Thursday Thirteen #65: Stuff I'm allergic to

Thirteen Things about stuff I'm allergic to I thought of this topic because my daughter is having mysterious reactions to food, and I think it's an allergy, but I can't figure out which food is triggering it. Took her to the doctor, who is mystified, so we're going to a specialist. So since I'm in the paranoid looking at symptoms mood, let me tell you about MY allergies: 1. Work. Definitely allergic to work. 2. Cleaning. The allergist wants to know how often I vacuum and dust. I have to use a dust mask, take an antihistamine, and I still feel like crap afterward, so I don't do it very often. 3. Benadryl. Seriously. I have a severe reaction to the standard med for allergies. 4. That Man. Again, you think I'm joking, but every time he walks into the room, I sneeze. 5. Our marital bed. Not making this up... if I go to bed, and he's in the bed, I have an allergy attack. If I go to bed and he's not in the bed, I'm fine. See, I really am allergic to my husband! 6. Wool. I bought some really pretty yarn to knit with, but it was wool, so my hands got all red and itchy and stuff. 7. Dander. If it's a furry animal, it makes me sick. Except my dog. For some reason, I'm fine with certain breeds, like Miniature Schnauzers. 8. Mold, Dust, Pollen. Who isn't? 9. Grass and Cologne. Separately and together. One of my boyfriends broke up with me because when he came to visit, he was wearing too much cologne, and the next day, they mowed the lawn outside the window where I worked, so I had a huge reaction, and got really sick. He decided it meant I was allergic to him, so he broke up with me. Really glad my husband keeps me around, even though I'm definitely allergic to him. 10. Watermelon. Any kind of melon really. Which stinks because I love melon, and it makes summertime absolutely unbearable. 11. Salmon. I used to be able to eat it just fine, but the past two times I've eaten it, it made the inside of my ears itch. I'm very depressed. Losing a source of Omega 3s is never good. 12. Cats. I'm convinced it's an emotional thing, since I used to love cats. But when my first pet cat died, the allergies started, and when my second one died, they became intolerable. I think their spirits haunt me, preventing me from getting close to another cat. 13. Did I say work yet? Because it seriously makes me really really sick.

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