*sigh*

[autographedcat]

Well, my appointment with the allergist finally came today. I went in this morning to be prodded with needles.



After being jabbed a few dozen times, I was sent out to wait for a while, and finally got to see my doctor. He's a very pleasent older gentleman who wears a bow tie and reminds me slightly of an orchestra conductor.

Unfortunately, his news wasn't good. According to today's tests, I'm not allergic to much of anything. Which means that my ENT was mistaken that the remainder of my post-surgery symptoms were allergy related. Which means that anti-allergy antihistimines aren't going to do much.

Which means.....what? Dammit, I'm tired of having what amounts to a permenant head-cold. I'm tired of constantly trying to clear my sinuses and my throat and sniffling and.....just blah.

I've got new medicines to try. I'm sure they'll be just as effective as the last ones. I'm running out of faith in the medical establishment.

Bother.

Comments

[aiglet.livejournal.com]

Have you had a sinus test? One of my friends who thought he had really persistent allergies discovered that he had nasty sinus stuff going on instead.

(Oh, and be glad that you *didn't* react to the allergy test -- I had one done when I was 9. Three days later when I was still itching from it I had to go in and get a shot to clear it up. Their conclusion? "Oh. She must be *very* allergic to histamines." NB, one of the things they jabbed me with was *straight* histamines, IIRC. It left a wrist-long x 2" wide x .5" high welt.)

[surrdave.livejournal.com]

Boy, I remember the histamine. It was the only one that got a reaction. Wasn't quite as severe as you describe, but still unpleasant.

And they left me with the same answer--not really allergic to anything.

Two years in the desert cleared up the problems, and they stayed clear for about five years after I moved back into this climate. Coming back now. I don't know what that means.