• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    1976, 5-yo me in the ER for whatever I was infected with, nurse about to give me liquid penicillin, parents:

    “We don’t know if he’s allergic to penicillin.”

    Nurse: “Nonsense.”

    Bottoms up! I vaguely remember being fucked up. Been putting PCN allergy on medical forms since.

    Interestingly, my dentist gave it to me anyway after wisdom teeth removal. Zero issue. Took it again a few year later, hives. Took it again in my 40s, no issue. I suspect I’m no longer allergic.