Day 7 (February 19, 2016)

Today, I headed back to the allergist to bump up to 150ml. I decided since I had gotten used to eating it in Nutella, it would probably be best if I chose chocolate pudding over apple sauce. At my appointment, I worked on some math homework. That is all I had time to do because we needed to get back home in time for me to go to rehearsal. Okay, so I may have frittered(vocab word) away some of my time on the Kendall and Kylie game but it was necessary...my event was going to expire. 

Here is my dose, they didn't have any 150 mls prepared so I just have to take three 50mls a day.

on the way home, I had Chick-fil-a for the first time in over 13 years. 

Sorry that this went up so late...it is already almost time for the update and up dose. Whoops!?!

100 mg dose

It has officially been three weeks since my last up dose. Last Friday, when I should have been heading to my appointment, I was at home sick:( Luckily, we think it was just bad food from a restaurant and we didn't have to go down a dose. So far, we are staying on track.

Here was my current dose:

Before my tree nut challenge (see my last post):

I had to stick to my plain old applesauce. However there were a few days I put it on weird thing...I'm blanking on what they were but I know it happened. I also learned that cinnamon applesauce does indeed mask the taste and it is better to use less apple sauce and get it over.

After the challenge:

Now that I have been released to have tree nuts, I have been eating the flour with Nutella. I tried just a spoonful of Nutella but it was too rich. I now spread it on bread or my new favorite Nutella on a graham cracker.

I have also gone a little crazy with tree nut products. I eat pistachios almost everyday and am glad to be able to buy at least some granola bars.

Tree Nut Challenge

When I was diagnosed with a peanut allergy, they told me to stay away from all nuts because of cross contamination risks. For those of you who do not know, a peanut is actually not a nut. It is a legume like peas, soybeans, and lentils. When I looked up why it said 1) Peanuts are harvested when they are underground, nuts grow on trees 2)Most tree nuts have a single seed inside and a peanut has two.


While there are lots of different kinds of tree nuts, the ones that I will be challenging are pecan, pistachio, almond, hazelnut, cashew, Brazil nut, macadamia nut and walnut. Because it isn't something you can do often, I am going to give my first impression of each nut and rank them(1/8 is best).

1- Walnut

 It was powdery and gross. (8/8)

2- Cashew

It tasted salty and crunchy. (6/8)

3- Pecan

It was crunchy and sweet. (4/8)

4- Pistachio

It had two different tastes going on at the same time. (2/8)

5- Almond

It was the first one that I could identify by looking at it. It didn't taste a whole lot different from the other nuts. (5/8)

6- Brazil Nut

It was very large and hard to eat. (3/8)

7- Macadamia Nut

It was powdery and moist at the same time. I don't know how that is possible but it was. (7/8)

8- Nutella (Hazelnut)

It was rich, delicious, chocolaty goodness. (1/8)

They let my mom try Nutella too!

Okay so of course the nutella was the best. They said they like to use it as a treat because it is the one that everyone enjoys. Why not end on a high note? Luckily, I had no reactions proving I never really was allergic. This means I am allowed to have so many things I never could have. We made a quick swing by Target to get Starbucks and some milk chocolate M&Ms.

My first impression of M&Ms was that they taste like Canadian smarties. (If you are allergic to nuts and happen to be in Canada or have a friend in Canada, I strongly suggest Canadian Nestle Smarties...they are so yummy)

I decided to build a tower with all the cups medicine cups I got.

We didn't realize how long the appointment was going to be and had to order a pizza halfway through the appointment. The pizza was a very delicious and spicy barbecue chicken pizza. We ended up only finishing half of it and gave the rest to the nurses and other staff at the allergy center.

In other news, we asked when I would be cleared for places like chick-fil-a and he said I could already go. I immediately texted my friends, who were more excited then me, and we are planning a day we can go.

Day 6 (January 29, 2016)

Today, it was an early morning again. I don't know how I feel about having to make it to morning appointments. I was excited that this time my mom took me because she hasn't gone in a while. Anyway, we were supposed to go last week for this up dose but we got snowed into our house literally.(Darn, another week added to the total time til I am free.)

Anyway, the appointment went as usually. McKenna eats her applesauce. McKenna says the flour tastes nasty. McKenna asks the doctor how long until she moves to real food (btw, they said after 200mg.) McKenna tries to get some homework done. McKenna ends up shopping online (I'm really struggling to find a prom dress in my price range. And it's much more fun to look at dresses than read assigned books.) 

After the appointment was over, we had to wait in the lobby for my doses. They were busy trying to get people in who missed appointments. When we finally got my 100 mgs of peanut (guys that's .1 gram) we were ready to go. 

See you guys really soon because Friday, Febuary 5, 2016 something very exciting is happening.