AAAAAGH! i have hives! HIIIIIVVVVVVEEEESSSSSS!!
this morning i made myself a delightful little breakfast of buckwheat blueberry waffles, with syrup, and bee pollen sprinkled all over the top. just bought some new yesterday...i had been putting it in my smoothies, but hadn't had any for about a month.
as i'm eating my little snack, i notice a peculiar....itchy vibration all down my throat, in my ears, and on my lips. "hmmm...that's funny...must be having a slight allergic reaction to the bee pollen. oh well...I'LL JUST EAT THIS WHOLE OTHER WAFFLE WITH MORE BEE POLLEN. yummy!" and off i went to work.
1/2 way there, i start getting stomach cramps. oh dear....was i getting the flu? once at the house, i make skye some chai and myself some ginger tea, and we sit on the couch and read 'james and the giant peach'. until i'm feeling so ill i just have to lie down. lying down helps, and i start to think it's passing. and then the itching started.
first the top of my head. then my ears. then my neck. then the very center of the palms of my hands. then my arms. then my stomach. i notice my neck and ears are incredibly inflamed. i look at my stomach....are those bug bites? no...those are hives! my two cute little hives begin to grow. and then they show up on my arms. and my face.
the kid and i eat lunch and take leo out for a walk. by the time i get back, i can't tell what i want to do more...throw up or rip off all my skin. needless to say, i left work early.
at this point, i have hives everywhere (and i do mean EVERYWHERE), as well as huge patches of throbbing inflamation that i think are actually GIANT HIVES. the itching has made it all the way down to my feet now and i want to scrub the bottoms with a pumice stone. from my chest up, i am fuschia.
i'm actually enjoying it in a perverse kind of way. it's so weird! except i feel like i have bees crawling under my skin. would any of you like to stop by and be my private back scratcher? i'll be the one with a bag on my head.
p.s.
hi, it's the next day, and once the bee pollen was out of my system, the hives dissapeared. but i'll leave this journal up for a couple more days, just for the novelty factor. thanks for all the well wishes!
this morning i made myself a delightful little breakfast of buckwheat blueberry waffles, with syrup, and bee pollen sprinkled all over the top. just bought some new yesterday...i had been putting it in my smoothies, but hadn't had any for about a month.
as i'm eating my little snack, i notice a peculiar....itchy vibration all down my throat, in my ears, and on my lips. "hmmm...that's funny...must be having a slight allergic reaction to the bee pollen. oh well...I'LL JUST EAT THIS WHOLE OTHER WAFFLE WITH MORE BEE POLLEN. yummy!" and off i went to work.
1/2 way there, i start getting stomach cramps. oh dear....was i getting the flu? once at the house, i make skye some chai and myself some ginger tea, and we sit on the couch and read 'james and the giant peach'. until i'm feeling so ill i just have to lie down. lying down helps, and i start to think it's passing. and then the itching started.
first the top of my head. then my ears. then my neck. then the very center of the palms of my hands. then my arms. then my stomach. i notice my neck and ears are incredibly inflamed. i look at my stomach....are those bug bites? no...those are hives! my two cute little hives begin to grow. and then they show up on my arms. and my face.
the kid and i eat lunch and take leo out for a walk. by the time i get back, i can't tell what i want to do more...throw up or rip off all my skin. needless to say, i left work early.
at this point, i have hives everywhere (and i do mean EVERYWHERE), as well as huge patches of throbbing inflamation that i think are actually GIANT HIVES. the itching has made it all the way down to my feet now and i want to scrub the bottoms with a pumice stone. from my chest up, i am fuschia.
i'm actually enjoying it in a perverse kind of way. it's so weird! except i feel like i have bees crawling under my skin. would any of you like to stop by and be my private back scratcher? i'll be the one with a bag on my head.
p.s.
hi, it's the next day, and once the bee pollen was out of my system, the hives dissapeared. but i'll leave this journal up for a couple more days, just for the novelty factor. thanks for all the well wishes!
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well that sucks. sorry you had to deal with that.
*love*