For 10 years, I had to say no to onions.

TLDR: I became allergic to raw onions (and garlic) as an adult for 10 years and recently stopped being allergic.

In my mid twenties, I grew into being allergic to both raw onion and garlic, I suspect it’s the sulfur. (I unfortunately developed this allergy a few months after having seen an allergist about milk and sesame seeds. I didn’t want to spend the $$ the money for another test.

It eventually got so bad as, I would have to hide in my room, cover the bottom of the door with a blanket and wait for a long time after someone was done cutting onions.

My breathing never sent me to the ER, I’m stubborn. But it was getting concerning just how out of breathe and wheezy being even near cut raw onions would make me.

Even eating one small piece of diced raw onion would be enough to make me a little wheezy.

And then suddenly, about a year ago, it started getting better.

I could be in the same room. I could be next to the person cutting onions. Eventually I could eat that one small diced piece of onion with no issues. So I tried more.

And now for about the past 10 months or so…zero issues at all. 🤯🤯🤯

And the same is being said with raw garlic as well. I just made some guacamole for the first time in forever, and to be able to truly enjoy it without a tight chest and being able to breath…made it taste soooo good!

Random notes:
– Cooking onions or garlic made them 100% okay for me to eat, even when my allergy was at its highest.
– Same with pickled onions, but they had to be pickled for a long time.
– I did lose 50lbs this past year, dropping down to the weight I was when I first started having food allergies.
– My mental health is at a lifetime all high right now (still very much a work in progress, but getting there). It started to dip in my mid twenties continuing into my 30s, with 2021-2023 being at the all time low.
– I haven’t dabbled too much in exploring if I’m still allergic to milk(whey specifically) or sesame. But I’m suspecting I’ll see the same as onions with the little exposure I have had.

Anyway, I just scrolled upon this subreddit just now and felt like y’all might be my kind of people to understand just how truly happy I am to finally be able to enjoy onions again!!!