Oh, the evil scratch test....how well I remember it! I felt like a freak of nature going back to work in a short sleeved shirt with all those little goodies on the backs of my arms and such. *shudders*
I was allergic to a lot of things that actually surprised me.
Mold, pollen, cats, dogs, strawberries, tomatoes, smoke, and dust were the main ones I can remember. It's been a long time since I had the testing done, so I wonder if doing another might be a good idea.
It's odd ~ my cousins who had horrific allergies in their childhoods have all grown out of them. All of my siblings and many of my cousins who were allergy free as kids have now acquired them. Sometimes I wish I could have just gone thru it as a kid, so I'd have outgrown it by now ~ but they did miss out on many family outings and such, due to not being able to be outside.
I did allergy shots for 2 years. After the 2 years, it was discovered that what they were giving me was not going to help. I had a little "run in" with poison ivy as a kid (and without knowing, put some on the bonfire we had going at the lake house while I was scooping up pine needles)
They injected me with some serum containing whatever poison ivy contains and now have said that if I ever get it again (I'm deathly afraid of it and stick to the roads up north...no frolicking in the woods for this chica) that I need to get to the ER immediately, because my throat had started to close within 2 hours.
My Mom has all sorts of pretty handkerchiefs from back in the day ~ I might hafta go see if she'll let me "steal" them! :)
And PB ~ thanx. I'm gonna go to the coop this week and check out what they have. One of my friends suggested honey that's regional as well...said it helps her since bees pollinate the stuff that makes us get the sneezes. We'll see.
Thanx for your advice ~ I apprecite it.
