August 14, 2009
A Boatload of Drugs and Death Threats
Yesterday I went to see my allergist. He walked in the room, said "hello" to me and Barry White said hello back. He knew I needed help.
He examined my popping ears, my blocked by the Great Wall of China sinuses, and my itchy throat and said I looked "very allergic." I assured him I've been taking all my meds and then some regularly. Pataday eye drops once a day, Patanase nasal spray twice a day, and half an Allegra because if I only take half I just get cranky. If I take a whole tablet, I get cranky and want to wrap my car around a tree.
He said he wasn't sure what the problem was, but when he checked my allergy testing results he nodded. It's late summer pollen time people and I'm living next to a weed filled lot. That can't be helping things.
He told me we'd hit this foggy head with everything possible and if I'm still miserable in a week, then my only other option is going to be allergy shots. He prescribed Prednisone, a Z-pak, Veramyst and told me to take Mucinex too. That's on top of my crank-inducing Allegra, Patanase and Pataday. I cracked up laughing when he said he was prescribing Prednisone. The last time I took that I was suffering from a serious case of poison ivy and Prednisone did not make for a pleasant me. I was irritable to the point that my family pretty much avoided me and I believe it was days before Mr. BBM even dared to enter the same room with me.
Combining Pred with Allegra? Someone is probably going to have to die. It's also likely I'll gain about 20 pounds. Here's hoping the extra weight opts for the chest area and leaves my butt alone.
He told me I should have Mr. BBM talk to me from behind a door for a couple days and that Mr. BBM should also mow the empty lot.
So I weed wacked half of it before all three of my batteries died, came inside, blew my nose 1000 times and it seems to me that the Great Wall of China is starting to crumble. I'm finally starting to be able to breathe a little bit.
Here's hoping the side effects from all these meds don't kill me (or make me kill someone else) first.
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God I hate allergies. I am more of a spring suffer but when I am forced back to my parents house (the pine barrens) I lose my ability to breath all together. Just reading that makes me itchy. I know how bad that can be. Don’t hold back on the cranky babe. If you want to yell do it. You’ve earned it.
I’m in the fortunate condition of having the fewest allergies in my immediate family (not none, just fewer). This is especially fortunate, because I seem (in bit of God’s great irony) to be allergic to several antihistamines. For example, Claritin makes me break out in hives. If I ever develop the kind of allergies you have, I am so toast.
I’m on Prednisone pretty regularly for asthma, and I’m wired for sound pretty much the whole time. If you need to retile your roof or anything, this is the time to do it, LOL. Then again, that may just counteract the drowsiness that the rest of your drug cocktail is sure to bring.
I was on shots when I was a kid, due to the family dog. It was a pain doing once a week but otherwise I really didn’t mind it. It may be a better option for you than all the meds.
Are you using a Neti pot? It changed my life.
I’ve seen what steroids do to people–my mom and sister both took them when they had cancer–irritable doesn’t begin to describe it.
I’m sure it the medicine will help you a lot. Allergies are really bothering. I hope there will be no side effects for the medicines you take..
-luke
Yeah, I use a sinus rinse and it usually helps but not this time for some
reason.
Ick…allergies are no fun! I hope you’ll be able to breathe soon!! I’m lucky, I guess, in that I’m only allergic to ragweed. It’s only really active in the early Fall around here.