Meagan shared pictures of going to Balboa Park from her Dr's Office with Eden and Nico and their bicycle and scooter. She said she had a hard time keeping up with them jogging!!!
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Sunday, May 27, 2018
Sister Carole
My sister Carole is spending two weeks in Utah with her best friend from her childhood and youth, Alyce. Alyce joined the Church when she was living in Alaska and is now living in Provo where three of her children and their families live nearby.
Saturday, May 26, 2018
Saturday, May 19, 2018
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Is Allergy To Nuts My Problem?
Tonight I enjoyed a lot of pistachios as I watched TV. Before I went to bed I treated my eczema, bumps on my skin, itchy eyes, itchy throat with claritin, systane, itch cream, and throat spray. I have had an eczema problem practically the whole time I was in Del Mar and itchy eyes and itchy throat and itchy skin. Since I came back I have been enjoying gluten free english muffins with peanut butter. I had one this morning before I went to the Temple, I broke out in some bumps around my neck and was itching, not an unusual occurrence lately.
When I was in Del Mar I had bought the pistachios at Christmas time and kept them by my bed along with the peanut butter which I used a lot with apples. Since I watched tv up there and spent a lot of time in my room I kept my snacks there.
Normally pistachios was a holiday treat but this year since they were so accessible at Whole Foods and Costco I was eating a lot of them. Also since I was sharing a kitchen I think I ate more peanut butter than normal. I also had almonds to snack on by my bedside.
I woke up itching tonight around 2 and begin to ask Siri a lot of questions about nut allergies. Since I have seasonal allergies and other allergies I had never zeroed in on these but my eczema problem while I was in San Diego was enough to send me to the dermatologist and I have been treating it with a cream. And the eyes and throat have been a problem as well as these bumps around the neck an etc. I never thought of nuts as a souce.
Since I am working in the yard it all seemed like environmental allergies but tonight I am very suspicious because of the increase in my nut consumption and my increase in these dermatitis and eye and throat itchiness. As I read the symptoms of nut allergy plus the light headedness I attributed to benadryl. Anyway there is also the immediate and four hour later reaction. Somehow it is all coming together that this may be my problem. It fits with the immediate reaction and then the four hour later.
So I am writing this down and from this day forward I am not eating the pistachios or peanut butter or almonds either although I have not eaten much of them since I returned. I will check back here in a week and see if there has been a difference in all my itchiness, etc. Because I have always had allergies I have never thought about the nuts but this increase in my nut usage and the increase in the eczema in particular and the eyes and throat and what I read tonight seems to make a lot of sense that this needs to be tested and the only way I know is to stop eating them....
When I was in Del Mar I had bought the pistachios at Christmas time and kept them by my bed along with the peanut butter which I used a lot with apples. Since I watched tv up there and spent a lot of time in my room I kept my snacks there.
Normally pistachios was a holiday treat but this year since they were so accessible at Whole Foods and Costco I was eating a lot of them. Also since I was sharing a kitchen I think I ate more peanut butter than normal. I also had almonds to snack on by my bedside.
I woke up itching tonight around 2 and begin to ask Siri a lot of questions about nut allergies. Since I have seasonal allergies and other allergies I had never zeroed in on these but my eczema problem while I was in San Diego was enough to send me to the dermatologist and I have been treating it with a cream. And the eyes and throat have been a problem as well as these bumps around the neck an etc. I never thought of nuts as a souce.
Since I am working in the yard it all seemed like environmental allergies but tonight I am very suspicious because of the increase in my nut consumption and my increase in these dermatitis and eye and throat itchiness. As I read the symptoms of nut allergy plus the light headedness I attributed to benadryl. Anyway there is also the immediate and four hour later reaction. Somehow it is all coming together that this may be my problem. It fits with the immediate reaction and then the four hour later.
So I am writing this down and from this day forward I am not eating the pistachios or peanut butter or almonds either although I have not eaten much of them since I returned. I will check back here in a week and see if there has been a difference in all my itchiness, etc. Because I have always had allergies I have never thought about the nuts but this increase in my nut usage and the increase in the eczema in particular and the eyes and throat and what I read tonight seems to make a lot of sense that this needs to be tested and the only way I know is to stop eating them....
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