Tuesday 8
October.
Just call me
spotty.
Give me a mo and I’ll tell you why.
Yesterday evening when we got in, I changed out of
my work clothes as usual and…Well will you look at that, there on my calves was
a very bright red rash. Hmmmmmmmm
As the evening progressed it spread and got
‘hotter’ and the skin on my face became quit lumpy oh dear.
During the afternoon at work I had noticed that my
face was ‘burning’, but just thought that it was because the room was too
warm…I still have membership to the hot flush brigade, so didn’t think too much
of it.
But when I looked in the mirror after I got in I realised
that there was more to it.
Later in the evening my lips became slightly tingly
and strangely theta of my lounge was numb.
So what to do…
I took my own advice and took two antihistamines, a
couple of extra puffs of my steroid preventer medication and called NHS direct.
Seems I had done all the right things, but the phone person told me a doctor
would call me within the hour.
And they did.
The doc reassured me I had done the right thing and
suggested I take another antihistamine before bed, but to call them I it got
worse.
Fortunately it didn’t, but this morning when I woke
boy was I red faced…no…not with embarrassment but with rash.
Hmmmmmm
So off to work I go at the usual time, but not to
sit in buckys….cannot risk scaring the natives.
It’s re difficult to get into see our GP so getting
one of my docs at work to see me was the best solution.
‘That’s good rash you’ve got there’ said the master
of the understatement.
Take one of those strong antihistamines he said
which I did. It made it feel better for a couple of hours and with the help of
some other pills I made it to 1600.
Script for a steroid has now been filled and I’ve
taken the first dose of eight…yes…eight pills
Fingers crossed they work their magic overnight so
that I’ll be fit to face the public again.
And the cause? Well there are a few suspects the
shrimp cocktail I had on Saturday, pear from lunch, the nectarine I
had at the end of the day. Or it could have been my sammies.
In fact it could have been any one of a number of
things.
On the plus side with all those anti histamines on
board last night I did sleep well.
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