So for the last month or so I've been dealing with some sort of allergy attack. I went into a minute clinic to deal with a sore throat (turns out it was post nasal drip and back up ears, yuck) and so I was put on flonase. I took it, seemed to work a little. But I started getting little itchy red spots on the palm of my hands. I thought maybe a bad reaction to the meds. I took it for a week and it started to go away. But my ears both hurt and my throat was not feeling totally well. So off to urgent care I go.
At this point please note that over a decade now I haven't had a regular doctor I've seen. Only since OCare was implemented did I even have insurance. Which, I'll be honest, is nice (especially now that I'm a wee bit older).
At urgent care, I wait for over an hour for a guy to see me for less than 10 minutes. He gives me a prescription for prednasone and sudafed. Now sudafed I have had no real problem with. My dad can't take it because of heart flutters, and my mom can't take it because it makes her, uh, angry as hell. As she said, "she can tell what she's saying, but can't stop it." Prednasone, I hadn't taken but my family has had real problems with it. I took one pill...never again.
The Sudafed didn't see to cause any problems. In fact it really seemed to be helping. However as the week went along, my rash got worse and then thins started to go down hill. I got anxious and paranoid. I started seeing hives on my body that were not there. I started getting sensitive to heat and cold. Itchy, crying at stupid things, and just all around really, really dark thoughts. It also didn't help the anxiety that when I looked up my symptoms HIV came up on every damn top 5 list. Usually right after allergic reaction. Soooooooo...this was stupid. I have been in a faithful relationship for 9+years. There was no way it was HIV, however thanks to sudafed, it sat on my brain. And I got tested and was, as I knew it would be, negative.
So I finally saw a doctor. Real nice guy. Had me do a blood drawing. Will even test for celiac (as my dad has, booooo!). He took me off of everything except my allergy pill and melatonin at night. And you know what everything except the red dots went away (right in time for comicon, too!). And the red dots are kinda fading. Kinda. I think I may be allergic to the new body soap I got. But now they are peeling. Badly. It doesn't hurt, but it looks funky.
So alas, I have another meetup with him tomorrow. This time for a physical (first time in about 15 years?). I hope there's not bad news. And maybe I just have to start putting the lotion on the skin.
-doc