ER - Staring Sarah Locks as the skanky looking patient!

So realising that my allergic reaction hadn't disappeared over night, as I had hoped it would, I thought I should visit a doctor. Now lucky for me, when I get an allergic reaction these are my key issues: I puff up (this time my left eye won the puffy contest, I was left with no eyelid creases - thats how puffy it got), I itch like a mofo, my skin peels off, leaving sores & a beautiful pink layer revealed to the outside world. My throat swells a little, as does my neck (the rugby players would have been jealous of my neck structure today), but over all, going on my previous reactions, nothing is life threatening. I stroll into the doctors. His response - go to hospital now. See, he's not seen my bodys reactions before & i think is just hoping that I don't go into anaphalactic shock right there. So that was the end of that visit. I go back to my place, throw a few things in a bag & head to Prince of Wales in Randwick, where funnily enough, I had been 2 weeks previous to see an immunologist. Hospital staff were lovely, quick & laughed at all my jokes about my gorgeous face. But this time I could see out of my eyes again, just. They gave me a first dose of phenergan. We dicussed my issues further & they also decided to give me the added boost of the steroid prednisolone. I hate taking steroids for skin issues, but today, I would have taken anything to relieve my issues. So I get to take more phenergan in a bit & more steroids tmw. I look almost like a human again. Yay. I feel a bit smilier too. Oh oh yeah - I got the cool hospital bracelet too - which I'm keeping on til I decide if I'm going to work tmw or now.

Hope everyone else had fun weekends to make up for the loss of mine.

Toodle pip.

Refund please!

Ahh what a week. Food poisoning on Monday night, had Tuesday off to recover (well ok, so i couldn't drag myself away from the bathroom to get to work). Throw in a neck ache, and now, an allergic reaction. Yay. Who's a skany puffy happy camper right now!

Today I have my cranky pants on

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My life online....

Is it easter yet? I broke my anti chocolate binge. Bag of M&M speckled eggs. I feel ill...

Um...

Last update was the party. Where to start. Well...

I went to the immunologist. Who is fairly sure I don't have a really really scary affects a lot of important parts of your body time vascular disease. He took blood and is running tests just to check that my immune system is in no way disease compromised. Just me putting toxic waste into it. Margarita anyone? He did suggest I go on a elimination diet. And yes, it's totally as fun as it sounds. You eliminate most of the scary & well known allergens and then you test yourself with 'food challenges'. Yeah, that soo isn't happening over easter.

I've cut back severely on the sugar lately, and wow, results are good. Which I'm equal parts happy & sad about. Sugar is my best friend.

Um, I met a cool boy. 3 dates so far, I know, I know - you're all saying 'Wow, Sarah's in a long term relationship'. Smartasses. Which, technically, by my standards, that comment wouldn't be entirely untrue. But that's all I'm writing up here. I think he reads my blog. Ner Ner.

I also get to do more housesitting. Totally sweet 1 bedder in Randwick, it's gorgeous, I can pretend I'm part of the grown up world for another 3.5 weeks, not my little ghetto world by the beach.

But now I'm wrecked. I wonder if i can see the pizza shop across the roads phone number from the sunroom?