[cripplecreek]

My aunt swore that my cousin was deathly allergic to dairy but my great grandmother gave it to him anyway and he was just fine.

[Ellendra]

My aunt swore that my cousin was deathly allergic to dairy but my great grandmother gave it to him anyway and he was just fine.

I take it great-grandma didn't like your cousin very much? She was willing to risk his life to prove a point.

At least, that's what I feel like when somebody tries to trick me into eating something I'm sensitive to. Obviously, their being right is more important to them then my health. I'm lucky in that my reactions tend to be mild. (Well, "mild", stomach cramps so bad it hurts to breathe, followed by 2 days of diarrhea. But at least no ER visits, so as allergies go it's pretty mild.)

[w1andsodidwe]

OK, I do have a dairy allergy. It makes me vomit. My nickname as a child was "Puke" because of course I had dairy a lot and vomited. I did not make the connection until I was an adult. I know what I can eat and what I can't eat. But sometimes things sneak by. I almost always go home and vomit after attending a potluck. No matter how hard I try something will get me. I have learned that cheesecake must be avoided at all costs. One tiny bite is enough.

The one thing that has made this elusive to diagnose is that it takes about an hour after I eat something before I get sick. Luckily once I get rid of the offending items, I am pretty much OK. I do get more heartburn because of it, but have found raw carrots to be a fairly effective antidote.