Hmmm

[cornerofmadness]

it's probably a bad thing when the new allergist calls you an overachiever, right? 86 pinpricks later on my back and the nurse comes in to check on me and make sure I didn't die or something and she's like WOW are you allergic or what to dustmites (this I knew)It had to be a pretty severe reaction to get a rise out of a jaded allergy nurse. Then the doctor comes in and says, 'you're an overachiever, I bet you were the type who had to get all A's in school' get bent doc. They shove another 30 odd needles into my arm with more stuff to make me all itchy.

I also failed the breathing test he made me do. It's sort of neat now. You blow into the spirometer and computer birthday candles go out. I failed to blow them all out (except once) even after an 8 minute nebulizer breathing treatment.

The upshot of this is I need more medicine (whines loudly) I'm on two new allergy pills and another inhaler for a month to see if it helps. And what am I allergic too? Dust mites (two types) cockroachs, and out of 12 tested molds, six of them including aspergillus which I was chronically exposed to in my former career (aspergillus balls in the lungs were the #2 injury for us) oh and oysters. No loss there.

well i should go pack or something. apparently once I get to I-64 in KY tomorrow it's smooth sailing. GETTING there however is a trip and a half. Sheesh.