I had quite an eventful Saturday. It all started off with a walk to the store to do a little shopping. On the way to the store I suddenly felt that itchy feeling on my skin which is a sign of an allergic reaction. Oh no!<\/p>\n
Now and then I have gotten these big hive breakouts that come out of nowhere and last for about an hour. Occasionally they have been really bad – in Hawaii I had a particularly bad reaction where I almost fainted. <\/p>\n
Saturday’s reaction was just like that one. I got home from the store and thought it might be a good idea to go see a doctor, and since there is an allergy specialist about 10 minutes from our house I turned right back around from our place and went to see the doc.<\/p>\n
While waiting at the intersection for the light to change I felt the kind of rushing in your head and loss of hearing that means that you are on your way out, and then the next thing I knew I was kind of kneeling on the ground right next the street – I was lucky I didn’t pass out into traffic. There was another person waiting to cross, and I noticed kind of peripherally that she was definitely looking the other way – she probably figured I was drunk at 11 am in the morning. <\/p>\n
I was able to get up though, and walk the rest of the way without losing consciousness. In the doctor’s office I had to wait a while to be seen, and the staff were clearly overwhelmed with all the patients. Finally I got in and talked with the doctor, who told me that I had an allergic reaction (duh), and he prescribed some medicine to combat the hives and shortness of breath. After that I picked up my medicine and went home without incident. <\/p>\n
This kind of reaction is a little bit strange – I have had two reactions this month, but the previous reaction was about a year ago, and the one before that was another year ago. Anyway, I’m tracking the food I eat to see if I can find a common point. We’ll see what happens, but next time I feel a reaction coming on I’ll stay home and not attempt another run to the doctor’s office.<\/p>\n
Back at home I took the medicine, but the reaction was already fading away. The medicine came with a warning about drowsiness, and it was spot on. After taking the pills I fell asleep within a few minutes, and didn’t wake up for about an hour. I was kind of a zombie the rest of the day, and so I decided to stop taking the meds. The reaction was gone anyway, so I’ll save the meds for another time. <\/p>\n
Anyway, it was a wild Saturday, but it ended well – Kuniko came home and we ordered pizza in, drank some beers, and watched a movie. The next day we could sleep in until 10 am. Nice!<\/p>\n
Sunday we spent most of the day at home with only a short shopping trip and a long walk to get us out of the house. We watched a Russell Crowe movie while drinking some champagne that Kuniko bought me for Valentine’s day (probably the best champagne I’ve ever tasted) and just kind of snacked all day and rested. <\/p>\n
Now I’m back at work, and getting ready for the week. I have a meeting about my time off for 2014, and I hope that goes smoothly. It’s getting to be time to buy some plane tickets!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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