Excellent video. Love portlandia.

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Living with Food Allergies

Hello everyone!

I'm a mid twenties man from New York, living with anaphylactic food allergies to wheat, rye, and barley. 

I've had the allergies for all of my life. I used to be allergic to milk and egg, but I've since outgrown them. 

Recently I've been struggling with them more than I have in the past. Whenever I ingest wheat, rye, or barley (or gluten, as the three are becoming known as more and more) I have to immediately go to the hospital, not exactly convenient for anyone involved. A little history of the frequency of my reactions:

- When I was a baby to about 2 or 3, tons of them

- Minor reactions between 5-10

- Major reaction - May 19, 2002 

- Major reaction - December 24, 2008

- Major reaction - February 21, 2013

- Major reaction - March 17, 2013 

- Major reaction - July 25, 2013

- Minor reaction - August 16, 2013

- Minor reaction - September 25, 2013

Pretty good record until recently! I'll post about my experiences with food allergies, post pictures, etc. Stay tuned! thanks for checking out the page