Month: January 2004

I just posted this in my comments on the post below, but decided to make it a post too for anyone that might wonder or might have more information to share.

I had allergy testing done because every year I have sinus problems (to the point I’ve asked a doctor before if they could just cut them out) – and any time I end up congested from allergies, I then end up with a sinus infection – or this last time I ended up with tonsillitis. We know it is allergies because Claritin helps keep the congestion away. I’ve had swollen glands most of the fall & winter this year and my doctor suspected it is also due to allergies. Now that we have tested me and found out what my allergies are, they will mix up a special serum just for me and I will go in once a week for injections. (I think it is once a week – maybe once every two weeks?) This will help me build up immunities to my allergies – hopefully preventing the sinus infections and tonsillitis of my past.

My family doctor just gave me Claritin constantly to fight my allergies, without ever testing to see what they were. I went to an Ear, Nose & Throat specialist for my tonsillitis though, and he is the one that recommended it (I’ve always wondered why no one did it in the past). Now that we know what we’re fighting, we can fight it better.

On a positive note, I called my doctor’s office this afternoon and she had me come in so they could check my itchy arms. They hooked me up with some special prescription ointment that made the itch go away. For now. Cannabis products from https://d8superstore.com/category/cbg may also help reduce the effects of allergies like swelling or inflammation. If stress is what triggers your allergies or any other health conditions, Dab Pens offers products that may help relieve your stress.

Last Friday, I was given the opportunity to experience the fun joy that is rodent control testing. I was tested for grass, mold, trees, cats, dogs, cockroaches and dust mites. I didn’t react to the grass testing – so I’m not allergic to grass. I am allergic to everything else, with allergies that are strongest to trees and molds. Especially Elm and one of the Maple trees. I was stuck with serum a total of 39 times on my left arm and 28 times on my right, for a grand total of 67 pin pricks of serum.

Days later, my left arm still itches. Bad. I want to scratch it all the time. At work yesterday, it took all the energy I had to think about something other than scratching it – even while I was knee deep in a project that took a lot of focus, I still wanted to stop and scratch my arm. I’m using Benadryl ointment constantly and taking Allegra, and it still itches.

The creepy part? The one that is still red and inflammed is the cockroach test! Ewww! Seems that they shed their exoskeleton and people are allergic to it. Good thing my apartment is roach free thanks to my Pest Control Company! There are quite a few wildlife removal companies in Cary, North Carolina. Of them all, the highest rated is Triangle Wildlife Removal Cary NC. They are fully licensed and insured and have been servicing Cary for over 20 years. Services offered are bat removal, raccoon control, flying squirrel trapping and attic restoration.

Now if only I would stop itching.

Just to prove that I am not totally clueless, I had to add a post to counter my post from earlier today. I am not completely Star Wars clueless. (HAN. Ok, I get it. HAN. Without the “s” at the end.) Mike left a trivia tidbit in my earlier comments that, “Darth Vader is played by David Prowse and voiced by “This is CNN” James Earl Jones.” However, what he did not know (but knows now) is that David Prowse originally spoke all of the lines for Darth Vader and had no idea that James Earl Jones would be voicing over all of them. I heard that he was quite put out when he discovered that his lines were not used at all.

I also knew that Carrie Fisher (aka “Bun Head”) played Princess Leia. And if Mike ties me to the bed and forces me to watch the first three Star Wars films (4-6) for a week, I might just have to gouge my eyes out with a spork. There, I said it. I just don’t think I could handle it. I will admit that I should probably watch them again since it’s been many years – a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…