I'm curious how people out there are dealing with their peanut and peanut oil allergies.

I've had a number of times where I asked if something I ordered in a restaurant is cooked in peanut oil. I have been told no, only to find out the waiter was wrong. Fun times! I have to get an antihistimine pill down quickly or I'm going to not be able to breathe. I once woke up in the middle of the night with my airway almost completely closed off. Thank God I was able to get a pill down.

Do you all just ask when you order at a restaurant? Have you ever been given wrong information? What about fast food? 99% of the time the cashier has no idea and has to ask the cook, who also has no idea. Is there a list available of places that do not cook in peanut oil? What about portable shots? I'd hate to think that my son or the guy I'm dating will have to stick me in the behind or leg because I'm having a reaction, but I don't see another way unless I never eat out.

I could have sworn that I responded to this post earlier. ;)

Anyhow, dealing with peanut allergies is very difficult. My son was diagnosed at 12 months after eating a french fry cooked in peanut oil. :( It is an uphill battle dealing with this allergy. Many people do not understand the severity of it and how easily it is for cross contamination to occur.

I have had to pull my son out of public school due to reacting from sitting in the lunch room near his peers who have eating peanut butter. The rag that they used to wipe the tables simply wipes up peanut butter crumbs from one table and smears it on another. All he has to do is sit at the table and oil remanants thru him into analyphaltic shock.

Anytime you eat out, it is a risk. Personally, I don't rely on waiters. I ask to speak to managers and explain to them the severity of my sons illness. I explain that his oil must be separate from others due to cross contamination. Thankfully the managers seem to realize or understand the significance of our situation and things have worked out great.

Many times online you can find the ingredients lists for restaurants but they don't always keep it updated with changes. We have run into that with eggs. Unfortunately we are allergic to this as well.

When we went to the theme parks in FLA, they were awesome. They have chefs that actually run around the park and go from restaurant to restaurant who cook specifically for those who are dealing with allergies. We had chefs open new gallons of ice cream just for him. Awesome. Great place to go.

Hopefully this post has helped you but you really have to be your own advocate, make sure you wear that medic id bracelet, make sure that your friends and family know what to do in an emergency and where to find your epipen on you not in your car or at home, etc.

Good luck.

I can sympathize with everyone here who has a nut/peanut allergy! I have a severe allergy to all nuts, especially peanuts/peas/lentils, etc. I've been super careful about what I eat.. especially if I'm out in a restaurant or buying something from the grocery store. One time though when I was in college, I went to the cafeteria to pick up a snack which was one of those marshmallow squares that had chocolate in it with the mini marshmallows. Well, they had two kinds there. One was sort of an orangy/brown color and I asked the lady and she said there were no nuts in it. Guess what? It was PEANUT BUTTER! I barely had a marshmallow and had to run to the nurse's area/station.

I'm fortunute enough in that I haven't had to use my epi pen (*knock on wood*) but I've noticed a lot of people don't really understand how severe some peanut allergies really are. The worst is if you're in a restaurant and they cooked something with peanuts/peanut oil and you have to ask them to make sure they don't use the same pot/pan to cook your food. A lot of places think if you just put it under some hot water it will be fine. No!

I think the best is though if I go to Dairy Queen and get a blizzard. They cook with nuts everyday and all I ask is that they make one simply from scratch basically... they bring out a new container with all the stuff needed to make the blizzard, they wipe down a mixer that isn't used for peanut/nut blizzards but they always make sure it's clean either way. Although the blizzard takes about 20 minutes just because of all the work they have to do for it, I certainly appreciate the effort they take.

Its a bugger going out. I normally feed my daughter at home . Then take snacks with me if we go to a resturant. Unless i know the chef. I've had enough scares to count.

You mentioned a oral tablet. What is it you take ??
I use the liquid and Epipen for the extreme.