Well, I seem to be a mess. Ate lunch, then

[SeattleGirl]

got sick. Now my arms and legs are itching, and I can barely sit still.

Arrrrgh!!!!!

[mzteris]

1. allergic reaction?

Try some antihistimine to help with itching. As mild as Chlorotrimitron or as heavy as Benedryl...

What'd you eat?

:hug:

[SeattleGirl]

2. I'm not sure what it is.

I had tomato soup for lunch. Never reacted that way before.

[Kali]

4. do you have any food alergies that you know of?

maybe there was some cross-contamination with somehting. I have a friend who is seriously allergic to tomatoes - fresh ones sometimes make my mouth itch and lips swell a little (who needs botox?)

are you getting hives - bumps from he itching?

[SeattleGirl]

5. None that I know of.

The itching has finally stopped, thank goodness. I still don't know what that was all about.

[Kali]

3. those antihistimines are the oposite for me

Benedryl never does squat, chortrimeton does the job (and knocks me on my ass)

[Bullwinkle925]

6. definitely sounds like an allergic reaction . . .

just be sure your breathing does not become affected (throat swelling, etc) - if so - get yourself to the ER pronto.
hope you're feeling better and the antihistamines are working for you.

[SeattleGirl]

8. Whatever it was has calmed down now.

It WAS nasty there for awhile.

[Bullwinkle925]

14. glad you're doing better . . .

did you take an antihistamine?

[SeattleGirl]

15. Don't have any.

Just waited for it to go away on its own.

[Bullwinkle925]

16. get thee to a pharmacy and stock up!

you'll never know when you'll be needing it.

:hug:

[SeattleGirl]

17. Good idea.

Thanks.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. My dear SeattleGirl!

Sweetie...

Please take care of yourself...

You matter to me, and to so many of us, you know!

:loveya: :hug: :loveya:

[SeattleGirl]

9. I'm okay now, Peggy.

Thank you. :loveya:

[Redstone]

10. Definitely histamine at work there. You need to find out what is was that

caused it. And you know that I'm NOT an alarmist, but you REALLY need to figure that out.

It could kill you next time.

And anyone can become allergic to anything at any time, even things they've eaten that thing, or gotten stung by those bees, all their lives.

Trust me on this. Did you have shellfish for lunch? Nuts or nut oils? Think back, try those things in a small quantity and one at a time, and see if you get the itch again.

One shrimp could kill me. One WALNUT could kill my younger brother. Don't take chances with this stuff.

Redstone

[SeattleGirl]

12. I had tomato soup, crackers and milk.

I really hope it's not the milk, as I love it!

I'll give that a try, Redstone.

[susanna]

26. Too true.

I had NEVER been allergic to penicillin until recently (my 30s). I had a severe upper respiratory infection and the docs prescribed it because I'd never had a problem. Two days later, I went outside to get the mail (sunny day). Came back in and what I thought were welts (actually hives) started showing up all over my face and neck. I got dizzy and light-headed. Luckily, my throat never swelled up. My husband rushed me to the ER and I was given an epi shot and prescribed prednisone (NASTY stuff) and Zyrtec to get me over the worst of it.

My face swelled up a great deal by the time all was said and done. I still have small "puffs" on/around my cheekbones from it...they never went away. I ended up with hives over 1/2 my body, too. Scary, scary stuff. :-(

[Parche]

11. Lunch

You ate at Pike Place Market???????????? :hi:

[SeattleGirl]

13. Don't I wish. No, at my kitchen table.

:hi:

[LisaM]

18. Where was the soup from?

I am allergic to seafood, and had to essentially stop eating anything Thai or Pan-Asian, since they will use fish paste as a base for almost anything and not tell you!

[SeattleGirl]

19. It was just Campbell's soup.

Nothing exotic.

You had to stop eating Thai? Bummer!

[mzteris]

20. that is odd.

Campbells soup, crackers, and milk?

Did you put any other seasonings in it?

Did you take ANYTHING else? Any painkillers? Pepto for feeling "yucky" - anything like that?

You have to be careful with allergies, you know.

Glad you're feeling better.

[SeattleGirl]

21. Nothing but that.

It's a mystery to me too.

[LisaM]

27. Well, fish paste generally has shrimp in it

I get quite ill. And what bugs me is that they even put it in things they list as vegetarian or chicken. It's the base of their cooking, but it's poison to me.

Campbell's tomato soup, unfortunately, lists high fructose corn syrup as a main ingredient.

[SPKrazy]

22. Sis...

I HOPE you are better by now

have taken some benadryl or something

or gone to the doctor

sounds like an allergic reaction.

the can barely sit still sounds systemic along with the overall itching..

be careful

:hug: :hug:

:lovey:

[SeattleGirl]

23. Hey bro, I'm fine now.

I'll just make sure I take note of anything I eat from now on, in case I have another reaction in the future.

[Tsiyu]

24. Did you get bit or stung?

Maybe a reaction to a bug bite of some sort?

Or use any new chemicals/beauty products/laundry soap?

That has happened to me a few times. I traced it to some Anbesol once. The other times were a mystery to me, too.

It's scary and irritating...


glad you feel better :hi:

[SeattleGirl]

29. No, nothing like that.

Glad I feel better too! :hi:

[crim son]

25. Barely sitting still... allergies.

It happened to me once before an awake surgery... I was allergic to the sedative and my reaction was serious NERVES and the inability to stay still. Surgery was postponed!

Hope you're feeling better now.

[SeattleGirl]

30. Yikes! That's scary!

I assume they found something to use that didn't cause that kind of reaction.

[triguy46]

28. Sounds very much like a food reaction. You need to seek med. help.

[SeattleGirl]

31. If it is, it's one I've developed recently, because I haven't reacted

like that to any of the things I had for lunch yesterday.

[triguy46]

32. Hope you're better. Allergic reactions sometimes develop

over time. Happened with me and bee stings. Had kept bees for years, countless stings, then the last one that sent me to the ER. Buh bye bees.

[SeattleGirl]

34. Same thing happened to my FIL.

He'd never been allergic to them until he was over 70. Then one day, he got stung by 3 bees and nearly died. :scared:

[Callalily]

33. Glad to hear that

you're feeling better. As we (ahem) age, we do develop allergies that we never had before. Just something to consider.

[SeattleGirl]

35. One of the many pleasures of (ahem) aging.

But thank you. :pals: