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Dec. 13th, 2019 02:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_rckWe bought a fried chicken meal at Kroger yesterday. We ate at 5 p.m., and by 11, Scott was having a full blown alpha-galactose allergy reaction. His breathing wasn't affected, but he got hives and the usual digestive issues. We discussed the ER, but we weren't convinced that they could do anything beyond what we were doing (cold packs, benadryl, fluids, and immediate access to the bathroom. And, actually, that last isn't readily available in the ER, at least not in my experience). I stayed up to make sure that he didn't start having breathing problems and not notice.
We'd have had to wake Cordelia or to call a cab if Scott was going to go to the ER. I don't have a license. Cordelia's permit allows her to drive people to medical care in emergencies. It wouldn't have allowed her to drive home afterward, but she could have gotten Scott there. She'd have had to take a cab home because the buses don't run that late.
We're not sure if this is accidental contamination or a change in how they prepare their fried chicken. I don't think we'll dare risk it again. As sides, we got mashed potatoes and mac 'n' cheese, and I don't think either of those are likely to have been prepared with, say, beef broth or fat. I don't think this is Scott becoming sensitive to dairy (which can happen with alpha-galactose allergies) because he's eating cheese on his sandwiches every day.
I think I've figured out what's been going on with the rash and inflammation around my eyes. I finally googled it and discovered that beta blockers were fairly high on the list of things that cause that. I started taking propranolol daily for the essential tremor (which can be left untreated without being dangerous as long as I'm careful about what I try to do) at the beginning of September. I now haven't taken it in a week. My eyes still don't look good, but they look much, much better and hurt a lot less. Wearing an eye patch helps whichever eye I have covered.
Temperature extremes make the inflammation worse as does any sort of airborne irritant. Just passing the toiletries and home cleaning products aisles at Kroger yesterday made my eyes burn. I can't imagine what walking down either would have done to me.
The eye patch is awkward because it freaks people out and because it keeps shifting in ways I don't like. It does, however, help in several ways. I don't see as well with just one eye, but I can keep working longer without eyestrain. That applies whether I use one eye exclusively or switch off at regular intervals. Apparently I'm working harder using both eyes than I do with just one.
I regret the propranolol more for the effect it had on my anxiety than I do for its effect on my tremors.
Cordelia's choir has a concert tonight at Hill Auditorium. There will be multiple choirs performing. We have tickets for balcony seats. I'm not sure if Scott's parents will be coming. Scott's father was going to have minor surgery today, and he thought that he probably wouldn't be up to attending. I'm not convinced that Scott's mother making the hour drive alone in the dark is a great idea, either, but she may do it anyway.
We'd have had to wake Cordelia or to call a cab if Scott was going to go to the ER. I don't have a license. Cordelia's permit allows her to drive people to medical care in emergencies. It wouldn't have allowed her to drive home afterward, but she could have gotten Scott there. She'd have had to take a cab home because the buses don't run that late.
We're not sure if this is accidental contamination or a change in how they prepare their fried chicken. I don't think we'll dare risk it again. As sides, we got mashed potatoes and mac 'n' cheese, and I don't think either of those are likely to have been prepared with, say, beef broth or fat. I don't think this is Scott becoming sensitive to dairy (which can happen with alpha-galactose allergies) because he's eating cheese on his sandwiches every day.
I think I've figured out what's been going on with the rash and inflammation around my eyes. I finally googled it and discovered that beta blockers were fairly high on the list of things that cause that. I started taking propranolol daily for the essential tremor (which can be left untreated without being dangerous as long as I'm careful about what I try to do) at the beginning of September. I now haven't taken it in a week. My eyes still don't look good, but they look much, much better and hurt a lot less. Wearing an eye patch helps whichever eye I have covered.
Temperature extremes make the inflammation worse as does any sort of airborne irritant. Just passing the toiletries and home cleaning products aisles at Kroger yesterday made my eyes burn. I can't imagine what walking down either would have done to me.
The eye patch is awkward because it freaks people out and because it keeps shifting in ways I don't like. It does, however, help in several ways. I don't see as well with just one eye, but I can keep working longer without eyestrain. That applies whether I use one eye exclusively or switch off at regular intervals. Apparently I'm working harder using both eyes than I do with just one.
I regret the propranolol more for the effect it had on my anxiety than I do for its effect on my tremors.
Cordelia's choir has a concert tonight at Hill Auditorium. There will be multiple choirs performing. We have tickets for balcony seats. I'm not sure if Scott's parents will be coming. Scott's father was going to have minor surgery today, and he thought that he probably wouldn't be up to attending. I'm not convinced that Scott's mother making the hour drive alone in the dark is a great idea, either, but she may do it anyway.
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Date: 2019-12-13 07:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-12-14 12:27 am (UTC)Definitely for me, this allergy has caused a major increase in anxiety, because of exactly what happened here: the chicken had always been safe before, but suddenly it's not! Being poisoned by normal food is just not cool!
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Date: 2019-12-14 01:30 am (UTC)We could usually do an emergency ride if you or Cordelia ever need one.
I don't think I'd rule out the possibility that the store could have put a beef ingredient in one or both of the side dishes. For whatever that's worth. Maddening, either way. :(
I hope Scott is doing better now.