Monday morning quickly came around so back to clinic we go. No dosing this morning as they said they’d dose me in clinic!
When we arrived, the medical assistant went over my vitals and checked my weight again. She also discussed my symptoms over the weekend and make sure everything was recorded.
Amanda then came in and said that we’d be going up to 7.5ml today which equates to 18mg of peanut. 7.5ml means a bigger syringe! This felt like a lot of peanut solution. Thankfully, minor symptoms – tingling.
She then observed me before starting my tree nut challenge. We decided to start with Pistachio and Cashew. These were done as 1 challenge because they share similar allergenic proteins and if you’re allergic to one, you’re typically allergic to the other
We started at 75mg until we reached 3g and I am so pleased to report that…. I PASSED!!!!! Cleared to eat pistachios and cashews 🩷😄 taste – wasn’t fussed but they are plain, raw nuts with no roasting/salt etc!
The challenge took about an hour and half from start to finish and then Amanda gave me my second dose of peanut solution (18mg again). Again, itchy throat and a small hive on my lip. Then another observation period and vitals checked. I was getting tired by this point – the adrenaline of eating nuts sure makes you feel sleepy!
We were then sent home with instructions to dose another 7.5ml in the evening after dinner.
I was a little nervous for this one as I’d already eaten pistachios, cashews and had two doses today but thankfully, minor symptoms – tingling and itchy throat, small hive inside mouth. I definitely drank too much water with this dose though as felt bloated.
It’s been such a bright, sunny day today so I spent a lot of time admiring the views from the clinic window. 🌞
Need to try and find some breadsticks though, my UK supply is running out and these get me through dosing. Breadsticks in the US, anybody? My nurse hadn’t really seen them before but she did try one and enjoyed it. 😀
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Great to hear that you can now eat cashews and pistachios. I assume your blood test must not have showed any reaction to these which is why they did the challenge. Is that correct? I am so curious since my daughter is TN/PN allergic. It seems like sometimes the skin challenge results are different than the blood tests results. Did you have to do both before your challenges?
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Hi, my skin prick tests were negative and my previous blood work (from a few years ago) were negative so decided to challenge. X
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That’s great! I assumed that would be the process they would want to follow to allow the challenge. Do they want you to continue to eat those nuts now that you’ve passed the challenge or does it not matter since you essentially were never allergic to those two?
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They’ve just said that they’re happy for me to incorporate them into my diet 🙂. They haven’t given any strict instructions about eating them often etc but that may come. I’ll let you know. X
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