*scratch*

[icepixie]

Dear Body,

Over the years, you've come up with more and more things to be allergic to. Don't most people work the opposite way, with allergies in childhood lessening as they grow? First it was ragweed and other pollens, then bananas and canteloupe, then cats, then essentially every scent ever that could be used in soap, and now perhaps the most unusual one, bandage adhesive. Bandaids? Seriously? Come on. It's bad enough that I have a cut on my heel; now I have a rectangle of hives all around it after wearing a bandaid for much of the day. How is this increasingly overwrought immune response useful for anything?

Itchily yours,
Me

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I have far too many articles on Victorian lit to slog through tonight. Boooo.

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[nickless.livejournal.com]

Not at all unusual. I'm sensitive to it, Mom's downright allergic. She had a stereotactic (sp?) biopsy done about 10 years ago - she had a harder time recovering from the bandaid they put over the needle spot than from the actual hole in her chest. Still has a scar, in fact. Doesn't matter if it's latex, not latex, surgical tape, whatever. Blech.

Hopefully for you, it's the latex! Well, not hopefully, but I think that's easier to avoid. At least in bandaids. Or.. you know what I mean. *g*

[icepixie]

I seem to recall that the last time I wore a bandaid, perhaps six years ago, it was fabric. I think Mom tended to buy mostly the fabric kind when I was living at home, and they never bothered me. Hmmm. I'm not sure why medical procedures involving latex gloves don't bother me, though. Weird.