I've got the ass-mar, ya'all...
Yep, so I went to an allergist on Monday just to get prescriptions for next years allergy season... I'm not sure a CPA firm can offer as good of benefits as a hospital, so you know, just in case...
Anyway, I found I'm allergic to pretty much everything that grows in the Willamette Valley. Every tree pollen, grass pollen, and several kinds of mold caused a 5+ response, which is the highest measured. I'm also slightly allergic to wheat, eggs, soybeans, and cats (all a response of 2). Sweet, cuz I have 2 cats, only drink soymilk, and I loves my pastries. On top of that, the allergist had me do a resting respiration test, and I guess I'm only getting about 80% of the breath an average person gets. The result? I get to take even more crap for my allergies, and I get to take them ALL YEAR LONG. And I might even have to get special bed coverings for my dust mite allergy. Hurrah!
The plus side? Since I started taking the Singulair 3 days ago, I have noticed a significant change in my energy level. I'm not light-headed after a couple flights of stairs anymore! And I've been sleeping almost throughout the night, instead of waking up 3-4 times like usual. Yeah, I like that.
But here's a question for my fellow science nerds. The RNs didn't really know why this happened, but... My histamine response (the control) only measured a 4. The negative control, a prick with a prong without allergen, was a 0. So technically, my responses should not exceed 4, right? I mean, a histamine response to an allergen is what produces the welt that they measure, right? So how did I end up with so many 5+ responses?