A is for Allergies - ABC Along 2008

I need to get tested to figure out what I'm actually allergic to.

Besides allergies to molds and mildew, mohair, dust mites, my cats, angora, manure, milk, basically anything with a carbon atom in its molecules if I inhale it, in the last couple of years I've developed allergies I can't identify with symptoms I haven't had in the past. These new allergies seem to be both contact reactions and food allergies.

Occasionally my eyelids react to something. The first time they did about 15 years ago, they got red, swollen and tender after we burned some probably moldy wood in the fireplace; then again very time we used the fireplace or the air pressure caused down drafts until we got the chimney cleaned.

Last year I thought I reacted to a pinkish eyeshadow. I still think that, but it seems to have opened some door to reactions to other, unidentifiable agents.

This episode may relate to something I ate. Unfortunately, it's likely not something we cooked but rather a meal out, so I don't know what it was.

On a more positive note, I've knit enough swatch to determine gauge for my EZ EPS Sweater. I've also had more wine than I'll mix with actually measuring for gauge at this time of night, so tonight I'll just admire the thing,though it looks like I'll be around 7 stitches per inch. Not too bad for sock yarn and I like working with this Fleece Artist Merino 2/6. I bought this through The Loopy Ewe, but it's currently out of stock.

The color still shows as less green in these photos than in real life. The color way, Olive, does have more gold than green. The photos at Loopy are closer, though each skein has slightly different proportions of the colors.

Comments

[MLO]

The joy of adult onset allergy sucks. I suffer from a multiplicity of food allergies, environmental allergies, and drug allergies - and they just keep growing due to a number of factors.

I hope that whatever you find out it is it is easy to avoid!