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Okay, I was convinced it was going to be either the Keppra or Macrobid that

was causing my allergy.

I took my " morning " meds (i do noon and midnight b/c I'm not a morning

person). When I took them this afternoon, around 2p, No reaction. Not in

the slightest. And Benadryl only lasts about 6 hrs max. So that should

have worn off. Then, as I started checking my email around 8:30 or 9p, the

itching is slowly starting again. I can feel it ramping up and I'll be back

to the Benadryl again before long (childrens grape thin strips! yum -- and

what an easy way to take them! LOL). Anyway, now I'm not so sure it is a

med. But I have racked my brains to think of anything new in the house.

Grrr, this stuff always happens to me on the weekend. I'm hoping that the

Benadryl can carry me through the weekend until I can call my MD on Monday.

Particularly since I HATE the ERs here. The one close to my house is

worthless (they couldn't' even Dx my dislocated hip. They said b/c the

x-ray was normal, that my hip was okay. They totally ignored the external

rotation and difference in leg lengths. So, I don't trust them for anything

serious). The better ER and the one adjacent to Shepherd Center is 1)

farther -- about 24 miles and 2) is always so very busy and you can wait

hours and hours. I sat in the waiting room with IV bag on my shoulder after

the ambulance brought me in with my PEs (including a saddle emboli among

them that should have killed me). I have seen them let a little girl with

1st and 2nd degree burns sit in the waiting room for hours -- and she had

burns on her hands, legs, abdomen and close, if not on her genetialia. That

is considered a major emergency when a child is burned, and when hands,

feet, face or genitals are involved it is even more critical. I would have

told her parents to take her ASAP to the children's hospital across town,

but they didn't speak any english (and not spanish -- they spoke a slavic

language).

Well, I guess I'll eat some dinner and keep thinking about what is causing

this until I'm dead asleep again on Benadryl.

I'll let everyone know what I find out if/when I eventually figure it out.

Jenn