Last Wednesday was my check up from being in the ER from the week before visit. There were a couple of days where I felt better and yet I knew I wasn’t even 75% better. During the visit I talked for what seemed just a little bit but I couldn’t talk very well the congestion overwhelmed my throat. I sounded terrible.
A question came up I wasn’t ready to hear again!
The word Allergist brought a bolt of terror through me. Okay not quite terror, but it wasn’t exactly what I wanted to hear. I had already been through one dose of steroids from the ER and I was about to be given another that day. If this second round didn’t work she was telling me to consider seeing a specialist again. Although she said the best one she knew of was in Bloomington which would be different. My original Allergist was from Terre Haute.
Thoughts of at least two sets of allergy testing instantly came to mind. The red bumps on my arms that showed us what I was allergic to and how to make my allergy blend to shoot me with. Even during college I had to go to a small clinic by campus to get my weekly shots. Or Dad gave them to me before college I wasn’t able to do it myself unfortunately.
For nearly a decade I lived fairly well without dealing with an Allergist I had desensitized a couple of my allergies, but using an over the counter antihistamine was good enough. This year allergies have been horrible though even the nurse that brought me back to the room said she had to change her antihistamine recently. So Claritin doesn’t work for me anymore, and now I’m off Zyrtec for the new Xyzal. So far it feels good over the past couple of days. I couldn’t start the medicine until Thursday evening, but over the last few days I feel a good difference.
Hopefully this means the second dose of steroids and the Xyzal are working in tandem. I haven’t felt as good in nearly two months. I have been able to wake up feeling refreshed… it’s been a while.
When I left the clinic I felt exhausted. Went straight for CVS pharmacy to get these new prescriptions and just needed to rest and figure out when to take the new pills. The comment about needing to visit an Allergist was still in my mind worrying me a little bit. Fast forward to Saturday morning only two days into the new medicine Xyzal and I had a little scare. My allergic reaction was over a week earlier right! Well that morning I saw something that freaked me out I had seen it not long after my reaction started I had broken out all over by Wednesday afternoon. I thought the reaction was completely gone. I was wrong.
On Saturday morning it freaked me out to find parts of the break out still there. Then I realized a couple of things later on. It wasn’t bright red and they were not itchy. They were pale, but I had seen these areas before just the area they were located freaked me out. It is healing I just let it scare the jeezers out of me again. Knowing I am feeling better and seeing each day that I am able to get back to my routines again allows me to feel good.
It has been a big battle for the past month and a half though. It feels like months though. Thank goodness I may be able to stay away from the Allergist a bit longer!
Jewells of Thought 
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