Kissed my partner four hours after him eating nuts and had a pretty bad reaction.

Last night, I was making out with my partner and unbeknownst to me, he had eaten nuts earlier in the day. I usually don’t make a big deal about my allergy because, while it’s very severe, I previously went 24 years without having a reaction because I am so vigilant.

Anyway, we are making out and suddenly I feel “that feeling”. At first I thought it was just in my head so I ignored it. Not long after my eyes started swelling shut, my arms and hands started to tingle and my hands were hard to move (that’s new to me and was very scary), I was wheezing a bit, and I was nauseous. Luckily I chewed two Benadryl immediately when I recognized it was not a false alarm and things cleared up pretty quickly.

It was scary and he felt awful, of course. I forgave him immediately. He knows about my allergy but a lot of people don’t realize how serious nut allergies are. I explained that a lot of people with allergies can experience pretty mild symptoms but that I could truly die from eating nuts or, I guess, making out with somebody who ate nuts even that day.

I wanted to share because it is apparently considered “rare” that this can happen, but I don’t buy that. It was a good reminder about how sensitive I am to these things!

Be safe everyone!