You don't have alergies!

[Andara Bledin]

Holy crap! What happened to your friend? Was is permanent?

OTT story time:

Friend had been in an accident prior that had rendered him legally blind in one eye.

When he went to the restaurant, he explained his allergy and then proceeded to ask if there were any mushrooms in the sauce for the dish he wanted to eat. The server assured him that the item was mushroom free. After a few bites, the friend rushed to the bathroom, and when he didn't return to the table after a bit, the person he was dining with went to find him puffed up on the bathroom floor.

He lost the last of his vision in the damaged eye, and most of the vision in his other eye. He must have had the county's most incompetent lawyer because he lost the court case. He also lost a lot of business since he worked as a programmer.

Just a few years ago, after rebuilding his career (lots of specialized equipment), he disappeared for a couple of months one summer, only to come back with his vision restored. He hadn't told anyone, but he'd jetted off to Europe for some experimental eye surgery that worked. He had kept it secret so that if it didn't work, he wouldn't have to deal with anyone being sympathetic at him.

^-.-^

[Toujin]

I'm allergic to peanuts. While most people have taken my allergy seriously, some of my classmates in middle/highschool thought it was hilarious. I remember during a field trip, we'd all stopped to eat lunch, and this one boy thought it would be hilarious to hold his peanut butter sandwich very close to my face while giggling. Fortunately, the teacher intervened, and told him that I could die from my allergy.

One of the major problems with my allergy is that you never what contains peanuts. Last year, while visiting my dad in CA, we were eating at a Mexican place, and I found out the hard way that the mole sauce on my cheese enchiladas had peanut butter in it. Fortunately, the restaraunt was nice enough to to bring me a new dish with tomatillo sauce instead.

[earl colby pottinger]

But

Oh - they also want me on a C-Pap (night time sleep apnea machine) but guess what - all of them give you air via your nose. So what good does it do me when I can't breathe through my nose 24-7? Sorry just annoyed with the medical world right now.

Two points:

I tried the nose version - it was murder to use - demand a full face mask, that is what I did and got.

While you are blaming the medical world, I note your list of problems could well had killed you by now without modern meds.

[Primer]

Re: Accents

As for me, I have a very mild drawl that seems to be common in my part of the sticks of Upstate NY. It really only comes out when I get talking fast, tired, or angry. Heaven help me if it's all three at once.

Over the past 35+ years in central Texas, I have developed quite a drawl, but when I get upset or nervous, I've been accused of being from England. No, I have NO idea where it came from. Now, I was born in Seattle, Washington, but my mother swears I learned to speak while we lived in Waco, TX.

But, even so, on any given day - even when I'm not suffering much - I may sneeze. Multiple times. Most co-workers are amused, especially when I pop out at least 5 or 6 in a row. One wouldn't say "Bless you" until I was finished, and others tell me I sound like a cat hacking up a fur ball.

Multiple sneezes are normal for me. It used to always be exactly seven, but nowadays, sometimes it's only five or so. (I think I just split an infinitive, there...poor thing.)

[dawnfire]

Over the past 35+ years in central Texas, I have developed quite a drawl, but when I get upset or nervous, I've been accused of being from England. No, I have NO idea where it came from. Now, I was born in Seattle, Washington, but my mother swears I learned to speak while we lived in Waco, TX.


Multiple sneezes are normal for me. It used to always be exactly seven, but nowadays, sometimes it's only five or so. (I think I just split an infinitive, there...poor thing.)

I usually to groups of three but these aren't quiet ladylike sneezes but full blown roars.

[Emrld]

While you are blaming the medical world, I note your list of problems could well had killed you by now without modern meds.

I stated I was annoyed with the medical world . . .I was not blaming them for anything.
I have been dealing with multiple specialists and some are brilliant and do know what they are doing.
However some of the people I am dealing with aren't even medical specialists of any sort. There are some expectations that were set forth for me by one of the specialists. The people providing the c-pap are not meeting them.
Add in less sleep than before.
I become annoyed. I don't see anything wrong with being annoyed with the lack of knowledge and customer service when one looks at the amount of money I am currently spending to stay alive.

[Pagan]

There are some expectations that were set forth for me by one of the specialists. The people providing the c-pap are not meeting them.

Emrld, I'm sure you've already done this, but....

My friend is using a c-pap and wasn't sleeping well with it at all. Well, it turns out that the one she had, there was a recall on it. She's gotten a new one and actually got to sleep through the night that night.

If you haven't already checked on the recall, it's worth a shot!