The Planets Were Properly Aligned Today
After two failed attempts in the same number of weeks, I managed to have my allergy skin tests done today. As a result I now know I am extremely allergic to King Cobra venom and Grizzly Bear saliva. It's a fact that if either of those two substances get into your bloodstream, the Epi-pen won't be sufficient. Truthfully, I am allergic to dust mites, mold and wasps (or as they say in Arkansas, wawsts). As for the dust mites, their allergen is in their feces which can become airborn. Thank God that can't happen with human feces or we'd really have trouble on our hands (and everything else, as well). I'm not allergic to cats and dogs, but they do contribute to the dust mite population so we'll just have to dust more often...say two or three times a year rather than the current schedule of once every leap year. This is a good excuse to get a new vacuum cleaner. I'm considering one of those Roomba robotic vacuums because around here if it doesn't run itself, it ain't gonna happen. Wikipedia Dust Mite
I knew I was allergic to wasps. Today the doctor told me that multiple stings could be fatal. I'll generally break my neck avoiding a wasp, so it's hard to tell which fate is worse. I've been stung a million times in my life, so I'm not really worried that I'll croak under normal circumstances. I can't be more careful than I am now so not much of a lifestyle change for that. The only thing is the Dr. wants me to start venom and allergy shots which you have to do once a week for a long time then once every couple of weeks and so on. This goes on for three to five years. Whoopee! They tested for honey bee, yellow jacket, yellow faced hornet, white faced hornet and wasp. The wasp is the one that reacted.
All totalled it was like forty-four skin pricks and thirty-three injections. Thruthfully, it wasn't bad at all. I had anticipated a more painful experience. As I sat there I got to thinking that it would have been more of an adventure if they had several rooms set up with wasp nests. Then they could blindfold the patient, give them a pinata stick, put them in a room and tell them to start swinging. Most people probably wouldn't get past the first room.
There was some poor little kid there getting tests done. He was screaming, "NO, NO, NO, NO, DON'T DO IT! DON'T DO IT!" I felt so sorry for him I thought about doing the same thing just to be supportive. I asked the nurse if I was going to be screaming like that when she got started and she said, "Go ahead...everybody else that comes in here does!"
I knew I was allergic to wasps. Today the doctor told me that multiple stings could be fatal. I'll generally break my neck avoiding a wasp, so it's hard to tell which fate is worse. I've been stung a million times in my life, so I'm not really worried that I'll croak under normal circumstances. I can't be more careful than I am now so not much of a lifestyle change for that. The only thing is the Dr. wants me to start venom and allergy shots which you have to do once a week for a long time then once every couple of weeks and so on. This goes on for three to five years. Whoopee! They tested for honey bee, yellow jacket, yellow faced hornet, white faced hornet and wasp. The wasp is the one that reacted.
All totalled it was like forty-four skin pricks and thirty-three injections. Thruthfully, it wasn't bad at all. I had anticipated a more painful experience. As I sat there I got to thinking that it would have been more of an adventure if they had several rooms set up with wasp nests. Then they could blindfold the patient, give them a pinata stick, put them in a room and tell them to start swinging. Most people probably wouldn't get past the first room.
There was some poor little kid there getting tests done. He was screaming, "NO, NO, NO, NO, DON'T DO IT! DON'T DO IT!" I felt so sorry for him I thought about doing the same thing just to be supportive. I asked the nurse if I was going to be screaming like that when she got started and she said, "Go ahead...everybody else that comes in here does!"
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