felis_ultharus | (no subject)

So last Thursday I had what could only be called an accidental allergy test. I call it accidental, because the-CLSC-doctor-who-couldn't-get-anything-right wrote me a referral for the guy thinking he was a dermatologist.

I know have a complete list of what I'm allergic to, and I was right about most of the things I'd guessed. But my most severe allergy is to dust mites, which means I'm going to have to keep this house as dust-free as possible.

Much more disturbing is that I have a mild cat-fur allergy. I'm getting prescription medication for this one.

montrealais says this explains why cats like me so much.

These two allergies probably explain a lot. I've felt like I've had a permanent head cold the last two or three years, which I just chalked up to work-and-school fatigue.

Anyway, the allergist was also crazy -- there are plenty of sane doctors around, but I never seem to get them -- but his nurse performed the test, so I trust it. And I now have a referral for a real dermatologist.

In other news, NaNiWriMo is over, and I seemed to write much less, not more than my usual output. 50,000 words is about average for me, but this month I only managed 16,000 on the non-novel (not counting jettisoned earlier versions).

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You know why cats like people who are allergic to them? Because when a cat comes into a room full of people, the ones who would interested in the cat's attention look at it, and the ones who don't, look away. Except eye contact is threatening to cats. See how that works?

*cheeky grin*

Pooh on you for not giving me your NaNoWriMo handle. :-P I was there with jenjoou.

I tend not to trust allergists, since around here they tend to be "holistic allergists" or "homeopathic allergists" or naturopath doctors, who want to tell me I am allergic to everything in the known universe, which is silly. Once one tried to tell me that I was allergic to cats, which is ridiculous, as I sniffle lots more now that I'm at college and in a building full of idiots who track germs everywhere than I ever did when I lived with my parents, who own a minimum of two cats (ranging to their one-time maximum of ten, when one had a litter) at all times.

Still, if you've got one that makes a modicum of sense, give it a whirl. It's fortunate that nobody's ever told me I'm allergic to dust mites, as I'm only infamous for dusting in the sense that I don't, but if you have the motivation to keep house go to it. ^_^

And also, good luck with the dermatologist. Who is hopefully actually a dermatologist this time.