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legalmooseI finally saw an allergist today. Been wanting to for years, but doctors had poo-pooed the suggestion and not given me a referral. Now that I have "referral free health insurance" (aka BlueCross BlueShield) I just did it myself.
The initial scratches were inconclusive, so they did a "mix" test, where they inject a mix of possible allergens just under the skin (weed mix, tree mix, cat, dog, roach, mold, dust, etc.). Long story short, they all swelled up nicely on me. Which basically means I'm allergic to everything.
LOL!
Not a big change in treatment. I'm to try some Clarinex™ samples and see if I like that any more than Claritin™ and then go from there. This just confirms that I need to be on something year round, which should reduce the number of head colds and other complications. I'm annoyed that I have to take meds in the first place, but better that than just willy-nilly dealing with symptoms.
The next step is to look and see how I can reduce my contact with some of the allergens. We have air filters, for when the apartment finally switches to AC, and I suppose I can get that bedding stuff that keeps the dust mites out. I'll research it, as a good lawyer, and see what I can find.
The initial scratches were inconclusive, so they did a "mix" test, where they inject a mix of possible allergens just under the skin (weed mix, tree mix, cat, dog, roach, mold, dust, etc.). Long story short, they all swelled up nicely on me. Which basically means I'm allergic to everything.
LOL!
Not a big change in treatment. I'm to try some Clarinex™ samples and see if I like that any more than Claritin™ and then go from there. This just confirms that I need to be on something year round, which should reduce the number of head colds and other complications. I'm annoyed that I have to take meds in the first place, but better that than just willy-nilly dealing with symptoms.
The next step is to look and see how I can reduce my contact with some of the allergens. We have air filters, for when the apartment finally switches to AC, and I suppose I can get that bedding stuff that keeps the dust mites out. I'll research it, as a good lawyer, and see what I can find.
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Date: 2004-04-30 05:42 am (UTC)ugh gross
Hopefully I will never have to take one of those =(