Hives…
Posted on Sep 04, 2008 in category: General by: Tammi
Hives… it’s been a part of my life for 4 weeks now. That’s right, 4 weeks. During these four weeks I have: been to the doctor’s twice… been to urgent care once… taken Benadryl… taken Claritin… was given a Benadryl shot… restricted my diet (no fish, shellfish, or nuts of any kind)… spent a total of $200+ on the treatment… and it still has not gone away.
The doctor is going to try to treat it for one more week and if that doesn’t work, I get to do some blood work to see what is really going on with me. It’s funny how all these people are speculating what really is going with me and no one knows. I honestly think that it was brought on by all the bug bites I got from fishing, but other people seem to think it’s something I ate (might I add that I have never been allergic to anything in my life), and a few people think it may be stress induced. Whatever the situation is… I want it out of my life because it’s interfering with too much already as it is.
Aside from the labwork that will be done on my blood… the doctor is considering steriods as a final method of treating this. That sounds sort of extreme to me, but at this point, if that’s what it’s going to take, I might just have to go with it. All I can say is, I hate hives and I hope that no one else has to live with it.
