I'm going to go get my first allergy shots this morning. Yes, that's plural, 'cause I'm allergic to too many things for them to put them all in one mixture, so I have to get two. One in each arm.
It's dkw's fault. I was happily ignoring the fact that the allergy clinic hadn't called me back after my disaster of a test and scheduled the shots, and she had to go and get all rational over the weekend and prod me into calling them. Now they're going to inject things that my body does not like into said body. What kind of an idiot lets people do that to them?
I'm probably going to have to pay them for the honor, too. Now that's just wack.
And then, NEXT week, I get to go back and they will do it AGAIN. Every week for 3 - 5 years. This is completely insane.
In the unlikely but very real possibility that I do in fact die from this: dkw, it's not really your fault. I went into the tests fully intending to have the shots if they thought it could help me, and I told the nurse the next day, with it fresh in my mind, to go ahead and mix it up. You merely prodded me from my normal state of procrastination, and should not take any blame on yourself. Sorry in advance for ditching the wedding, please don't scale it down. Dance for me.
Mom, you also are not allowed to feel any guilt, even though it was your nagging that pushed me over the edge to actually make the appointment. I'm a big girl and all that drek, I wouldn't have done it if I didn't actually want to. Offer Claudia first refusal at my shoes, we're the same size.
If I make it to work alive, I'm deleting this post.
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So, after Claudia takes 20 or 30 pair of shoes, what do we do with the 5,000 or so that are left?
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She won't want that many. She doesn't wear heels over 2". Why should I care what you do with the rest, I'd be dead?
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I started getting them about a year ago and I've seen great improvement. Since I'm no longer walking around dripping snot and other assorted fluids, I'd say it was worth it.
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If she's like me they won't hurt at all, but over the next few hours a hard knot will slowly develop under the skin of her arm until it's the size of a softball and radiating heat like a small sun.
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Stupid needles with their stupid contents that cause you to not have stupid allergies.
Have you snapped at someone irrationally yet? How about leaning on the horn in response to another vehicles minor traffic snafu? If not, you must do so immediately.
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ElJay just called . . . she's alive and well and leaving the clinic heading for work. And she sounded decidedly less grumpy than when I talked to her at 7:45 a.m.
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My dad gave me my allergy shots at home. He was always terrified something would happen and we kept epinphrine in the fridge in case something happened but nothing ever did. I recall being a bit disappointed. Getting the shot was so ...boring.
I remember when I discovered that the more I moved the arm around after the shot the less it hurt. The first few times I would favor the arm and let it hang limp and then it would hurt all day long.
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I really need to do this. Allergists are so hard to get appointments with, though, and I never think of it when I have time.
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If your arm starts to be hot and to hurt, put some alcohol on a compress on it, it will ease the pain and make your arm colder. It works on Hubby, at last. Of course you need to put some plastc sheet on it if you don't want to be drunk from the smell of it.
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I3: Yes, I could die. Haven't you been paying attention?
Palimpsest: That is indeed a great start at Hatrack.
IdI: Yes, I've snapped irrationally at all of Hatrack, haven't you noticed? But I can't lean on the horn, I don't have one. It's very handy, as whenever I'm mad in traffic I pound on the middle of my steering wheel, where it's supposed to be, and get to feel better without contributing to road rage. It's also illegal, but meh. How are they gonna catch me?
KrabbyPatty: You're not supposed to tell them that! I'm still grumpy, darn it. I have to host a recognition luncheon this afternoon and I hate doing that, and it's tournament time so my downtown is stuffed with high school kids and and parents. I probably won't leave the building on a Thursday or Friday for the rest of Spring, except I have to today to go to the stupid lunch.
Theca: Thanks for the advice, I'll be sure to move my arms. So far they just itch, no softball sized lump yet.
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quote: But I can't lean on the horn, I don't have one.
Considering your future brother-in-law is Mr. Traffic Safety, I'd think you would know better.
My friend went through a year or more of allergy shots so he wouldn't be so allergic to his new wife's cats. I always thought that if we was that allergic, she should get rid of the cats, but he was really whipped...uhm, in love with her, so he got the shots.
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[Warning: extreme grossness below, proceed at your own risk] . . . . . Well...I've been using an OTC wart-removing substance for a cluster of molluscum warts on my foot, and now have a large oozing wound. It's annoying and hard to walk on. Does that count?
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Bleh...not so much, really. I hope it heals up soon so I can walk normally instead of hobbling, and resume my swimming schedule.
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I didn't say you aren't grumpy, Grumpy! Just less grumpy than you were earlier! And with a name like mine, who says grumpy is bad? Posts: 113 | Registered: Nov 2004
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Anna: That method would, of course, only work if you weren't allergic to alcohol...
I had a hard time keeping everyone at the hospital reminded of that when I had the baby. Apparently, "it's like being allergic to water" and "it never happens". Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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The first few shots don't hurt. They're giving you a very watered down version of the serum to get your body used to it. So enjoy it while it lasts =)
Later though your arm DOES swell. And by the time the swelling goes down it's time for another shot. I took them for a year when I was 12ish and we (My mom and I) decided eventually that the cure was worse than the disease.
Now I live in a dryer climate and only suffer a coupla times a year, or if I go back to Arkansas. My teen years though... I can't help but wonder if they would have been better if I had just suffered through the shots.
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quote: Two shot per week for 3-5 YEARS?! Who did you piss off?!
An excellent question. Whoever it was, I'm sure I didn't do enough to make it worth this, and if I ever figure it out I intend to make up the difference.
And she told me today to forget about the 3 part. 5 years is more likely to be on the low end.
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Theoretically after they pump me full of stuff I'm allergic to for long enough my body will get used to it and won't notice it in day-to-day life. But I probably won't notice any improvement for 6 months to a year.
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I'm with Dag on this...the only thing keeping me happy is the chance that a co-worker will slap you on the arm right where the shots were, mashing the lump into a lot of little bumps.
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I had a hard time keeping everyone at the hospital reminded of that when I had the baby. Apparently, "it's like being allergic to water" and "it never happens". ![[Grumble]](graemlins/grumble.gif)
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