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[The Cheshire Cat]

I know how frightening this was for you.  I am violently allergic to live
poinsettias.  Believe me, people think this is all in my head, too. 
However, usually after I have to be recusitated on site or rushed to the
hospital,  they take things a little more seriously.  The unfortunate
thing about this allergy is that everyone loves those dumb weeds. 
Halloween to Valentine's Day is a deadly time of the year for me.  I have
been clinicly dead twice.  Allergies are a very serious thing and for
those who think there are really no such thing, please think again.  What
you may consider harmless could kill someone.  Hospitals, grocery stores,
church, doctor's offices, and shopping centers are the worst place for me
to be at that time of year.  The stupid weeds are everywhere.

Annejke, if you are ever attending an event in Emerald Keep, please let
me know.  I will make sure there is no garlic in the kitchen (or feast)
anywhere!!!!!  If I can't control it, I will make you a separate feast
myself sans garlic.  I sometimes can't believe people can be so
thoughtless, careless or cruel (depending on their intent).

Genevieve


On Mon, 28 Apr 1997 17:14:13, -0500 Annejke at prodigy.com (MS MARTHA L
WALLENHORST) writes:
>>He told me once that he really appreciated when
>>people remembered because he had been set up several times by people 
>who
>>were sure it was all in his head and would slip onions in on the sly.
> 
>
>Please don't ever do this to someone.  There are many new cooks on 
>the list and one thing to remember that if a person previously warns 
>you that there are problems they could be life threatening.  I went 
>to a feast about two years ago where this happened to me.  Everybody 
>there knew me, I was asked by the royalty to stay so we could talk 
>after dinner so I made reservations and sent a note to the cook about 
>my allergies.  When I didn't hear back I decided to conferm them with 
>her when I got there.  I did and she said "No Problem, I will make 
>sure that your chicken gets no garlic and these are the dishs you may 
>have problems with..." handing me a copy of the menu so I could be 
>careful.  But she forgot during the hub-bub of the day and I got a 
>chicken with garlic.  I didn't realize it until the end of feast when 
>it had had time to get into my system and started to shut my lungs 
>down.  I used my inhailers to no avail and was lucky to have a doctor 
>on hand.  After I had recovered (quietly in the back room so as not 
>to disturb the event) the cook admitted she had thought it was a joke 
>since she knew I was cook and used all of this stuff myself, but I 
>should watch out for myself, since no one else can police my problems.
>  These are very true words, but don't ever think someone would joke 
>about an allergy like that.
>
>Annejke
>