The "Allergic Nuts" Story

It was an ordinary day. I was finally feeling better. No more scratching and the swelling had gone down. Big time swelling! My daughter had bought me a really big jar of cashews for my birthday. She got them at Costco. I love cashews! I found out I like them a little too much. I had a few that night after my party was over. I had a few the next morning after breakfast and some with my lunch. Great snack in the afternoon and then again in the evening as another snack. Just a handful or two, or three, mind you, every time, but in three days the whole plastic jar was empty. And then the scratching started. Skin was getting red spots and welts at different spots on my body. Carol said it looks like I may be allergic to something. What could it be I wondered. I had mowed the lawn a few days ago, but I never have this trouble after mowing. She said she hadn't change laundry detergent. "Did you eat anything different in the past few days?" she asked me. I said, "Nothing other than the jar of cashews that Brynn got me." She looked at me and said, "You ate that whole jar of cashews already?" Wow, I was really getting red in different spots and two very sensitive things on me were starting to swell. Really swell. I was having a hard time walking. Went to the doctor the next day and he couldn't believe I ate a whole big jar of cashews in that amount of time either. He asked me if I was still able to go to the bathroom. No trouble there, just the swelling of most parts of my body by now. He gave me shot and a prescription and gave me some samples so I could get started on it immediately. Before long I was back to normal again. It's been a few years since that happened, but I am very reluctant to eat cashews again. Don't want the nuts to cause me any more problems. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.