Allergies!!!

I have decided that the doctors really don't know what they are talking about when it comes to allergies.

They told me I could try the drops that go under your tongue, if I wanted. The problem, they aren't as affective and insurance doesn't cover them.  They also gave me a new nasal spray to help the swelling-it seems to be working, why didn't they give this to me years ago? And did you know that you can take double or more the amount of antihistamine? They never told me that one either, until I was on the shots. 

Also, now that I took the shots for 9 months and quit, my body has decided it doesn't like things that I wasn't allergic to before.  I went out and cut the ground cover way back in front of the house. I wore gloves because they drip this white, milky, sticky stuff. Sometimes I end up with a few itchy bumps. This was what I got this time. Yes, blisters and bumps-very itchy- benadryl is my friend.

Really? I can tell summer is going to be a challenge.

Twins

I went to the store to spent my gift certificate- I bought some new pants. And couldn't resist buying Hope and Baelie matching outfits that were on sale.

                                                                        Cute girls.

New paint

We have lived in this house for almost 8 years and I have decide that it needs a new look. So I bought some paint and got to it. I painted the living room light green and brown- Hope helped out of course.

 Hope also took a picture of me- not sure how she did it with the camera upside down-but she did.

I only went part way up with the brown on 2 of the walls. I am going to put a wood trim around it/when Loren gets it cut for me.


Then I repainted the entry way...

                                                            This is the before look

                                                                        The new look

Next is to finish Hopes room-doing a light blue with princess border. And I want to paint the stair wall in the family room-not sure what color yet.

All of the kids, now think I need to do their rooms.

Allergy shots

Are NOT for me.

I started allergy shots about 9 months ago. The idea is that you are injected with the stuff you are allergic too, small amounts at a time and build up. This way your body accepts it and no longer see it as an enemy.

Except it didn't work that way for me.  I have been going in to get a shot almost every week- they start with a very low dose (.001) and work up to (.05).  I did great until about .1, I had a bad reaction and had to get an epinephrine  injection to stop my throat from swelling closed.  The allergist then proscribed me singular to take the night before and the day of the next shot. I also was to take 24 hour zyrtec the night before and morning of the shot. It seemed to work but boy I was tired. I felt tired and yucky for a few days though.  After the 2nd shot of .2 one side of my face swoll up. My md thought it was some kind of infection and prescribed an antibiotic, it seemed to work.  But, I soon realized that after every shot of .2 my face would swell up and I then would get a sinus infection.  So my allergist said that we would call .1 my high dose and go from there. Guess what? My sinus swelled up and I got another sinus infection-again. I am still fighting it as I type.  So the allergist and I agreed that the shots just aren't for me and I am done getting them.

It is frustrating that I spent so much time every week for nine months for the shots not to work.