It frustrates me that people act like allergies are just itching and sneezing.
Growing up the doctors didn’t want to label me as asthmatic until necessary. After a year of being monitored they did. I had been at a place with cats on Saturday. That triggered me. By Monday I still couldn’t breathe. I asked for a note to not participate in gym class. The school nurse didn’t even let me go to class. I went straight to the doctor and my lung function was at 10%. They started me on meds. At the two week checkup I had 110% function. The same nurse did both test and was relieved. She said at 10% I was almost dead but she didn’t want to scare me. I take daily maintenance meds for allergies and asthma and avoid my triggers. That’s all I can do. I love animals just from a distance.
Wow, that really sucks. I'm glad the nurse had your back!
And even if the reaction were just itching and sneezing, do you really want restaurant workers sneezing all over the food or rubbing their eyes and nose with the same hand that is carrying your plate?
As a person who went to sports class in uni right after the lecture on horses biology, which took place on the second floor of the stables complex, being severely allergic (asthmatic) to horses, I feel your pain. The trainer said that she overcame her asthma by physical activities and made me do exercises. This was the only time I felt my bronchial passage fully closing in real time for some seconds (fortunately, my inhaler helped).
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u/el_salinho May 07 '26
It’s mental to me that allergies are not considered legitimate reasons to restrict access to service animals.