Re: [CH] Killed by "too hot chili"??
bluezinnia@kyananet.com
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:48:20 -0400
Linda Hutchinson wrote:
> or to carry an epi-pen.--
>
>
<lightbulb> Thanks--that reminds me to ask the doctor to re-up my
Epi-Pen 'scrip.
(Shellfish allergy. . .waaahhhh! 8-( All of a sudden, a few years ago;
classic anaphylactic
shock off some really lovely chilefied shrimp scampi. Came
unsettlingly close to killing me,
as I was out in BFE at the time, a goodly stretch of foggy 2 a.m.
mountain road away from
the hospital. They not only took me straight into the ER when I got
there without asking for insurance carrier or paperwork, they didn't
even ask my name; I gather I was an interesting shade of maroon and my
breathing was starting to resemble a busted piccolo stop on a pipe organ.
Anyway, I have no trouble with chiles, thank Goddess. Which is good,
because if I couldn't have shellfish _or_ chiles, they'd be sending out
the boys with butterfly nets and heavy sedatives. I mean, sh*t, I gave
up drugs, booze, cigarettes and meat _voluntarily_, and I'm glad, but
enough is enough. :)
Rain
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