I hope you are feeling better really soon.
Allergies are terrible.....David has them really bad too. Good Luck!

David, Holly, Dozer and Angel

Do the tests include seafood or nuts? Your reaction
is similar to a friend of ours.
*$%#@ed needles!!!

Pulling for you,
gregg & arthur

Well I hope you figure out what the heck you are allergic too..... Keep us posted

...allergy hell..!! Hope your medication gives you some relief!! Hope you're feeling better soon!!

I also hope you find out the culprit, I have visited the doctor before and never really had an answer! Good luck:)

n.m

Sorry don't want you to have any nightmares

Hee hee hee.

Hey, I'm open to suggestions. Thankfully, the Allegra I took not too long ago has made me a little less pouty and collagen-infected. Phew!

Thanks, Deb.

Julia

... how to deal with Grover's allergies. It really made me stop and think when this Doc told me to stop the vitamins... it made perfect sense that it could be a factor.

So Grover and I will go thru this together and I'll have a better handle on how to treat his. (How corny do I sound???)

But I really don't want to have to adhere to a strict diet of boiled beef and rice.

Julia

seriouslly I hope your lips get better.
When I was a kid we had a house full of relatives and my mom woke up with this huge swollen lip. We think she got bite by a spider, she was so embarrassed that she stayed in her bedroom for half of the day with a ice pack on it.

I have mixed feelings about so many supplements. That is exactly why....some things don't always "mix" well with others, some can cause reactions of their own, etc. Getting into too much herbal and holistic stuff can be dangerous unless one is a really trained individual, because so many of those things can be dangerous or deadly if taken wrong, too much, or with other things.

But, hope you are feeling better...

I will definitely look into it.

The thing is, this isn't the first time. And I'm a notorious toothpaste-switcher. Unless I'm just allergic to toothpaste in general!

The other thing is, the reaction was worst when I woke up on Monday morning... and I hadn't brushed my teeth the night before (bad me!). That's the only reason I'm not jumping all over that idea. I probably aggrivated it by brushing my teeth in spite of the swelling of course.

It's also possible I may be reacting to something on a soda can. As Wendy so kindly told me, it could be a pesticide used in the store! Ha ha ha! It's definitely all food for thought. I'm willing to change anything at this point. I can be a civilized person and drink out of a glass!

Thanks everyone... if ya'll have any more ideas, I'd love to hear 'em! Like I said earlier, I've never had an allergy before! (Lucky me!)

Julia

I had the same reaction and you know what I was allergic to?! The type of toothpast I used!! I know a couple of other people who had the same thing. Also, my grandmother ate oranges and drank orange juice all her life, one day her tongue and lips blew up; she became allergic. Just a thought

especially after ALL those pricks! yikes! Poor Julia!

- Cristina

Like Patti, I haven't been able to keep up with the board much lately, so I didn't know you were having a problem. Take care.

the first sentence. Sorry for kidding you about it, but I'm still chuckling.

so maybe thats is what got ya BIG LIPS

That is weird is it just your lips and tongue. Check the ingredients in any lipstick that you might use. I am allergic to aloe vera so I have to check everything. I hope you get an answer.

Oh yes. Right. Suuuuuure. I'll post a pic of my big honking lips the next time it happens and we can all discuss what may have caused it. Should I be eating grocery store food? Or B.A.R.F.? Should I be gnawing on a big meaty bone instead of the KitKat I was earlier?! HEE HEE HEE HEE!!! Oh my gosh....

Ow. Laughing makes my sore mouth hurt.

No worried about missing my story Patti. You have much bigger things to worry about than my balloon lips!

(You wanna hear something weird? It's generally thought to be a good thing to supplement an itchy bullie's diet right? This allergist told me to CUT OUT the vitamins I was taking. Isn't that weird?!)

Julia

chocolate. But seriously, I hope you are feeling much better and will be wishing you luck tomorrow.

That is how we diagnose everything on this board.

Seriously, I hope you find out what the problem is, it sounds miserable for you.

I haven't been able to keep up with all the posts, so I was unaware of you having a problem....Take care.

is there a movie deal lurking in the wings?!

Stayed tuned!