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You Know I'm Scared When...
Nov. 24th, 2010 09:46 pmSo, my morning started with a very rude awakening, feeling as if my entire body was on fire, scratching at myself as I came awake as if to tear off the pain that was covering my entire body. It took me a moment or two to wake up enough to realise that what was actually happening was that I was having an another allergic reaction - more severe than the other two I've had since August.
I have no idea what sets these things off - can't identify any one common factor - have never been that allergic to anything before... and it's gotten to the point now where I'm actually very frightened. So... awake enough to realise what was happening, /and/ to remember where my antihistamine tablets were, I immediately took one, and then went back to bed... but I hurt so bad. I gave consideration to going and waking mum, but in the end reached for my phone, and sent Mir a text. I woke /her/ up instead, with a cry for help.
I called her and we talked for a while, well I cried and she talked, and eventually I calmed down enough to be able to feel like I could rest (in spite of my elephant ears and still burning body). Mir was a wonderful help and I love her so much, she didn't mind at all being woken like that, though I'm sure it scared her half to death.
You know I'm scared when I willingly go to the doctor. It's not something I do unless I absolutely /have/ to. I can be dying and still avoid it... but this morning, I called my work agency at 7am to tell them I couldn't work for them today after all (explaining why, and they were okay with that), and at 7:50am I was at the doctor's office, because that's what you have to do to get an appointment at my surgery. Go in person. *rolls eyes* So armed with my appointment for later, I went home to rest... actually fell asleep until ten minutes before I had to go. (The surgery is only 5 minutes walk away from my house).
I saw the doctor, still covered in my redness, with my swollen ears, and he agreed it was classic signs of an allergic reaction. He prescribed stronger antihistamine tablets for me, which I have to take for the next 14 days. In the meantime I've had blood tests, and have been referred to the local hospital's allergy clinic to see if we can work out what's causing this. I also have to keep a food diary, noting down everything I eat.
*sighs* I really could do without this... just one more stress. *sighs*
I have no idea what sets these things off - can't identify any one common factor - have never been that allergic to anything before... and it's gotten to the point now where I'm actually very frightened. So... awake enough to realise what was happening, /and/ to remember where my antihistamine tablets were, I immediately took one, and then went back to bed... but I hurt so bad. I gave consideration to going and waking mum, but in the end reached for my phone, and sent Mir a text. I woke /her/ up instead, with a cry for help.
I called her and we talked for a while, well I cried and she talked, and eventually I calmed down enough to be able to feel like I could rest (in spite of my elephant ears and still burning body). Mir was a wonderful help and I love her so much, she didn't mind at all being woken like that, though I'm sure it scared her half to death.
You know I'm scared when I willingly go to the doctor. It's not something I do unless I absolutely /have/ to. I can be dying and still avoid it... but this morning, I called my work agency at 7am to tell them I couldn't work for them today after all (explaining why, and they were okay with that), and at 7:50am I was at the doctor's office, because that's what you have to do to get an appointment at my surgery. Go in person. *rolls eyes* So armed with my appointment for later, I went home to rest... actually fell asleep until ten minutes before I had to go. (The surgery is only 5 minutes walk away from my house).
I saw the doctor, still covered in my redness, with my swollen ears, and he agreed it was classic signs of an allergic reaction. He prescribed stronger antihistamine tablets for me, which I have to take for the next 14 days. In the meantime I've had blood tests, and have been referred to the local hospital's allergy clinic to see if we can work out what's causing this. I also have to keep a food diary, noting down everything I eat.
*sighs* I really could do without this... just one more stress. *sighs*
