Ke noho me nā Paʻi

Ke ulu nei au me ka maʻiʻeʻehia, ua like nō wau me he "kaikamahine lā."ʻO kēlā kaikamahine i hikiʻole ke loaʻa i nā kīʻaha no ka lāʻaina; kēlā kaikamahine i nele i kahi kīkoki makaleka punahele; ʻo kēlā kaikamahineʻaʻole iʻai i ka'āpana pizza ma ka papa pizza. I koʻu wā'ōpiopio, ua like wau me aʻu wale nō ke kanaka ma ka honua nei me kahi pilikino ola. Uaʻike wau i kēia manawaʻaʻole maopopo. Wahi a Food Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE), e pili ana i ka 1 i ka 13 mau keiki i kahi o ka mea hānaiʻai. Aʻo ka 40% o kēlā mau keiki me nā meaʻai eʻai ai ka meaʻai e like me ka anaphylaxis¹. ʻO ka Anaphylaxis he "maʻi nui aʻoi aku ka hopena i ke ola ... [ʻo ia ke kumu o ka hoʻopiliʻana i ke kahe o ke kinowaliki e hiki ai iāʻoe ke komo i ka weliweli."² Minamina, ʻo wau kekahi o kēia mau keiki. E hoʻomanaʻo, aia he ʻokoʻa ma waena o ka “allergy” a me ka “intolerance.” Nui wau i ka maʻi i nā huahana waiū a pau. ʻAe, heluhelu pololei ʻoe. Hale waiū. E like me ka waiūpaka, ka tī, a me ka waiū. ʻO ia nā mea maopopo. Akā, mai poina e pili ana i ka waiū me nā waiū o ka waiū, nā hale ʻaina e kuke i kā lākou mau hamburger a me nā cheeseburgers ma ka pahu like, a me nā huna waiu mahu e lana ana i ka lewa ma Starbucks. ʻO kēia mau lawehala huna āpau i hoʻokau iaʻu i ka lumi pilikia. Ma loko o koʻu ola, ua pau wau i loko o ka lumi pilikia ma kahi o ʻumikūmālua mau manawa ma muli o nā huahana waiū i hōʻike ʻole ʻia. ʻOiai, inā he ʻoiaʻiʻo wau, ʻo kekahi o kēlā mau manawa no ka mālama ʻole ʻia iaʻu. He paʻakikī a hoʻolōʻihi hoʻi i ka manawa e makaʻala i kēlā me kēia mea hoʻohui i loko o kēlā me kēia meaʻai aʻu e ʻai ai. I kekahi manawa palaualelo wale wau a ʻaʻole i pāpālua ka nānā ʻana.

ʻOiaiʻo wauʻo "kēlā kaikamahine" i koʻu wā'ōpiopio, ua paʻakikī. ʻAʻoheʻike i nā mea pāʻani. ʻOiaʻiʻo,ʻike nā kānaka e pili ana i nā'ōkino a me nā meaʻai paʻakai, akā i ka waiū? ʻO wai ka mea maʻi i ka waiū ?! Ua haʻiʻia wau e kaʻu mea hele maʻi i koʻu wā'ōpiopio e hoʻomaopopo au "i kaʻoi aku o kēia maʻi ma muli o koʻu manawa i 14. Pēlā i hoʻomaka ai ka heluʻana i koʻu lāʻumikumamāhā. Hoʻomaʻamaʻaʻia he'umikūmāhā a hele aku, e like me ka 15, 16, a me nā lā hānau a pau ma hope iho. A eia wau e noho nei i nā makahiki he nui ma mua o 14, e inu i kaʻu kole me ka waiʻona almond, eʻai ana i kaʻu meaʻena me ka vegan "pālahalaha haʻalulu." Me he mea hōʻeha no ka hoʻomaopopoʻana i ka hewa paha o kaʻu allergist,ʻo kaʻuʻai kaʻu nui loa i kēia manawa ma mua o koʻu wā kamaliʻi no ka

ke holomua nei kaʻoihana meaʻai. ʻO ka pōmaikaʻi a me ka pōmaikaʻi, he nui kēia mau mea ma muli o keʻano o kaʻikeʻana o nā'ōpiopio i nā maʻi o kaʻai. Ua hoʻonui kaʻike, ua hoʻololiʻia nā meaʻai i nā koho āpau'ē aʻe, a, no laila, ua pōmaikaʻi wau. Mai nā kōkē mai i nā mea laʻaʻole, i ka milikena, i kaʻailaʻala a me nā kāmeka, ua aneane hiki iaʻu keʻai like me nā mea i koe o koʻu mau hoaaloha a me koʻuʻohana.

ʻOiai wau i ka hauʻoli loa i nā holomua i hanaʻia ma kaʻike a me ka noiʻiʻana o nā meaʻeha o kaʻai, ua loaʻa kekahi mau pōpilikia. Inā hoʻokahi mea aʻu e makemake ai e hiki iaʻu ke kaʻana like me ka honua e pili ana i nā allergies,ʻoiai he nui kaʻokoʻa ma waena o kahi maʻi a me ka hoʻomanawanui. Eia hou, i kaʻu'ōleloʻana ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi maʻi maʻi, eʻoluʻolu e lawe iaʻu. ʻAʻole wau e ho'āʻo nei e hoʻoikaika i ke ola o ka mea hoʻomaha ma kahi haleʻaina. ʻAʻole wale wau e makemake wau i koʻu sanwī me ka lihiʻole, aiʻole e hanaʻia wau i ka hula. E hoʻokuʻu iaʻu i ka haukapila me ka paniʻana o kuʻu ala komo, kuʻu kahe i ke koko, a hele koʻu kino i waho i keʻano hakakā. Uaʻike wau ua maʻi au i ka waiu no koʻu ola a pau. Ua loaʻa iaʻu ka maʻi eʻai ana i ka pīpī e like me ke pēpē a me nā hōʻailona makema i hōʻoia i ka manaʻo hilahila. Ua hoʻohana au i ka heluheluʻana i ka meaʻai aʻike wau i ka mea eʻai mau ai a me ka meaʻole. I kekahi manawa, keʻoni nei wau e like me "kēlā kaikamahine," akā, ua aʻo au eʻole kaʻu mea e hele ai i ka maʻi. I kēia manawa, nui ka poʻe e aʻo nei e pili ana i kā lākou mau meaʻaeʻa ma hope o ka nohoʻana. Inā manaʻoʻoe he meaʻai paha kāu, e kamaʻilio kokeʻoe i kāu kauka. Hiki iā lākou ke kōkua iāʻoe e noʻonoʻo i kahi e hana ai eʻike ai.

Sources:

¹https://www.foodallergy.org/life-with-food-allergies/food-allergy-101/facts-and-statistics

² https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/anaphylaxis/symptoms-causes/syc-20351468