Keep walking, I'm breathing

[sovay]

I did not get sheep-dipped in Benadryl, but I am full of antihistamines and eating a pumpernickel bagel with chopped liver and a coconut-milk milkshake.

I have not become allergic to my cats. My long-time allergies to dust mites have worsened to the point where the mitigation strategies in which I already engage are not cutting it, so I have some further suggestions, an alteration to my medications, and we go from here. I also seem to have become allergic to pigweed, which I had never even heard of until I looked it up, at which point it turned out to be amaranth which I have both eaten and admired as an ornamental plant. I am decorated with surgical marker and punctures. I had been scratch-tested before, but never intradermally injected.

The fog at dawn was an astonishing suffusion of gold, glinting like rainbows around the Prudential. Afterward I took a couple of pictures from MGH and the Longfellow Bridge. I believe my plans for the afternoon involve a nap.

Comments

War between him and the day

[choco_frosh]

I am glad that you have gotten tested for every conceivable thing! (Well, allergy-wise.) (And that you are now full of antihistamines.)
Hopefully next, sleep?

[gwynnega]

I am glad you aren't allergic to your cats and that you were able to take antihistamines again! Your meal sounds delicious.

[asakiyume]

The fog at dawn was an astonishing suffusion of gold, glinting like rainbows around the Prudential. --Reading that sentence fills me with joy. Seriously, I could feel myself get lighter, like a helium-filled balloon.

that's too bad about the amaranth! Too bad in general that your immune system wants to pick fights with so much in the environment. But a relief that it's not the cats.

[minoanmiss]

makes a note to make sure not to put amaranth into anything I cook for you

[pameladean]

Oh, those autumnal skies!

I am glad you aren't allergic to your cats. I did not know that amaranth is called pigweed too. I've eaten it just once, a lovely mess of greens at a now-defunct Greek restaurant. It was a special, and they never had it again -- it was too hard to get enough amaranth greens to offer even occasionally.

P.

[thistleingrey]

Yay for a definitive result that doesn't include felines. *hugs*

[kathmandu]

At least the 'not allergic to your cats' is a relief. Yay for kitties.

[chanter1944]

Your afternoon sounds like a significant improvement, given your description of the previous few days.

I'm not sure I knew amaranth had an alternate name. Dust mites be gone! Also, thank God for a lack of cat allergies, truly. I know what joy the soot sprites of legend bring your household, and I speak as someone whose only familiarity is via journal posts.

[umadoshi]

I have not become allergic to my cats.

That alone is a tremendous relief!

[aurumcalendula]

*hugs* Yay for not being allergic to cats!

[vass]

I'm very glad you're not allergic to your cats.

[kore]

How did they determine you are allergic to dust? When I had my allergy test at an actual immunologist's, they only went for about 30 things, and I told them I was allergic to dust and they were pretty dismissive about it (chemical sensitivities, too). Is there some kind of test for it? (I mean....dust is pretty readily available!)

[genarti]

I'm thrilled to hear you're not allergic to the cats! And that there are some answers about other allergens that I hope will lead to further useful mitigation/avoidance measures in generally helpful ways.

The fog at dawn was an astonishing suffusion of gold, glinting like rainbows around the Prudential.

This is a beautiful sentence and a beautiful image, to go with the beautiful photos. It really is kind of dawn to give so much startling beauty as a silver lining for having to be up to see it.

[thisbluespirit]

*hugs* I hope the changes help - but I'm glad to hear that (I trust) the non-medication part of the procedure has stopped. ♥

[mrissa]

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