Good, bad, &ct.
Aug. 15th, 2014 07:09 pmGood news first: I have figured out how to spin on the sweet spot of my blades! Now, if I can just get all my weight over my left foot consistently. It's actually easier to get it over my right foot, but alas, that's not my natural spin direction. Anyway, I can enter a spin from one foot now, sort of. Not from the fancy entry, but from a kind of swizzle entry that bypasses the two-foot spin phase and goes directly onto one foot. I'm starting to see why spinning is fun!
Bad news second: I think I'm about to become an allergy shot dropout. If I'm lucky, it'll be an early graduation.
I had a second delayed, all-over bodily itching reaction to my shot on Wednesday, despite doubling up on my Zyrtec. (My work friend compared me to a dog with with fleas, if that gives you a mental image to work with.) Again, no breathing issues, but hives on my thighs and itching everywhere. I called the nurse, who said to take yet another Zyrtec (that would be three in about 16 hours). This did calm down the symptoms, but it also pretty much left me in a puddle on the floor. I seriously considered pulling over on the drive home and calling one of my parents to come get me because I wasn't sure I could safely operate a vehicle. Needless to say, neither was I terribly productive at work that afternoon.
The nurse told me there would be a new plan at my shot today. So I went down to the office, and the new plan is...three doses of Zyrtec every time I get a shot.
The nice thing about being an adult is that you can tell medical personnel, "Nope, that's not happening. What's Plan B?" Which I did. Because I've only increased by two doses of serum since my last reaction, and if the pattern holds, I'd need a fourth Zyrtec within two more doses, and then I don't know what I'd do when I go from the 1:10 concentration to the 1:1--frankly, I suspect "stop breathing" is high on the list.
Plan B is to make the last dose I tolerated with two Zyrtec my maintenance dose, with I presume a caveat that if I ever get to a point where I can handle it without being pumped full of antihistamines, they'll increase it until they get to the real maintenance dose. They have to check with my allergist before they do that, and she could say it's not a high enough dose to make it worth my getting a shot every month, at which point I will fail allergy shot school.
Amusing news third: I can't imagine Galavant, a musical comedy fairy tale, will last long as a TV series, but I can't deny I want to give it a chance.
Fannish news last: The entire second season of China Beach came in for me at the library the other day, and I'm happily devouring it. Oh, McMurphy, you're breaking my heart in the best possible way.
Bad news second: I think I'm about to become an allergy shot dropout. If I'm lucky, it'll be an early graduation.
I had a second delayed, all-over bodily itching reaction to my shot on Wednesday, despite doubling up on my Zyrtec. (My work friend compared me to a dog with with fleas, if that gives you a mental image to work with.) Again, no breathing issues, but hives on my thighs and itching everywhere. I called the nurse, who said to take yet another Zyrtec (that would be three in about 16 hours). This did calm down the symptoms, but it also pretty much left me in a puddle on the floor. I seriously considered pulling over on the drive home and calling one of my parents to come get me because I wasn't sure I could safely operate a vehicle. Needless to say, neither was I terribly productive at work that afternoon.
The nurse told me there would be a new plan at my shot today. So I went down to the office, and the new plan is...three doses of Zyrtec every time I get a shot.
The nice thing about being an adult is that you can tell medical personnel, "Nope, that's not happening. What's Plan B?" Which I did. Because I've only increased by two doses of serum since my last reaction, and if the pattern holds, I'd need a fourth Zyrtec within two more doses, and then I don't know what I'd do when I go from the 1:10 concentration to the 1:1--frankly, I suspect "stop breathing" is high on the list.
Plan B is to make the last dose I tolerated with two Zyrtec my maintenance dose, with I presume a caveat that if I ever get to a point where I can handle it without being pumped full of antihistamines, they'll increase it until they get to the real maintenance dose. They have to check with my allergist before they do that, and she could say it's not a high enough dose to make it worth my getting a shot every month, at which point I will fail allergy shot school.
Amusing news third: I can't imagine Galavant, a musical comedy fairy tale, will last long as a TV series, but I can't deny I want to give it a chance.
Fannish news last: The entire second season of China Beach came in for me at the library the other day, and I'm happily devouring it. Oh, McMurphy, you're breaking my heart in the best possible way.
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