Monday, February 2, 2009

It's not mumps it's an allergic reaction, how whimpy!

Well folks, it turns out that I am not dying from the mumps nor is it meningitis or glandular fever it's an allergic reaction! 

I worked at Common Sense Organics for nearly two years, it is a health store, in that time I developed a strong hatred for people with allergies, especially food allergies. They would come in sniveling, blotchy, with just a general look of ill health "I can't eat dairy, wheat, egg, gluten, yeast or sugar". It is just whimpy. Who likes those people with all their annoying dietary requirements and specifications. No one! And now I am one of them. The doctor does not know what the reaction is from it could be from the new vitamins I am taking or the tooth whitening gel (that will teach me for being vane), or food. The food at my dinning commons: processed meat and cheese, deep fried anything, tinned goods, white bread, refined sugar and mayonnaise. I am probably allergic to some super duper nasty flavour enhancer they shove in everything to make it edible. 

Downside: I have to take very strong steroids that can induce psychosis. 

I did argue the need for such measures and the doc smiled and said it is that or the possibility of your airways contracting and you being hospitalized. If hospitalized they would pump me fill of whatever they liked so I figured psychosis would have to be another funny blog.

2nd Downside: Antibiotics are also required, as the above medication weakens your immune system and I was lucky enough to contract a cold. Therefore the cold would get more severe and complicate things further thus the antibiotics are necessary. Joy!

Upside: By the end of the week my face may be back to normal, gone are my days of hiding in my room in the dark, alas I will have to go to class today and I still look like I have elephantitis.

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