Hives Update :D

When I saw 30 unique views dated 12th April in my stat box*, I figured word has gone around about my hives and people were checking out my blog just to see the picture and what happened.

When I saw 15 unique views dated 13th April in my stat box again, I figured people wanted to know how I was doing.

So I’ll be telling the hives story, how it started, what did I do, what’s going on now.

The hives popped up as innocent itchy spots at the back of my neck at around 1am at Joscelyn’s condo. They were darn itchy, so much that I began to worry a lil bit and made Dot accompany me to the toilet just to check it out. I had no idea how bad they truly were at that time, only that my neck was reddish and there were a couple of rashes at the base of my neck. Of course when you have rashes the thing you’re really NOT suppose to do is to scratch them. But being the erroneous human being that I am, I went on clawing at my neck, only attempting to reduce the temptation of relieving myself by smacking my neck (sorry Joel, now you know why) as if a swarm of mosquitos had landed.

So I tried to bear the itch and even diagnosed myself with hives (oh how damn right I was) for the next 3 hours. Slowly I realised to my UTMOST horror that the itch was spreading!!! I started scratching the base of my neck, shoulders,  upper arms, abdomen, and chest. So by that time I realised that I’d better go home, afterall I didn’t even know if what I had was contagious. Nursing instinct too over: Barrier Nursing. I cabbed home and quickly checked out this ‘rash’ that I thought I had. Words cannot explain the horror on my face when I saw how bad it was. Bumps all over my body and it was so frigging red. I wanted to cry like a drag queen when I saw that there were a couple of bumps on my face! So with a heavy heart, I told my mum I had to see the doctor. Mum’s able to tell that something’s wrong the moment she heard my voice. So after telling her, she gave me this flu tablet that’s suppose to stop the itch. The tablet did NOT work. I was scratching at 6am and cursing whether sleep would ever be able to claim me.

The next afternoon, I managed to sleep 9 hours straight, at around 3pm right after I woke up I hopped to the bathroom to check out the hives. Amazingly they were GONE. At that moment I wanted to do some victory dance. Until I noticed they had moved to my hands and legs. I went to tell my mum and she commented that I had alot of pimples. I thought nothing of it and told her it was because of my monthlies(fact: I break out when I get my menses). I checked the mirror for the ‘pimples’ only to moan and thrash about because the hives had taken over my face! The first thought that came to my mind was: SH!T HOW TO GO OUT IN PUBLIC! But of course I had no choice but to drag myself down. I realised I was slightly hindered while walking when I saw that the hives were over my knees. So therefore I HOBBLED to the clinic. Luckily there weren’t many people and I saw the doctor after waiting like about 5 mins. When I went in and sat down in front of the doctor the doctor asked me: So Annabel what’s wrong with you? I felt like B!TCHSLAPPING the doctor there and then. At the back of my mind I was thinking: F**K you, can’t you see!? So in a slightly moany tone I was like: It’s all over…

Apparently doctor said it’s some allergic reaction; exposure to something that I’m sensitive to and the hives were clearing the toxins from my body. (Dammit why such an unglam way to have a detox?!) So he prescribed two pills and calamine lotion(ftw) I went home and quickly spread it on. I thought calamine lotion works the normal way creams do, basically you spread it on your skin till there’s no visible trace of it. But calamine lotion leaves a sort of paint like residue on your skin. It’s like putting liquid paper on your skin. Anyway calamine works wonders and really stops the ITCH.

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Right now hives are pretty much outta sight. If you really check my skin maybe you’d find a red circle here and there; evidence of my ordeal.

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