Living with a severe food allergy is harder than the average person would expect. I watch people share homemade food and try new food items daily, but for me this could be extremely dangerous. Im deathly allergic to peanuts, pecans, hazelnuts and pistachios, and when I say deathly I mean that if I do accidentally consume any nut from the above list then my throat will close within minutes if I am not treated. It all started before we knew I had an allergy when I was a toddler at my grandparents house for a holiday. One of the desserts made was a peanut butter chocolate chip cookie. My mom-sick of me refusing and crying anytime she tried to feed me a pb&j- decided to give me a cookie thinking I would learn that I actually liked peanut butter. To her surprise, I turned bright red and swelled up, holding my throat and crying. After rushing to the hospital and getting treatment, it was official: I was very allergic to nuts- so allergic that when they measured how severe my allergy was, the results came back as off the charts. As people grow we (most of us) realize the dangers of life and come into terms with the fact that we need to look out for…show more content… The nurses and doctors took care of me and, obviously, I lived through this incident- thanks to my mom knowing how to react. I think if I were alone with my sister that day I could have realistically stopped breathing while waiting for an ambulance or for an adult. Now that I’m away at college I realize I don’t have my mom with me to stab me in my leg if I make a mistake. As an eighteen year old I am much better about reading ingredients and asking questions, but I believe if I never moved away to college I would probably not be as careful. Although, what happens to me when I do encounter peanut butter is scary, when my mom and family are around to help and take care of me I don’t worry about myself as
