren't necessarily marketing to a niche-- but whose policies make them reliable and readily available choices in the existing marketplace.

Gimball's.  PhillySwirl.  Etc.   

[YouKnowWho]

But it helps to sell in Whole Paycheck to convince those to part with that kind of money. 

[CMdeux]

For anyone who wonders whether or not it's important to know if there are treenuts that your child is allergic to.... versus NOT (or at least 'not-that') allergic to...


DD's school Europe tour bus must be free of those anaphylaxis triggers that she is demonstrably aerosol/contact sensitive to (at least in a big way, KWIM?  Hives are one thing, but anaphylaxis rolling down the M40 somewhere south of Birmingham isn't ideal, to say the least.

The problem is that on a packed school tour, the kids HAVE to pack snacks.  They have to-- it's as much as 5-7 hours between meals, and there is a LOT of physical activity in that time.    Those snacks must be: a) lightweight, b) high energy, and c) shelf-stable.

Granola bars, energy bars, and nuts/seeds, right? 

Well, in that family of things it is REALLY important to avoid only those things which pose actual contact/inhalation risk to a person who is allergic.

For my DD, those things are cashews and peanuts.  Like, those things REALLY cannot be consumed within 5-10 feet of her, no matter how careful the handwashing or whatever is afterwards.

What this means, though, is that almond-based snacks are okay.   That's important for other people to know.

[ajasfolks2]

Beyond thrilled!

Sign at entry to military commissary today:

[Macabre]

You know I'm sooooo jealous, right? 

[CMdeux]

Kind of freaking out.

Okay-- not "kind of."

I am quietly freaking out.  Close to hysteria, in fact.

I feel distinctly like the proverbial headless chicken, which when you think about it is a completely grisly image that ought to scare the crapola out of anyone....  and really, thinking about chickens at a time like this??  I need to be figuring out cell phone usage in Europe... I need to be reserving a hotel in London... I need to be adding things to my packing list... I need to be printing forms... I need to be dropping those forms off for the allergist...

I'm sort of paralyzed by the weight off the sum of all of those seemingly small details-- because forgetting ANY of them is going to be catastrophic-- or cost more time later, at the very least.  Even my LISTS have lists... and everytime I walk away from the computer (or pen and paper) to actually DO anything, I remember more things that belong on lists, and then I forget them as soon as I could write them down...  I'm doomed.

What. was. I. thinking??   

[Macabre]

Keep your eyes on the prize.

[CMdeux]

Yay!  London hotel!  Near the train station!  Near the V&A museum!  Near the Tower!  Near Hyde Park!

[spoiler]We're staying at the Hotel California in London. 


There's a certain irony here.  Yes.  This has not escaped me.  [/spoiler]


phones...phones... phones... I keep reminding myself that cell phones have made my life EASIER.  Really they have.  Must remind self of this again.    <muttering>

[LinksEtc]

CM,

I hope you & your dd have a great trip.    for all the stress.  Hardly anything is risk free, but you are on top of this allergy stuff.  Lists are good ... you're a great planner ... I'm excited for you and will be hoping that all goes smoothly.   

[PurpleCat]

OH!  Have a wonderful time!  I'm jealous!

[ajasfolks2]

With accepted offer on house and contingency nearly met

am realizing what a HUGE clean up we will have on inside of this home
as owners are nut lovers . . . oh the door and cupboard and handle and switch
cleaning!!

Perhaps cellphones could be programmed to do THAT?!

[CMdeux]

Oy-- this is the real reason that I dread ever moving again, Ajas. 

SO glad that you found a new house, though-- YAY! 

[Macabre]

Ajas!! Congratulations!! I was pondering that just now when looking at some houses online.


CM--you mean, you can check out any time you want but you can never leave?  I think I might take that in that city!

[CMdeux]

I think maybe we're all secretly hoping, actually.

It's a five minute walk from St. James Square.  <swoon>