Day 25

Well, today was the last day at Freedom Allergy! It was sooooo hard saying goodbye to all of the staff and especially Dr Agrawal, Amanda and Jessica who have been AMAZING throughout. They have provided so much care, support, encouragement and advice throughout the whole process and they have looked after me so well. The standard of care I have received has been OUTSTANDING and they are truly one big family at Freedom Allergy. Dr A has created such a perfect team and they create such a brilliant atmosphere. I feel so lucky to have received treatment from them – they truly are leading the way and are world-class allergists! 🌟 Just WOW!

As we got to clinic, Dr A explained how today he’d be pushing me further as he wanted me to fully understand how much peanut my body could tolerate. He said he’d like to try a 4 gram dose of peanut in two doses – 2 gram and 2 gram.

10:40 – 2000mg of peanut – minor tingling

11:05 – 2000mg of peanut – itchy throat

SO, altogether a 4000mg dose which is equivalent to 4 large peanuts. Sorry, no peanut pics today as I was too nervous to do 4 peanuts so quickly ate them and tried not to look at them for too long.

I was really nervous after the 4 peanuts so I started to pace but Luke and Amanda calmed me by the art of distraction!

Thankfully, no reaction and minor symptoms – reflux.

We then gave our gifts and said our goodbyes 👋

As we came to the end of our appointment, Amanda noticed Luke’s arm swelling! So…I don’t think I included this in yesterday’s blog but when we were at the creek, we noticed that he had been bitten by something! Luke is a calm as a cucumber and plays everything down so was like aaah I’m fine!

Amanda said she didn’t like the look of it and then the rest of the team came to look at it. At one point, he had about 6 medical professionals all examining his bite. They believe it’s a spider bite so prescribed him two lots of antibiotics because of how quickly it had spread. Always a drama with us!!!!

We then ended our final day with a yummy burger and a wet walk around Peachtree Lake – one of our favourite places! The Tesla superchargers are also opened in Peachtree so of course, Luke had to get a cheeky charge in. But very useful to know if you’re coming to the area and hiring a Tesla.

Tomorrow is travel day so no dosing on Friday or Saturday and then I’ll do half dose on Sunday.

We are aiming for a peanut maintenance dose of 2000mg or 3000mg a day so I will begin working my way up to that over the next few weeks/months. I’m nervous about home dosing but I think I’ll be OK when I get into the swing of things. I’ll try and put some updates on here too as the hard work starts when I get home!

Anyway, Luke is staring at me waiting for me to help him with the packing so I better dash! Bye!!

Oh and meet Antoine, my beautiful peanut squishmallow from Amanda. Who’d ever thought I’d be cuddling a peanut soft toy?!?!?!?!!?