Back in the 80's (

yeah a long time ago) I had multiple weird health problems..ended up at an allergist.
According to him I should live in a bubble cuz of all my allergies.
BUT I am not alllergic to any plant pollen.
I don't get "Hay Fever"
He gave me a 4 page list of all the things I should not eat or breath.
~sigh~ I took 5 shots a week just to eat what he decided I could eat.
Then the shots started burning my stomache.
He said I was allergic to the Glycerin in the shots so I needed "a shot after my shot" to nullify that!
I quit. Enough is enough.
I most certainly do have food and breathing allergies but I decided I just could not keep up taking all those shots. I have not gone back to an allergist in all these years.
I do not eat the foods on the 4 page list but I have tested out a few and figured out how to handle the ball game.
So "in general" there are food I can NEVER touch because of exteme reactions and other foods I get only a small reaction from which sometimes I do eat.
From foods a main problem was extreme swelling. AMAZEINGLY With the shots I became 30 pounds thinner in 3 days flat. Of course after I stopped the shots that 30 pounds came back becasue I DO eat some foods that the shot was nullifying. They swell me some tiny bit but don't actually make me sick.
I can NEVER eat even on tiny piece of Tomato again because it causes such fast horrid swelling I cannot wear my own cloths within 24 hours. Such immediate swelling is very heard on the breathing so I do behave myself where that is concerned. There are a lot of foods I react to that way and must avoid.
I have not eaten and apple is over 40 years. When I was just a teenagers eating a piece of an apple felt like I had knives cutting up my stomache. Certainly was no suprprise when the allergy test said I was allergic to them.
I cannot have artificial color or Flavor either. The swelling gets terrible and even my tounge swells too.. very scary.
Aspirin and Salasylates (I can't spell that) are a life threatening allergy for me.
Tounge swells, over whelming metalic taste appears in my mouth, breathing is impaired and my heart pounds.. NOPE, I can't have those things.
Then there are allergies to SCENTS and MAN-MADE fumes like prefume, cologn, scented candles, soaps, and scented air freshners. And the most horrid ones are petrolium based fumes like gas or paint. These cause my inner ears to swell and the world immediately spins uncontrolably. there was never a shot for those. Those are things I simply must avoid forever.
As a side note amoung those "fumey" things is Polyester. Yes, polyester has fumes even though we don't normally become aware of it. So most all my cloths are cotton and all my bed lenins are cotton. My pillows are feather because a pillow filled with polyester makes my lips and face swell to clownish proportions by morning!
My allergies do not give me Hay Fever or a Rash but they sure do rule my life.
I love the smell of pizza.. oh I do, but I cant eat it.