Holy jumping arachnids, Batman!
I've been having problems with allergic reactions for the past couple of months. At first, I put it off to the extremely dry season we were having and the effects it was having on my nasal passages. Cue taking tons of Vitamin C. That seemed to help. Then, I started having new, strange symptoms of extreme dizziness, sweating spells and nausea. I was having a hard time figuring out what I was reacting to. I thought it was the rubber gloves at work, but we had a week off at work and I had a reaction to something yesterday that left me limp in bed. I went to the doctor who put me on Atarax, steroids and told me to take psuedoephedrine and buy a humidifier. I did all that and still had my episode yesterday. I couldn't figure out what on earth I was allergic to!
Then, I got up to kill a spider walking across my bedroom ceiling. I hopped on my bed and I reached up with my shoe to squash it and it jumped onto my arm. It did not fall, it jumped. It began to jump all over my arm which cued my flailing about the room screaming, "Get off, fucker!" I never killed it as it jumped off my arm but now I know what has been causing the reactions. At least, I pray to the powers that be that I've figured it out. I don't know why I never put two and two together before.
See, I have had a nasty bite on my leg for the past three weeks. It has been burning, itching and swollen. I thought it was a nasty mosquito bite. However, after weeks of itching and then several days of baking soda paste treatments and black walnut lotion rubbings, it lost it's swelling enough for me to see that it is not the before assumed mosquito bite; it is a big-ass spider bite. In fact, it's one spider bite intersected by another. I believe I have been bitten by a wolf spider. The symptoms are similar. The dizzy spells and weakness have been indescribable. There have been days when the spells of sweat and nausea led me to believe that I had food poisoning, only to be told by others who ate the same food that they felt fine. There have episodes of vertigo and loss of muscle coordination. There is definitely more going on than mere "allergies".
The only problem now is, what to do next? Is it too late to go back to the doctor? Is there really anything they can do now? Blah.
I hope I squished that fucker with my fat leg after he bit me. Nyah.
Then, I got up to kill a spider walking across my bedroom ceiling. I hopped on my bed and I reached up with my shoe to squash it and it jumped onto my arm. It did not fall, it jumped. It began to jump all over my arm which cued my flailing about the room screaming, "Get off, fucker!" I never killed it as it jumped off my arm but now I know what has been causing the reactions. At least, I pray to the powers that be that I've figured it out. I don't know why I never put two and two together before.
See, I have had a nasty bite on my leg for the past three weeks. It has been burning, itching and swollen. I thought it was a nasty mosquito bite. However, after weeks of itching and then several days of baking soda paste treatments and black walnut lotion rubbings, it lost it's swelling enough for me to see that it is not the before assumed mosquito bite; it is a big-ass spider bite. In fact, it's one spider bite intersected by another. I believe I have been bitten by a wolf spider. The symptoms are similar. The dizzy spells and weakness have been indescribable. There have been days when the spells of sweat and nausea led me to believe that I had food poisoning, only to be told by others who ate the same food that they felt fine. There have episodes of vertigo and loss of muscle coordination. There is definitely more going on than mere "allergies".
The only problem now is, what to do next? Is it too late to go back to the doctor? Is there really anything they can do now? Blah.
I hope I squished that fucker with my fat leg after he bit me. Nyah.