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35. Thanks for explaining! I still think that first allergist you saw was incredibly irresponsible, putting

Fri Mar 27, 2026, 08:49 PM

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you at risk that way, and I wonder how many other patients he endangered.

Thank God the next allergist you saw was much more competent.

I'm glad you've been able to manage your allergies much better now.

I made a mistake myself thinking my wheat allergy was mild enough I probably wouldn't regret eating about half of that small carrot cake over a few days. Told myself it had to have a lot less wheat than most cakes, simply because of the other ingredients (this is really good, really rich carrot cake, with wonderful cream cheese frosting). Now I don't know whether a lot of coughing and sneezing I've been dealing with today are the allergy or a cold or some other respiratory virus I might've caught. Sigh...

But I just searched for and found a gluten-free version.
https://www.bonappetit.com/story/gluten-free-carrot-cake

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