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Woman who is 'allergic to everything' can only eat these 2 things
A Massachusetts woman says she is “allergic to everything” and lives on a diet of oatmeal and hypoallergenic infant formula but is still able to make the best of it and have a happy holiday season.
Caroline Cray, 24, first had an allergic reaction to ice cream in Sept. 2017, going into anaphylactic shock, she told the news agency SWNS.
Soon after, she had similar reactions to bread and pizza, then had a serious reaction after eating rice and beans and spent 12 days in an intensive care unit.
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Initially, doctors were hopeful it would go away.
“In the fall [of 2017], when I was having the repeated shocks, my allergist and ER doctors were under the assumption that my reactions would only last a few months,” she told SWNS.
Caroline Cray of Massachusetts spent 12 days in intensive care after an intense allergic reaction to eating beans and rice. (SWNS)
The doctors put her on antihistamine drugs and referred her to a specialist, she said.
The reactions did not go away, something she said was “really discouraging.”
“Every day I was wondering if I was going to end up in the hospital. I had a really tight throat and I was itchy and wheezing,” she said.
“This is a chronic illness, and we need to treat it as one.”
After nearly a year of tests, Cray was diagnosed with mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), a rare chronic illness, in May 2018. MCAS causes repeated severe allergic reaction symptoms, she told SWNS.
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Getting a diagnosis was emotional, she said, but also “validating.”
“I am a very cut-and-dry person, but me and my mom, Julie, 59, were both crying,” she said.
“It was validating that someone was finally like, ‘This is a chronic illness, and we need to treat it as one.’”
Cray has a rare condition and can only safely eat two different foods. (SWNS)
She felt a mixture of relief that her condition had a name, while grappling with the thought of, “Oh God, I will live with this the rest of my life.”
Six years after her diagnosis, she still can only eat two things: oatmeal and specialized infant formula.
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“I am at the point where my diet is only EleCare and oatmeal,” she said, referring to a specific brand of hypoallergenic infant formula.
“I will have that for three meals a day, and I only eat three times a day as I have to self-medicate beforehand,” she said. It is “really tough.”
It took doctors 10 months to diagnose Cray with MCAS, a condition that gives her severe allergic reactions to foods. (iStock)
Additionally, Cray takes a host of medications, including some taken daily, weekly and semi-monthly.
Despite her food limitations and limited diet, Cray tries to act as normally as possible, and that includes the holidays, she said.
“I don’t rule myself out of things, though,” she told SWNS. She said she joins her family for dinner at night.
“I will go out for meals, but I bring my own food. And I will go for nights out and take a water bottle,” she said.
She is “always the designated driver,” she said, and is able to “fill people in on what has happened the night before. I have turned that into one of my favorite things,” Cray added to SWNS. “I tell my friends I get secondhand drunk from them.”
“I will go out for meals, but I bring my own food. And I will go for nights out and take a water bottle.”
To better accommodate her condition, Cray hosts Thanksgiving and Christmas at her own home.
“In the first couple of years of my diagnosis, I didn’t want to eat in front of anyone else,” she said.
“It is certainly hard because food is central to the holiday season, but there are a lot of factors that make me feel included in the ritual of Christmas.”
Cray, second from left, with her siblings. She told news agency SWNS she feels more included at Christmas because it’s less about food than Thanksgiving. (SWNS)
Now, Cray is hopeful she will be able to expand her diet beyond oatmeal and infant formula.
“This is my fifth year of being on the oatmeal diet, and it is hard,” she told SWNS. “I would be lying if I said I don’t struggle because I do.”
She added, “I am currently meeting with my MCAS therapist to try (trying) different foods.”
But, so far, nothing has worked, noting she has attempted to eat chicken, lamb, sweet potato and broccoli.
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“I will try single foods one by one so if I have a reaction we know exactly what it is to,” she said.
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The U.S. has a new top amusement park – and it’s not Disney themed.
Little-known Knoebels Amusement Resort in Elysburg, Pennsylvania, took home the top prize for top amusement park in the recently released TripAdvisor “Best of the Best” list.
“Family-owned and operated since 1926, Knoebels Amusement Resort—located in Elysburg, Pennsylvania—is America’s largest free-admission amusement park. It’s got it all: roller coasters, kid-friendly rides (bumper cars, a haunted mansion), swimming, camping, a mining museum, and even a championship 18-hole golf course. The accommodating staff, clean facilities, and fun attractions make for a memorable family-friendly visit,” TripAdvisor noted.
The park, which is located in the middle of the state, received a 4.7 rating from nearly 3,000 reviewers on the website.
Dollywood, Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Universal Island rounded out the top five on TripAdvisor’s list.
Knoebels celebrated taking the top spot with a social media post. Its fans were not surprised with the high ranking.
“We knew it all along,” the American Coaster Enthusiasts for Eastern Pennsylvania wrote in response.
“Been going since 1996,” one user wrote.
Knoebels opened in 1926 and is America’s largest free-admission park. Tickets for individual rides cost visitors a fee,, but entry remains free.
The resort offers more than 100 rides ranging from family to thrill coasters. The Impulse roller coaster is one of the park’s most popular and features upside-down twists and a 90-degree free fall. The Phoenix roller coaster is a classic wooden model that first opened in 1947 in Texas. In 1985 it was reborn at Knoebels.
If thrill seeking isn’t on your bucket list, the park offers plenty of gentler rides. The antique cars attractions let people drive a Model-T replica through the woods and under the Phoenix roller coaster. The park’s Grand Carousel also offers a throwback ride to users and a game on each ride where the winner gets a free turn.
Dolly Parton’s Dollywood in Tennessee took the second spot on the list.
“Dollywood is the brainchild of singer Dolly Parton, who grew up in the surrounding Smoky Mountains of Tennessee,” TripAdvisor noted. “The park has a downhome feel with singalongs and a museum dedicated to Parton’s life, plus high-velocity roller coasters and thrill rides. Watch artisans showcase glass blowing and pottery skills. Stay at the park’s two resorts for loads of perks.”
While a pair of Disney parks in Florida took the next two spots on the list.
“Known as The Most Magical Place On Earth, the Magic Kingdom Park needs no introduction. This theme park is located at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and features some of Disney’s best-known attractions (Space Mountain, Jungle Cruise, Cinderella Castle). There’s also a nightly fireworks show, musical parades, and meet and greets with your favorite Disney Characters,” TripAdvisor said of Magic Kingdom.
Here is the full top 10 list:
- Knoebels Amusement Resort (Elysburg, Pennsylvania)
- Dollywood (Pigeon Forge, Tennessee)
- Magic Kingdom Park (Bay Lake, Florida)
- Disney’s Hollywood Studios (Bay Lake, Florida)
- Universal Islands of Adventure (Orlando, Florida)
- Epcot (Bay Lake, Florida)
- Legoland California (Carlsbad, California)
- Universal Studios Florida (Orlando, Florida)
- Disneyland Park (Anaheim, California)
- Silver Dollar City (Branson, Missouri)
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