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Mar 05, 2006 10:08

so its been awhile...in a good way i think

life is great right now, i can honestly say that. i figured out why i've felt like shit for the past 20 years. apparantly im allergic to everything in the known world. after a series of 64 skin tests on my back turning me into a human welt (each test consisting of being scratched by these tiny little razor sharp prongs), 29 shots back to back in my arms (they looked like little corn rows of welts with tiny blood spots in the middle, and about 7 lung tests, they determine i'm serverey allergic to:

dust mites
cats
dogs

TREES-
red oak
willow
hickory
birch
red maple
red cedar
elm
sycamore
sweet gum
pecan

GRASSES-
bahia
bermuda
lambs quarter
timothy
fescue
johnson
june
(thats every grass they are capable of testing for)

Ragweed (giant and short)
english plantain
cocklebur
sheep sorrel
s. pigweed
(every single fall allergen)

MOLDS-
Alternaria
Penicillium
Aspergillus
Curvulgaria
Fusarium

FOODS-
Brazil Nut
Pecans
Cashews (mega severe)
i'm also not allowed to eat nuts ever again cause i might become allergic to them and die

so i have to do immunotherapy, a 3-5 year series of shots on a regular basis. in a couple weeks i start going twice a week, getting 2 shots each time, for about 4 months. then i go once a week for 4 months, and then once a month until i have a sufficient resistance to all the things im allergic to, that can take up to 5 years, i hope i wont take that long. so if im pissy sometimes its probably because i have to be poked 4 times a week and its getting on my nerves.

my favorite part of the 4.5 hour visit to the allergist was when the nurse comes in to check my tests and is like WTF how are you still alive i've never seen reactions this bad to almost everything.

on a lighter note: school is going good. i have two midterms this week but i should do fine. i cant wait to be done. only 4 more months. it looks like zach and i are going to stay at our current apartment next year. im not sure how im going to pay my rent yet, but i'll work it out, i should have a real job by july. also, the white party has been set for the 24th of march. invitations have been sent out, you hos better be there.

ok, this is long enough

on a completely platonic note: happy birthday to andrew.
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