I'm allergic to watermelon, and wouldn't you know it, I love watermelon. So every once in awhile I have a watermelon cocktail. Benadryl, and then 30 minutes later a watermelon chaser. Delish. Just had some. So if I don't post for awhile, you know the Benadryl had expired, and so did I.
I think I figured it out. No I am not kidding. I'm not deathly allergic. It makes my throat swell. I guess if I ate enough, it could block my air passage. That's where the Benadryl comes in, and I only eat a small slice.
Jim
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Synthesis Member
Posts: 12207 From: Jordan, MN Registered: Feb 2002
This seems like an odd thread. especially when there's a happy anniversary one here too.
Don't wanna see a thread created by your spouse...regarding your untimely passing.
This is like someone saying they ocasionally let a snake bite them and then inject anti-venom...
This is not very logical behavior. swollen throats aren't something you want to mess around with...
asphyxiation= no fun
I appreciate the concern, but really I'm ok. I've done it before. The risk is minimal. It's more of an irritation than a risk. Kinda like breaking out in hives. I don't do it often. There are a lot riskier things than this I've heard discussed here, and no one bats an eye. I guess you care. Don't worry about the misses. I'm well insured, and she's been trying to off me for years.
OOOhhhhh.....DONT go there .....seems banging the gf's best friend while the gf is on vacation is a BAD idea....15 years later and I still hear about it from the kids.....(Hey, it was xmas season, gf was away, her friend and I both tripped and the bed saved us from breaking bones on the floor --thats the storey and I am sticking to it)
Yeh, them forbidden fruits is what gets ya in trouble....
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TommyRocker Member
Posts: 2808 From: Woodstock, IL Registered: Dec 2009
OOOhhhhh.....DONT go there .....seems banging the gf's best friend while the gf is on vacation is a BAD idea....15 years later and I still hear about it from the kids.....(Hey, it was xmas season, gf was away, her friend and I both tripped and the bed saved us from breaking bones on the floor --thats the storey and I am sticking to it)
Yeh, them forbidden fruits is what gets ya in trouble....
Proud of cheating?
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Boondawg Member
Posts: 38235 From: Displaced Alaskan Registered: Jun 2003
God I love fruit. Today I stopped by a roadside stand selling strawberries not 10 feet from where they were picked. Nom nom nom nom. Soft, sweet, tart, with just the right amount of dirt on them to kick the expirience over the top!
Fobidden fruit? Fugetaboutit! No such an animal!
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Cheever3000 Member
Posts: 12398 From: The Man from Tallahassee Registered: Aug 2001
I understand but, the irritation from carrots runs threw my entire intestines. I love carrots. The last time I had carrot salad it was at Hometown Buffet and too much food was on either side of the carrots. Oww, the pain. Beware of your symptoms changing.
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fieroguy123 Member
Posts: 1523 From: Indianapolis Registered: Sep 2009
the watermelon wouldn't kill me but the benadryal would. i am allergic to it good thing i am not allergic to much just benadryal, poison ivy and mangos
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Boondawg Member
Posts: 38235 From: Displaced Alaskan Registered: Jun 2003
the watermelon wouldn't kill me but the benadryal would. i am allergic to it good thing i am not allergic to much just benadryal, poison ivy and mangos
Heh, allergic to allergy medicine. Now I have heard it all!
What do you take for an allergy to Benidryl........Jerryadryl?
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Marvin McInnis Member
Posts: 11599 From: ~ Kansas City, USA Registered: Apr 2002
I thought I was the only man on earth that has an allergic reaction to watermellon.
X3. I was dangerously allergic as a child, much less so as I've gotten older, but I no longer have a taste for melons of any kind (except one, perhaps ).
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TiredGXP Member
Posts: 712 From: A cold, miserable place Registered: Jan 2008
the watermelon wouldn't kill me but the benadryal would. i am allergic to it good thing i am not allergic to much just benadryal, poison ivy and mangos
I'm alergic to benadryl too. I got tachycardia after taking it. A heart rate >150 bpm while sitting motionless on the couch is not a fun thing for a middle-aged man to experience.
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tmur115 Member
Posts: 888 From: Battle Ground WA Registered: Jan 2006
Watermelon is good. Let me search the fatguy archives, I'm sure I can find worse.
Jim
I understand that it's good ( I don't care for it personally), but if I was allergic to something I would avoid it, heck I don't eat foods that made me sick once let alone something that has the potential to kill me.
Brad
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jimbolaya Member
Posts: 10652 From: Virginia Beach, Virginia Registered: Feb 2007
I understand that it's good ( I don't care for it personally), but if I was allergic to something I would avoid it, heck I don't eat foods that made me sick once let alone something that has the potential to kill me.
Brad
Would you drive a car 200 mph, or perhaps a motorcycle? You could die doing that. Watermelon is my NASCAR!
Jim
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Jul 1st, 2011
doublec4 Member
Posts: 8289 From: Oakville, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jun 2003
I'm also mildly allergic to watermelon (and bananas). I get symptoms similar to what Jimbolaya described, except the throat swelling is very minor. And it makes the inside of my mouth itch like crazy. It feels like a thousand ants crawling around inside my mouth. And if I eat enough of it, my stomach will get a little upset.
Needless to say, I avoid those foods. But if I ate them, it wouldn't kill me. Not even close. It just feels uncomfortable.
That said, I think taking Benadryl so you can "enjoy the forbidden fruit" is kinda funny.
bananas). I get symptoms similar to what Jimbolaya described, except the throat swelling is very minor. And it makes the inside of my mouth itch like crazy. It feels like a thousand ants crawling around inside my mouth. And if I eat enough of it, my stomach will get a little upset.
I thought that was just how bananas were!!!!!!!!! That's an allergic reaction?? You just blew my mind!
Don't worry about the misses. I'm well insured, and she's been trying to off me for years. 
