The power to post compels me?

[styger]

This article amuses me, and makes me want to do something similar involving the Leap. *plotplotplot* The Ministry of Peace has several projects upon which it has intended to act, but has failed for lack of time when aspects crucial to optimum execution have presented themselves.

I have some sort of mild plague that may or may not be the fault of betaphen

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[jcreed]

Much sympathy for the suckiness of anaphylactic shock.

[lars_chan]

Oh man... I'm so sorry about the allergies. I randomly had an allergic reaction to a speck of *something* in my drink and it was really scary. It sucks that people were making fun of it. ::hugs:: hope you feel better!

[jcipa]

The O uses peanut oil to fry everything, so a friend who had terrible peanut-related allergies as well refused to even try eating there because of it (even though peanut oil is generally safe, isn't it?).

[styger]

Yeah. I learned my freshman year not to eat anything fried from there [after they had recently added the subtext to their menu], but honestly had never had a problem eating any of their burgers and subs. For the most part, I only ever eat there when I'm getting back from a trip on the last 28X and need food, or if a group of people I am with is going[/some one is going for a group order during the week before Carnival].

At this point, though they have lost my ability to give them the benefit of the doubt, so if I ever eat there again, it will likely be in the aforementioned Booth situation, which I'm usually able to avoid by packing some sort of generic sandwich.

[wsykes]

Michaels has numerous sizes of smaller pots, in case you try again.

[styger]

I think I remember all of the pots there being terra cotta, but I could have overlooked any others. I hate the texture and fragility of terra cotta, and tend to prefer plastic. I'm not sure that the plastic has too negative of an impact on the plants, and is certainly more durable and easy to store/move/clean. I'll check them out again, though.

[betaphen]

*shakes fist in faux rage*

eep. i'm sorry...

in terms of allergies, though... aren't there drugs or such things which you can take after onset? i imagine epinephrine is a little much, but there may others.

[styger]

Faux rage, faux! No worries.

I ended up taking an antihistamine a few hours before the case. The problem with biphasal anaphalaxis is that the relapse is not triggered by any allergen or point source, it just kind of happens randomly. Epinephrine is useful as an end-result anti-inflammatory, but anything towards which I have that sort of reaction tends to be much more immediate, and easier to avoid. For the most part the reactions I tend to have are best approached by trying to flush out my system and get rest. If it were as easy as taking something to make the symptoms go away, I'd be all over it, but for the most part that's not an option.