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You remember how I said yesterday that there was nothing going on, nothing worth mentioning? Nothing unusual? Apparently, I am unable to deal with this level of boredom in my personal life, because today, I had to go and have myself a mini-crisis.

Sometime before nine this morning, I realized that my legs, arms and chest were covered in little pink-red dots, and more little red dots were appearing by the minute. So, I commenced to freaking out, because HELLO! LITTLE PINK DOTS APPEARING! I called the doctor (I can't believe I don't have that number memorized by this point) and they gave me a 10:00 appointment. This was a largely uninformative appointment, because her official stance just turned out to be that I must be allergic to something. (I think this is the lady who previously told me that I had "flu-like symptoms", actually.) She gave me a shot of (I think--she mentioned this, at least) prednisone, about which I really wish I had asked more questions--like, why are you giving me this, and what can I hope for it to accomplish, and how long should those effects take, and what exactly is it and how much are you giving me? But since I was in freaked-out mode, I really didn't think to ask her any of that stuff, or any number of other questions that I thought of after I left. She just said that it did not look to her as if it was an allergy to any of the medication I've been on. I told her that I had been sick many many times recently, and still had a cold. (Completely visible since my nose is in the midst of Project Skin-Peeling anyway.) So, she's sending me to an allergist.. I have an appointment tomorrow at 12:30. I guess it's just as well, since

starrflowerr has convinced me that my problems could well be my allergies, as we seem to have very similar difficulties.

So.. not much else to say, except that the little dots have only gotten worse since this morning. They were flat this morning, for the most part, but now some of them are quite bumpy. They covered my neck by the time I got to the doctor, and spread onto my face by afternoon. Sometime between this morning and this afternoon, they spread onto my calves--there was nothing there when I was at the doctor. They seem to fade a little periodically and then get brighter. They didn't itch, this morning, but it does now. I thought at first that it was just that I was aware of it, but they're sort of making my skin crawl.. which makes me scratch it, which makes my other skin rash pop up. (By the way, I got a diagnosis on that this afternoon from Dr. Google--it looks like dermatographism. Obviously, I'm going to see if I can get a second opinion from someone who actually went to medical school, but that's pretty much exactly what the other rash I've complained about looks like at its worst, and how it behaves. Not that I finally found this today by compulsively looking at pictures of various rashes using the Google Image thingy. Of course not.)

My husband just made the worst joke ever. He asked if I was writing a rash post. I said yes, and he claimed that I shouldn't do that. "Do what?" I asked, confused. (Where can I complain about my rash if not here?!) "Post in anger," he said. Badaboom.

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Ha! Your husband's sense of humor is a lot like MY husband's.

I never had allergies until I moved to Kentucky... now I can barely remember NOT feeling like dirt every spring.

It reminds me of when I was 25 and suddenly broke out in some kind of rash all over my face. Never having had a problem with acne, I presumed it was some kind of allergic reaction or contagious disease that I had somehow not been immunized for. It was the one and only time I went to the urgent care center of my HMO only to be told, "that's acne" and to treat it "as you normally would." Except I didn't normally have acne to treat! It was so embarrassing to suddenly be having break outs ten years after it should have happened.

Oh dear, sounds like hives. I get them. I get them either from sulfate or sulfide (can't remember) antibiotics, or from extreme stress, and let's face it, you haven't had the easiest few weeks ;) They start as small bumps and move all over my body and get raised and VERY itchy and I take prednisone or whatever it is which is effectively steroids and should be fine in very small doses. Ie. one half of a tablet of prednisone stops me in my tracks unless i keep taking the antibiotics. I've also had to have an adrenalin injection to calm them down. Nice stuff... oh and one doctor also told me i got them because I was allergic to the throat virus I had ... odd ...

You are on a roll ... you poor thing!! You need to start writing a book about your month of sickness...

Kisha, you are the walking wounded this month. How awful to develop a rash on top of everything else. Though I guess it isn't so surprising given that your immune system must be at a low ebb after fighting Mr Flu.

I would say that I bet you are itching to get back to normal health, but I'm scared that Liz will start on the puns again :)

Kisha Kisha Kisha! What else is going to happen? I hope the allergist has some answers for you and is able to get you onto the road to wellness.

*ba-da-bump!*

I can't believe your bad luck health-wise lately!! What next??

Perish the thought--someone else who makes jokes that bad! ;)

Hopefully, the allergist will tell me something amazing about how to deal with these stupid problems. It really sucks!

It does always seem like health professionals know the best ways to embarass you, doesn't it? ;) Very strange that you suddenly broke out with that so late, though!

I don't think these are actual hives.. but I don't know. They're looking more and more different than what they were yesterday. *sigh* The prednisone injection really didn't seem to do much--at least, in a way, I hope not. If it did, then I can't imagine what I would look like right now! How funny, to be allergic to a virus. See, you must be unlucky, too!

I guess it's not all that surprising, but it sure is disgusting--it certainly isn't how I planned to spend this week! And, regarding the pun--well.. yes. Literally, actually. I am OH so itching to get back to normal. :)

I am really afraid to ask that question, actually, because my ailments seem to just get weirder and weirder. ;) I hope he has some idea of what's wrong with me, too.. we'll see how it goes.

I don't even want to KNOW what's next, to tell the truth!

Ugh. Bad Liz!

Hee!