Enjoy your family, life & cigar because you never know......

[Nature]

Wow! That is some scary stuff, David! Glad You came through all right. Can’t imagine how frightened you and your wife must have been.
A rieminder to us all to enjoy life every opportunity you can.

If you don’t already, you might check into carrying an epi-pen. Although uncommon, there can be some cross allergenicity with macadamia and other tree nuts.

[allusred]

Hello David,
Regret I'm so late in writing here. Sure a scary time for you and your wife. A too close call there buddy.
We all read those "Make every day count" comments & stories, and think hell yeah.
But the meaning never really is really understood until something like your experience comes along.
Scary as all get out but kinda think that it's only you are around to reflect on the experience that the oft
mentioned cautions are fully understood/ appreciated. Damn glad to know you're here.Take care.

[Ciro]

That is crazy! Glad everything worked out and that you are back on your feet.

[cheaphumidors]

Glad to see that you are still among the living! What a panic-inducing experience!

[jhedrick83]

Thank god you are ok! I hope you recover quickly.

[AlanS]

Im still trying to figure out who’s balls were in your neck! Some guys have all the fun.

[FidelCastro]

People go through their whole life only to discover that they've had a reaction to certain foods that they never had issues with before. That's enough to change your religion right there. Yearly check ups are or should be customary once we hit our 50's and my personal favorite is having my 30 year old female Urologist check my prostrate. If my HMO allowed 2 checkups I'd be the first in line every time and yes, she's that cute!

[Regiampiero]

Rewind to last Thursday evening. Sitting out back shooting the shit with y'all. Log out, toss a couple of filets on the grill and have a wonderful dinner. The wifey bakes up some Macadamia nut cookies. I don't eat a lot of sweets, but if I'm going to have a cookie, that's the one for me. Chomp a couple of them with a dose of milk. A minute later I start to itch on my back, and start getting a dose of hives. I take a couple of Benedryl. By the time I get those down my tongue starts to swell. I tell the wifey to get my narrow azz to the hospital. By the time we get there, air is at a premium. My tongue is now swelling outside of my mouth and according to my wife, it looks like I have two baseballs in my neck. They run me straight in and start hitting me with Epi pens STAT. Still fighting for sweet sweet air. They try to bag me, but I'm too swollen to bag. They are trying to get a boot/tube up my nose, but are having trouble with that also. The freekin' lights are flickering on my ass and I'm doing my best to not die a horrible death in front of my wife as I didn't want that to be the last thing she remembers about me, as I discovered that when you can't breathe, you want to flop around like a fool. I kept thinking that I need to die a peaceful death in front of her. Next thing is there's a surgeon getting ready to trach my neck. I heard my wife say not to and I'm thinking, trach me, trach me, trach me! About that time, they finally get the boot up my snoot and sweet sweet air comes slowly into my lungs. I got a three day stay at the most expensive hotel in the city. I guess I'm saying enjoy every day you can have something as simple as a friggin cookie take you out......

Holy Crap!!! How? What? Why? So many questions, but have you ever been allergic to nuts? It doesn't sound like it given you like those cookies from the past? Damn...I'm glad your ok though, and that's a lesson I've been taking to heart this year.

[rodwha]

DAMN! Not sure I’d have had the wherewithal you had during that. Glad all ended well for y’all.

[droy1958]

Holy Crap!!! How? What? Why? So many questions, but have you ever been allergic to nuts? It doesn't sound like it given you like those cookies from the past? Damn...I'm glad your ok though, and that's a lesson I've been taking to heart this year.

Never had trouble with nuts before. It's an azz scratcher......