So. After years of pushing it off, I went to see an allergist last week. We went through all my many year long symptoms and she had me come back tonight for those pin prick tests.
Seems I'm allergic to like, everything. Trees, mold, grass, dust, etc.
And. Cats.
In fact, the cats came up as having the strongest response.
Obviously, the cats are going nowhere although, our occasional discussions about getting a 3rd kitty will have to end. Casper and Cocoabean are family and it isn't even being given a nano second of consideration otherwise. The doctor has cats, so she fully agreed on that!
Right now, she's putting me on a stronger allergy medication than what I've been taking, I'll be using a nasal spray also. If that doesn't work in the next couple of months, most likely I'll head on to allergy shots which is a HUGE time commitment which is rather daunting to me. I'm researching HEPA air filters (very expensive but necessary it seems), dust mite covers for all my bedding and also probably will have to get rid of my favorite pillow since it's way old and probably filled with icky things which I shouldn't focus on LOL.
Does anyone else here suffer from severe allergies? How are you coping and what do you do for them?
Seems I'm allergic to like, everything. Trees, mold, grass, dust, etc.
And. Cats.
In fact, the cats came up as having the strongest response.
Obviously, the cats are going nowhere although, our occasional discussions about getting a 3rd kitty will have to end. Casper and Cocoabean are family and it isn't even being given a nano second of consideration otherwise. The doctor has cats, so she fully agreed on that!
Right now, she's putting me on a stronger allergy medication than what I've been taking, I'll be using a nasal spray also. If that doesn't work in the next couple of months, most likely I'll head on to allergy shots which is a HUGE time commitment which is rather daunting to me. I'm researching HEPA air filters (very expensive but necessary it seems), dust mite covers for all my bedding and also probably will have to get rid of my favorite pillow since it's way old and probably filled with icky things which I shouldn't focus on LOL.
Does anyone else here suffer from severe allergies? How are you coping and what do you do for them?