Woman dies after opening pasta sauce

The Guardian ^ | December 23, 2004 | Sam Jones

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I am allergic to coffee.

I would end my life if I were allergic to coffee. I live for coffee. If I were allergic to caffiene, I could live on decaffienated coffee. But coffee altogether? No way.

I hope it wasn't hard for you to give up coffee.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

What is wrong with you people? She was allergic to RAW tomatoes.

If your life were at stake, would you take the chance?
Her husband did say that her attacks had recently started to become more severe.

My wife has always been allergic to raspberries. Fresh picked or from the store unprocessed. In recent years it has become an allergy to any form of raspberry. Fresh or in preserves, it doesn't matter.

[cyclotic]

Great.

Don't let my sister in law read about this.

Magically, her severely overmedicated children will develop this malady.

You should see the pathetically long list of "special food requirements" she subjects anyone who comes into casual contact with her kids is subject to.

We have some mutual friends who have 4 boys who have a real genetic intolerance for sugar. Four out of about 500 kids in the US. Magically, all five of my nieces and nephews have the same problem.

[Hildy]

Listen, obviously, she made a HUGE mistake. I just don't understand why everyone here is making it out to be anything more than a terrible tragedy.

[Hildy]

In all seriousness, you should have your sister-in-law checked for Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome. If you believe she's making things up about her children, you owe it to them to make sure she's not suffering from this illness. Good luck.:

MUNCHAUSEN BY PROXY

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

My daughter says banana's make her throat feel like it's closing.

I have the EXACT same reaction. It's actually kind of scary. I didn't have the problem as a child, though, only as an adult. I thought it might be due to the excessive sugar in a banana, but now I think it might be an allergic reaction or a food sensitivity. Though it's odd that these things just pop up.

[Doctor Stochastic]

You should hope not to become allergic to humus though.

[eternity]

Tell you one thing about tomatoes we get up here in the northeast during wintertime. Smaller, no juice, hard as a rock and completely tasteless.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Smaller, no juice, hard as a rock and completely tasteless.

Certainly sounds like a rock.
What makes you think they're tomotoes?    =;^)

[tortoise]

I don't know, my husband has the same reaction to bananas and he won't allow them in the house.

I have that reaction to bananas too, but my doctor says its psychological.

[exile]

That's a spicy meataball!

[toddlintown]

Sounds sort of stupid, don't you think?

[cubreporter]

Isn't that the truth?

[gitmo]

I'm familiar with peanut allergies. I have a son who can die within minutes from swollowing minute particles of peanut. However, he has never reacted to atmospheric exposure to peanuts.

Many people with the allergy do. Some react to traces in the air. Some of the kids collapse from touching something that was touched by someone with traces of peanut butter on their hands.

However, someday Jesse will probably react to atmospheric exposure. In the meantime, he is living a normal life, only scrutinizing what he eats.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

However, someday Jesse will probably react to atmospheric exposure. In the meantime, he is living a normal life, only scrutinizing what he eats.

It's a tough thing for a kid to have to deal with something like that. My prayers to him.