My dog is 15 as well. It's so hard when they age. They deserve to live to a hundred damn it.

OMG.. I saw the post "I'm not crying" and I immediately got the song in my head. I love those guys .. wish the rumors about the show coming back had been true. :-( #justgotalittledustinmyeye #myeyesarejustalittlesweatytoday. Also, the story about the dog is beautiful.

Even the pain itself can be a reason to go. It can be unbearable and unceasing for days on end. Sometimes you need an IV to break the migraine.

I'm on twitter too much. If it's more than 140 characters I don't want to know about it. Just kidding, but the internets have given me a sort of temporary ADD. Books are just so staid. I have to force myself.

When I am talking to someone with another accent or even broken english, I start to pick it up. I have to remember not to go to far. I don't want them to think that I am imitating them!

If you have a milk protein allergy there is no treatment. :-( You just have to avoid milk carefully. It's difficult but you have to read ingredients. I suggest the FARE website. Always carry an epipen as well.

Your body and immune system change throughout your life BUT I think the chances of the allergy going away are low simply because shellfish allergy is often lifelong once it develops. I'd say probably a 20% chance of it going away at most. If you want to get a blood test and/or skin test there's no harm but I'd still…

I just wish they had better emergency treatment at the clinic. She wasn't resuscitated until the paramedics came. By then, it was too late. I also wonder what exactly happened. What were they doing. Was it a primarily cardiac issue or an airway issue?

ha! That's how I feel about cream. It makes me nauseous. :-P Yeah.. you should carry your friggin' epipen!! Unfortunately, you may still be at risk. Some people get allergy shots for venom (it's a pain but brings down the risk dramatically after five yrs) At least carry the epipen! :-)

There are several ideas. The "hygiene hypothesis" is one you may have heard of. It is the idea that we are too clean now and that we are not exposed to enough bacteria (to much soap, antibiotics antibacterial lysol etc..) and our immune systems are "bored" and have to do something so that they react to innocuous…

Ha! Yeah, I think you can change the bacteria you are colonized with to increase lactose tolerance a bit. This, of course, is totally different from an allergy (where the immune system is activated and you have hives, respiratory difficulty etc..) I have had the same experience with the amount of dairy totally…

No.. some hypothesize that the way we super heat our peanuts when roasting at extremely high temperatures. Skin testing to some of these proteins that have been mutated by the heat shows that they are more allergenic. However, the main peanut components that people react to with peanut allergy are not these. So the…

The studies are promising but still in progress. How did you get yourself back to drinking milk? I still cannot digest a large quantity without pain unless I take a lactaid tablet.

It's one theory. Not a definite fact, though. I don't think it explains it all. However, we now know that avoiding exposure is not necessary unless your kid actually has had a reaction. So exposure may be good and is certainly not bad. However, there are foods we are exposed to that kids are still becoming more…

This is something important to know. I hadn't realized that this was a problem for people with peanut allergy. I am an allergist and most people with peanut allergy are fine with other legumes.. but not all people... I would tell them to steer clear of this. Also, desensitization for peanut allergy probably works but…

How have humans survived as a species? No, I mean really ...

:-) poor Irene . Still no answer!

If you're young (to me.. less than 50 is young :-) ) you can be "obese" and healthy. The chances decrease with age. (Of course physical aging does none of us any health favors) Also, her BMI is not that bad. I have seen so many people with BMIs of over 40 in my practice. These are the people who have trouble with…

But we all know that Jemaine's features are "too deep set to be classically handsome" :-)

I have been waiting for this movie for friggin' weeks. It looks so hilarious. I've had to assuage my pained soul with FOTC episodes instead and by watching "Only Lovers Left Alive" -(almost the same vampire movie as "What we do in the Shadows," right? No actually it was great and very different but anyhoo) I'm…