Unfortunate Update

[flamingsword]

I had an allergic reaction Tuesday to one of those water flavoring squirt bottles, so I have a healing hive in my mouth … and now on Thursday, I used the hotel’s body wash and my face and underarms itch so bad, omg. I just took a Benadryl, a Claritin, and a Dramamine. I’m about to set my alarm and nap away this reaction for a couple-few hours.

In other news, I get lots of Good Book recced to me, that I can’t read right away, but need to come back to later. This one is Indigiqueer and Two-Spirit fiction: https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/L/Love-after-the-End

I am now starting a To Be Read journal tag so that this stuff can get come back for.

[edit to add: I only slept a couple hours, I am much less itchy, and I feel reasonably human right now.]

Comments

[otter]

It totally makes sense to me that you did what you did, especially as that what was available. The cautions about Benadryl are more about longterm/chronic use. I'm tiptoeing around the edges of MCAS myself and really don't want to go there.