Jude 2

On a tip from my ear doc and surgeon I got tested for allergies. There was a thought I might have a yeast allergy since it ran in my family and I had some serious inflammation in my ear that he found during surgery.

Well I got tested and the only positive was for dust mites (technically dust mite poop). I was prescribed a nasal rinse and flonase and advised to get covers for my bedding.

Do you have any allergies and what are they?

How do you cope and treat them?

Full Quiver wrote:Do you have any allergies and what are they?

How do you cope and treat them?

I ate a Korean dish at a restaurant in Eugene, Oregon, and on the way out to the car collapsed in the parking lot and thought I was going to die. I was alone and didn't want to die alone in parking lot, so I'm glad I didn't. It was a major allergic reaction to something, because I could feel it in my thyroids. I haven't had such a reaction to anything since then and don't know what it was a reaction to.

If I eat A LOT of walnuts I get a MILD thyroid reaction, but I have to eat a lot of them to feel anything.

I have had allergies all my life, mostly sinus type reactions and I also have had asthma all my life. The asthma and the allergies are controlled with medications, and my pulmonary doctor started having me do the nasal flushes twice a day. Since I have been doing this the sinus infections have been reduced by at least 50%. Allergy testing showed that I was allergic to almost everything. I know what triggers these and I can take my medication in advance if I know that I will be around any of the triggers. One example is movie theaters, they are full of dust just look at the walls when the lights go up, so if I want to see a movie I take my medication before I go.

I have a seafood allergy, not just shellfish, I have been hospitalized 3 times with severe hives and in acute respiratory distress. I have an Epipen that I carry with me all the time. This past summer I developed and allergy to peanuts, same type of reaction as I have with seafood. I have learned to read the ingredients on all food and to ask questions at restaurants, do use MSG, do they cook with peanut oil, do they cook fries in oil that they have cooked seafood in, etc and if I am not sure I don't take the chance it is too risky. After a while it becomes second nature and I have learned how to do it without making a big deal, most places are very happy to help you, it is bad PR to have a customer collapse in the middle of dinner.

Good luck and your doctor is right about recommending bed covers.

Colchicine the anti-inflammatory.

At one point in my life, I was allergic to the food additive yellow #5... #4, #6 or any of the others never bother me... just #5... I break out in large whelps all over my back and itch like crazy... And I found out that it is not only in foods... but clothing... I tried on a black (sweatsuit material) jumpsuit once and had to be taken to the doctor immediately for a shot..... I can't have normal allergies..

Full Quiver wrote:Do you have any allergies and what are they?

How do you cope and treat them?

Just about anything airborne, I'm allergic to. Grass, maple, oak, cottonwood being the worst.

I went thru the shot routine for about 5 years and those were the best 5 years I had.

I also take the meds & nasal rinse. Gross but it works.

Colchicine the anti-inflammatory.

I take colchicine for gout when I get a flair up. A great way to lose a few pounds I'd say. I like the word colchicine because all three "c" s sound differently.

I had my dog tested for allergies a few years ago. She is allergic to cats.