Spring!

[wispfox]

Allergies: I do appear to have them! Weirdness. Watery eyes (causing the skin around my left eye to be irritable), sniffles & sneezing, slight headache, and foggy brain. And also jasra's allergy meds helped last time I tried. So at some point I should figure out what I'm allergic _to_, and also get some allergy meds of my own.

So strange.

But it's nice out today, and I'm _so_ going for a walk at lunchtime. And depending on just how warm, may have lunch outside.

I consider changing away from my boots back to sneakers, but am unsure if that is wise. It is only nearly April... snow is still possible!

Comments

[dancingwolfgrrl.livejournal.com]

I concur with jasra: knowing the specifics doesn't usually get you much, as it's not like one can really avoid pollen or dust or whatnot :) And the tests are really kinda unpleasant: thirty-something pinpricks followed by the same number of subdermal injections! So if you can adequately control symptoms with Zyrtec or Claritin or something, you might as well enjoy not having to have them :)

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

And the tests are really kinda unpleasant: thirty-something pinpricks followed by the same number of subdermal injections!

Hmm! Cripes. Did not realize. :)

[dancingwolfgrrl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they do not rock! They also give you a "positive control," which means they inject you with histamine and tell you not to itch it!

I may be extra-cross because I had the full battery and what I learned is that I'm not allergic to anything they test for, though. (I'm definitely allergic to something, but you can't get serum for shots unless they can figure out what it is, so I'm stuck fooling around with OTC, prescription, and alternative stuff until I get an acceptable level of symptom control.)

This entry (http://dancingwolfgrrl.livejournal.com/330740.html) contains a picture of my arm on allergy tests.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I remember that entry.

And yeah, I doubt it matters if OTC stuff works (as it does seem to do). :)