My allergies are enough to be the legal drinking age! Whoo!

[snapdragon76]

Well, I went to the allergist today. Interesting results. I suspected I was allergic to a few things, but good Lord!

Follow the cut for the full list:



Here's ALL of what I'm allergic to, in a convenient list.

Trees:

Elm
Hickory
Maple
Melaleuca -- huh?
Mulberry
Pepper
Pecan
Palm
Oak
Pine

Basically an entire frickin' forest.

Molds:

Epicoccum
Penicillium
Helminthosporium
Stemphylium

Environmntals:

Cat hair/dander -- yes, I'm allergic to my cats. Luckily it's not sever enough where I can still keep my babies... I just have to wash my sheets more often.
cat pelt -- whatever that is
cockroach-- basically their droppings. Eww.
dust mites - this was a given. I have to wear a mask when I dust.

Weeds:

Nettle

So that's 21 things I'm allergic to. The one I'm most upset about is the cat one. I'm not getting rid of my cats no matter what, so I opted for weekly shots. Not too bad. Kinda bums me out a little though.

Comments

[elantis.livejournal.com]

Melaleuka is also known as Tea Tree. Its Australian. And that makes me sad because its a KICK ASS natural cleaner/astringant/antibacterial oil. And you may want to stay away from me since I've been useing organic Tea Tree shampoo and body wash lately. It smells funny.

I've considered going to an allergist... but dear lord... I don't want to THINK about that list.

[elantis.livejournal.com]

Addition... most "tree" and "nature" allergies pertain to their pollen and not necessarily the oils from them.

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Yes, I figured pollen as well.

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Well that's strange then, because I also use it as an astringent agent and I haven't had any reaction to it at all. Maybe I'm only slightly allergic to it...

I don't think they test for cold on the scratch test.