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Today I went for my weekly allergy shot.  I had quiet a hard time dealing with my reactions from last week’s shot.  I had swollen lips, extreme dizziness and nausea, and shortness of breath.  After I explained my symptoms to the doctor, she suggested that I should probably discontinue shots for at least a couple of months.

My reactions were making me worse than when I was just dealing with the allergies.  She thinks that part of the problem is that they were trying to treat me for too many (48) things at once.  She said that after a couple months I might want to come back and try working on a few allergens at a time.  She thought we would possibly choose dust, one type of tree, one type of weed, and so on.  That way if I can control some of my allergies, my overall health might get better.

There isn’t really anything else they can do for me right now.  They had already weakened my vials, and she said the dose that I am getting right now is ridiculously small.  But I think my body is just not handling such a wide variety of allergens all at once.

I feel pretty disappointed at this result.  We spent a lot of money doing all the testing and going to treatment for the last three months.  Not to mention that the caveman diet, and avoiding foods, has made me even more sensitive to the foods that I was allergic to in the beginning.  So, I feel pretty stuck and not sure where to go from here.  I know it’s not the end of the world, but I guess I never really was a very good patient to begin with.