When I’m off my allergies… is what G would occasionally state before listing the foods he would like to eat if he ever were to lose his food allergies.  I understood the “huge platter of Quality Street Chocolates” but wanting to eat blue cheese is a bit more difficult to understand.  I love blue cheese but could someone who has never eaten cheese actually get a bite of the pungent blue stuff past their lips?

When I’m off my allergies… G hasn’t said this that much over the thirteen years.  Considering all his food restrictions and that he usually has to have some lesser alternative when treats are unexpectedly produced, he doesn’t often long for things he can’t have.

We have often wondered if he will ever be “off” his allergies.  When he was a baby we were told that most babies out grow food allergies within a couple of years.  Then it was thought that it might happen before starting school.  Now it may be a possibility (remote) there will be a change with puberty.  Well tomorrow G goes to the allergist for testing.  Will he be “off” his allergies?  We’re trying not to get our hopes up.  We don’t want to be  disappointed if there’s is no change because we all manage just fine.  His normal state of being shouldn’t be a disappointment.  So we’re treating it as routine.

Speaking of treating… If G ever does get “off” his allergies, I’ll get him a nice ripe hunk of blue cheese to try, but I’ll have a platter of Quality Street waiting in the wings!