Re: new symptoms???

[Guest guest]

" I have asthma and was allergy tested back in 2000,,,

those nice little scratches for testing they use

showed what foods and other things like trees and

grasses and such that I'm allergic to. It showed

the normal foods like wheat I forget what else as

far as foods go,, but then there were like 5 grasses,

5 trees, oh and let's not forget dust,,,, "

Rewa Welch <rewa@...:

" have you ever had the environmental/food allergy

test. I would always get really, really bad flares

in Sept.... Turns out I am extremely allergic to

Ragweed. Any kind of allergy can tear down your

immune system... and then the Fibro has free range

of your body. "

Hello,

I have a myriad of musco skeletal impairments,

orthopedic afflictions.

I have neither Fibromyalgia nor Chronic Fatigue

Syndrome.

I am going to relate the results of both

arms & back allergen introduction tests I

experienced in 1990 s.

I was sent to the top allergy Dr in my

city for a test. The areas on my back lit up

the Dr began reciting a list of materials/

substances I was allergic to an assistant

who was writing away. My inside forearms

itched like mad.I left the office with med

samples to take for weeks. My hospital gave

me a prescription of different kind along

with inhaler.

I began skimping on taking prescription

and did not suffer ill effects.

In the spring of the year, 1 or 2 years

later the hospital sent me to the same allergy

center, who again ran tests on both arms and

my back. I am allergic to grass pollen and

some other pollens. My back didn't light

up as previous, both arms did'nt itch this

time.

OK to cut to the chase 2 days prior to

the 1st bad allergy test, I looking for

employment and needing money had sold

my plasma at a center. In my opinion,

my taking a allergy test while my immune

system was weakened made the 1st test

a positive for everything under the sun.

Yes, I don't take allergy meds,

do sniffle because of grass, get red

eyes when I use certain chemicals for

cleaning/degreasing.But I am not the

allergic basketcase pronounced in the

first testing session. Gimpi

[Guest guest]

Hi Gimpi,,, just wanted to let you know I love driving by someone who is either currently cutting there grass or has just freshly cut it, the smell of cut grass drives me nuts from sneezing, to itchy watery eyes scratchy throat all in an instant of passing by this. It goes away shortly afterward, but like I said I would have to live in a bubble to get away from allergies.. I don't take allergy meds anymore since june 2004, I just deal with the allergies. One thing I'm not looking forward to is winter, cold temps, ice and snow. My allergies are not bad in the winter of course everything is dead due to the cold. But what I am highly suseptable to is the wonderful upper and lower respiratory infections due to the cold.... I can't wait to move back to Florida.... And am going further south this time, Marathon..... I'd rather deal with hurricanes than deal with winter....

Thanks for the response,

Debbie (finessit1)

neve1776 wrote:

"I have asthma and was allergy tested back in 2000,,,those nice little scratches for testing they use showed what foods and other things like trees and grasses and such that I'm allergic to. It showedthe normal foods like wheat I forget what else as far as foods go,, but then there were like 5 grasses,5 trees, oh and let's not forget dust,,,, "Rewa Welch <rewa@...: "have you ever had the environmental/food allergytest. I would always get really, really bad flaresin Sept.... Turns out I am extremely allergic toRagweed. Any kind of allergy can tear down yourimmune system... and then the Fibro has free rangeof your body."Hello, I have a myriad of musco skeletal

impairments,orthopedic afflictions.I have neither Fibromyalgia nor Chronic FatigueSyndrome. I am going to relate the results of botharms & back allergen introduction tests I experienced in 1990 s. I was sent to the top allergy Dr in mycity for a test. The areas on my back lit up the Dr began reciting a list of materials/substances I was allergic to an assistantwho was writing away. My inside forearmsitched like mad.I left the office with medsamples to take for weeks. My hospital gaveme a prescription of different kind along with inhaler. I began skimping on taking prescriptionand did not suffer ill effects. In the spring of the year, 1 or 2 years later the hospital sent me to the same allergycenter, who again ran tests on both arms andmy back. I am allergic to grass pollen and some other pollens. My back

didn't lightup as previous, both arms did'nt itch thistime. OK to cut to the chase 2 days prior tothe 1st bad allergy test, I looking for employment and needing money had sold my plasma at a center. In my opinion,my taking a allergy test while my immunesystem was weakened made the 1st test a positive for everything under the sun. Yes, I don't take allergy meds,do sniffle because of grass, get redeyes when I use certain chemicals forcleaning/degreasing.But I am not theallergic basketcase pronounced in the first testing session. Gimpi

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