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[mollya]

B has been agitating for getting a RAST test for months. It's an allergy test, much more accurate than a scratch test but still not conclusive. We've been getting one for him roughly once a year in the fall since he was a toddler. The way it works is that if your numbers go down enough on an allergen, you do what they call a food challenge. We go

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[rebism]

Wow, your last sentence.

I have this idea of my mum (and her sisters and mother) being constantly negative about everything, always fearing or on the lookout for the worst. I don't want to create the same environment for my family, but every time I issue what was a sensible caution in my brain, I hear my mother come out my mouth. Your idea is transformative - issue caution when it is needed and will be heeded and wouldn't be if nothing was said, but bite my tongue if it would go unheeded or isn't that dire and will mostly serve to create a negative atmosphere.

Thank you :)

[mollya]

In this case, it's easy because there's no physical danger involved.

Also, this was fascinating: when the tests came back, the only thing that he might have grown out of is milk. When I asked him if he wanted to try some, he said, "I want you to give it to me without telling me. If I know there is milk in something I might imagine that I'm having a reaction. Just put it in something and make me eat it when I don't know." I have no idea when or how I might do that.