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Sunday, June 13, 2010

antihistamine

i had a reaction.
to something.
maybe it was all in my mind.

friday morning, i wake and get dressed for work. a couple red bumps on each forearm, itchy and warm. one on my neck. my cheek.
at lunch i spend far, far too much time on google. i am convinced:  bedbugs. when i get home from work, i turn into a tweaker, scouring the corners of the mattress with intention. searching for things that i cannot see but have convinced myself exist. i spend hours at the laundromat. i clean everything.
i go to bed with the lights on and do not sleep. every half hour i thrown the sheets open and look for something. nothing.. pure white cotton, freshly exfoliated skin.
i finally fall asleep at five am. wake up at six with the baby. i feel strange.
i look in the mirror and simultaneously gasp and exhale. i am dressed in a suit of hives, barely a patch of me untouched.
at least its not bugs, i think.
i wake bryan up and he sort of inches his way out the door, to the drugstore. i am shaking and an aveeno bath does not help.
finn points at me and says 'boo boo.'
i sleep most of saturday.
today i look like me again.
i had a reaction to something.
an allergy.
but maybe it was all in my mind and my body took the fall.
i went for a long walk with the baby today. out in the sunshine.
i feel better already.

10 comments:

  1. yikes! hope you are feeling better. could be stress - I've broken out in hives once and then a week later it was a breakout of tiny blood blisters on my toes and fingertips because of the craziness of that time.

    benadryl was my friend.

    I do hope it was an easy to pinpoint allergy for you.

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  2. Sunshine + time = all better every time

    Yes?

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  3. Yuck! Sounds miserable. And definitely sounds like an allergic reaction. Hope it's the last one!

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  4. Oh that's awful...
    Glad it's getting better.

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  5. Scary- must be something you ate like pineapple or mango or something like that! Glad that you're better now! Love the skirt on the gal!

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  6. Glad you're feeling better, hon. And I'll feed you sweets when you insist you're not hungry whenever you want ;)

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  7. that is scary. it is possibly related to your recent anxiety...hives are a common physical reaction to suppressed anxiety. feel better. xo

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  8. Aaaaaaagh! I had a bed bug scare a few months ago - living in a New York apartment, that's SUPER terrifying (terrifying anywhere). Glad we're in the clear, and I hope you're feeling better soon.

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  9. That is so weird, Krista. I hope you're feeling better. Yuck!

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  10. I had that happen to me once. It was scary and itchy and I thought I was losing my mind.

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use your kind words.