Nut allergy

littlelotti91

And yes I also suffer hayfever

custardy

littlelotti91 wrote: »

Where would I have got steriod cream and antihistamine at 10pm on a Saturday?

I think its very rude to doubt somebody's allergy. Mouth tingling, stomach cramp, vomiting and itching all sound like a very real allergy

You keep them in stock.
Just like I keep & renew Epipens.

hollydays

We All need to take responsibility for our own health and wellbeing.
At the first sign of food allergy , particularly nut allergy, I would have been straight to my doctors to explain so I could have some tests.

From a very brief online search it appears that people who have hazelnut allergy often also have hay fever . Also roasted hazelnuts may provoke less of a reaction than raw-so if there ever was a wake up call-this was it.

I'm not sure what to make of your posts .
You need to take this seriously and understand the implications. You may need to change some parts of your life.
Saying that, I' would have got a complete list of the ingredients in that meal from the restaurant, including any oils used.

Poppie68

Notifying on booking should always be done as well as speaking to the chef on arrival. If you had been told about the hazelnuts while you were sat waiting for the meal what would you of eaten instead, there aren't usually more than one veggie options on a set menu... The chef would of had notice and prepared you something else.

Ikamva

It is possible you have a food intolerance instead of a food allergy. See the NHS website

http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Allergies/Pages/Foodallergy.aspx

A food allergy is life threatening which causes anaphylaxis, and GPs prescribe epipens for this.

gunsandbanjos

Asking the waitress 'should' have been sufficient, I worked hospitality for 13 years and if a guest mentioned an allergy we had to inform a manager and check out our allergy file for the meal in question. It gave a detailed breakdown of all allergens in our food.

Ideally you should have got whoever made the booking to mention it at the time also.

hollydays

gunsandbanjos wrote: »

Asking the waitress 'should' have been sufficient, I worked hospitality for 13 years and if a guest mentioned an allergy we had to inform a manager and check out our allergy file for the meal in question. It gave a detailed breakdown of all allergens in our food.

Ideally you should have got whoever made the booking to mention it at the time also.

And here's a quote from someone with a severe nut allergy-what they said about restaurants.

"
I've lost count of the number of times we have been assured by a waiter that a meal is nut-free, only for it to be garnished with pesto, made with pine nuts. At Thai restaurants, we have asked especially for meals with "no nuts", only to be served peanut satay as an appetiser. (Curiously, Adam is unaffected by peanuts, the nut that most commonly causes allergic reactions. A 2004 House of Commons report found that as many as one in 50 children may be allergic to them.) On an Emirates flight last year, we ordered a nut-free meal, which arrived with a big white label stating "no nuts". But when we peeled back the silver foil, we found that the fish was coated with almonds. Adam has learnt the word for "nut" in 15 languages and always carries an Epipen "

gunsandbanjos

hollydays wrote: »

And here's a quote from someone with a severe nut allergy-what they said about restaurants.

"
I've lost count of the number of times we have been assured by a waiter that a meal is nut-free, only for it to be garnished with pesto, made with pine nuts. At Thai restaurants, we have asked especially for meals with "no nuts", only to be served peanut satay as an appetiser. (Curiously, Adam is unaffected by peanuts, the nut that most commonly causes allergic reactions. A 2004 House of Commons report found that as many as one in 50 children may be allergic to them.) On an Emirates flight last year, we ordered a nut-free meal, which arrived with a big white label stating "no nuts". But when we peeled back the silver foil, we found that the fish was coated with almonds. Adam has learnt the word for "nut" in 15 languages and always carries an Epipen "

I guess we were just more diligent than other places then.

tomtontom

littlelotti91 wrote: »

Where would I have got steriod cream and antihistamine at 10pm on a Saturday?

I think its very rude to doubt somebody's allergy. Mouth tingling, stomach cramp, vomiting and itching all sound like a very real allergy

That's some allergy to not even have antihistamines in the house!

Would you expect an asthmatic to carry an inhaler with them?

littlelotti91

gunsandbanjos wrote: »

Asking the waitress 'should' have been sufficient, I worked hospitality for 13 years and if a guest mentioned an allergy we had to inform a manager and check out our allergy file for the meal in question. It gave a detailed breakdown of all allergens in our food.

Ideally you should have got whoever made the booking to mention it at the time also.

Thats what I would expect