New discovery about Haylee

In May I found out that two of my brothers, Todd and Lane, have a food allergy to avocados and guacamole. I thought this was interesting, because I had no idea about it, but they both get really sick when they eat one. With Lane (I don't remember about Todd) he said it is an immediate reaction. He gets so sick right away and will usually start throwing up.

Well, three times in the past month I've gotten some really bad stomach pains after my meal. The first time was on our anniversary night (we left Jackson overnight with Grandma and went to Rexburg to stay in a theme suite... great time to get sick). We ate at Applebees and right after dinner I felt horrible. It felt kinda like indigestion and really bad gas, but I took some gas medicine that I had in my purse and it never helped. It lasted for hours until finally we just succumbed to going to bed.
The next time it happened was right after we had some homemade grilled hamburgers. It was right after dinner, I took anti acid and gas medicine multiple times that night and again it lasted until I went to bed that night.
Last night once again I had horrible stomach pains immediately after dinner. We had stuffed potatoes and my mom just couldn't understand why a potato would give me gas. Potatoes are a pretty mild food. Well I took some medicine as soon as it came on, but it just got worse. I even broke down and took some Alcazelser (that stuff is SO NASTY)... I was desperate to get this pain away. Again, 5 hours later when we went to bed, I was still in pain.

Then it hit me! It was the avocado. Last night we had avocado on our stuffed potatoes, we had it on our burgers the other night I got sick, and I went online to check out the menu of Applebees and saw that the salad I had was served with guacamole! So I join my brother and say I have an Avocado allergy.
I researched a little about it online this morning and read that it is linked to a latex allergy and that other things that I could become allergic to is bananas, latex, and mangos. I just read PEACHES TOO!!! I like avocados enough... but I think I could live without them, however if I develop a food allergy to peaches I don't know what I'll do!
Some other things I read is that the latex allergy is one that can just appear pretty much out of no where (for example: those who work in the medical field who have had much exposer to the latex gloves and then later have a reaction to them). This is the case with me, but I don't think I've ever had problems with Avocado before?!?
Apparently avocados are a fairly common allergen. Who knew? I suppose the 1% of the population so afflicted knew! And while 1% may not seem like much, avocado appears on the lists of ‘common’ food allergens (not the Big Ones, but the next tier down).

Anyways... maybe too much information than you wanted to know, but there you have it-- a new discovery about Haylee.

(info received from http://jonskifarms.wordpress.com/2006/04/08/avocado-allergy/, andhttp://www.immunocapinvitrosight.com/dia_templates/ImmunoCAP/Allergen____28397.aspx)