I had a check up with my allergist today since I am undergoing twice monthly allergy injections to try to reduce the need for me to take allergy medications since I am allergic to everything. I’ve managed to stick with twice monthly injections now for two and a half years and have yet to wait a good year or two to really determine if they will be effective or not. Approximately 50 percent of the population who undergo these shots of the things you are allergic to are completely cured. The majority of the people who do undergo the shots experience a reduction in their symptoms. I’m hoping for the complete cure of course! The basic premise is that the doctor injects serums that contain the things that you are allergic to (for me, weeds, pollens, cats, dogs, grass, and cockroaches). Your body should start to develop antibodies, just like it would to when you get a flu injection. The needles don’t hurt, as they just inject it into my arm into the top layer of my skin. And I really like my allergist, he is a great doctor.
I haven’t been sleeping well lately due to being super stressed at work, and now that I have a new boss who is an evil micro manager, I’m having even more difficulties relaxing and trying to sleep at night. He prescribed a sleeping pill to try to help me sleep at night on those nights that I really am having problems falling asleep, because I can become a real bitch when I don’t get in my full amount of sleep. And I like 10 hours of sleep a night, although I can function on 8 hours if I have to. Really, to be honest, I prefer 11 hours of sleep. But that is almost half my day.
Vern seems to be doing fairly well. Talking and eating tons of “mush” that they are serving him at the hospice.
I haven’t been sleeping well lately due to being super stressed at work, and now that I have a new boss who is an evil micro manager, I’m having even more difficulties relaxing and trying to sleep at night. He prescribed a sleeping pill to try to help me sleep at night on those nights that I really am having problems falling asleep, because I can become a real bitch when I don’t get in my full amount of sleep. And I like 10 hours of sleep a night, although I can function on 8 hours if I have to. Really, to be honest, I prefer 11 hours of sleep. But that is almost half my day.
Vern seems to be doing fairly well. Talking and eating tons of “mush” that they are serving him at the hospice.
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Ugh, allergies. I'm allergic to litterally everything too. The biggest for me are animals and dust. I've tried every medicine under the sun and oddly enough, only Benadryl helps. Too bad it makes me fall asleep! I haven't tried shots b/c last time I went to the doctor I was about to graduate from college and lose my insurance. I might check into it, but now that my new contacts seem to be helping my eyes I can wait a while.
Do the shots really help. I am on allergra in the daytime and zyrtec at night. It seems to be working pretty well, but have always wondered about shots.
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