Vogue -“Plus, my mom just spoke to my primary doctor and they said there is no reason for me to get an epi pen.”
Is he/she basing this on his/her medical opinion or because he/she wants to please your mom? I honestly don’t know if you need one, but you could ask the opinion of another allergy Doc.
A war story – I was training in the hospital and a 20 yo girl died from anaphylaxis. She was with friends and ate something she was allegic to – like a peanut (hidden in something like a candy bar) -the friends tried to do CPR (She might have had her pen on her, but her friends didn’t know how to use it, if I remember correctly) and called EMS and brought her to the hospital. That hospital wasn’t too good. The family and their friends transfered her to the ICU in the hospital where I was at, but it was too late – all we could do was watch her die.