That actually sounds like this guy -- that's why I said that I trusted the test because it was performed by his nurse.
She was very by-the-book and seemed to know what she was doing. She explained how it all worked, and told me in advance what the bumps appearing on my arm would mean (because my arm swelled wherever there would be a reaction). I could see for myself the results.
My allergist, however, was what Douglas Coupland once called "a Bleeding Ponytail" -- an ex-hippie who'd kept the paraphrenalia, the disorganization, and the obnoxiousness, but jettisoned the high ideals. He seemed to think that Tai Chi might help my acne when I turned the subject to dermatology, and (looking at his giant pictures of a smiling guru) suggested a vegetarian diet and a few very New Agey books.
(Not trying to mock alternative medecine -- I know some people who've had good results with it. I've just never been one of them.)
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Date: 2006-12-03 01:55 am (UTC)She was very by-the-book and seemed to know what she was doing. She explained how it all worked, and told me in advance what the bumps appearing on my arm would mean (because my arm swelled wherever there would be a reaction). I could see for myself the results.
My allergist, however, was what Douglas Coupland once called "a Bleeding Ponytail" -- an ex-hippie who'd kept the paraphrenalia, the disorganization, and the obnoxiousness, but jettisoned the high ideals. He seemed to think that Tai Chi might help my acne when I turned the subject to dermatology, and (looking at his giant pictures of a smiling guru) suggested a vegetarian diet and a few very New Agey books.
(Not trying to mock alternative medecine -- I know some people who've had good results with it. I've just never been one of them.)