erika, I'm glad the dog's dental news was not as bad as it could have been. And I hope you got the license plate number of the truck that hit you don't have too many ill effects from your fall.
Amyth, in your shoes I'd be tempted to run a bath and open a bunch of benedryl capsules into it.
erika, yikes! I'm glad you're ok.
Because I have a rash that covers my entire body.
Oh, no. That sounds miserable, as does the lingering French souvenir.
the lingering French souvenir.
OK, did anyone else go to a social disease euphemism place?
amyth, speaking from itchy experience, take 2 benadryl at bedtime (you can take 1-2 benadryl every 4-6 hours, really), claritin or zyrtec twice a day, and 10-mg pepcid twice a day.
(I, too, am allergic to sulfa drugs, although my itch advice comes from my current situation, which I am now 99% certain is an overdose-type reaction to vitamin D, although the amount I took [2,000 IU/day] is within the recommended range. All bodies are different, mine more than most, apparently.)
Oh, man, the itch when I went allergic to sulfa was horrible. It was just one spot on my shoulder, and I noticed it right away and stopped the drug ASAP (Mother's allergic to it, and when she stopped being able to handle it, she'd mentioned about a third of people will become allergic to it, so I was on the lookout that time around), but wow, it hurt, and wow, it took forever to heal.
Can't find your post about your fall, erika, but I hope you're feeling better (and that you got checked for concussion etc). Falls are nasty.
So The Girl has flown back to Israel to be with her family (her dad doesn't have much time left) and I'm very selfishly feeling lonely about being alone for the next few weeks and not having her around for the holidays. Ah well. Catching up with Castle. Need some new shows too. I hear Community is good.
Thanks all! Ah, yes, my lingering French souvenir! Luckily, it was a wonderful trip all around.
Tep, my doctor told me to take Zyrtec and Pepcid, so I'm on it, but thanks! I hope, hope, hope, that this doesn't last a really long time. I'm glad it's winter and I can cover most of it with clothes.
Seska! Much ~ma for The Girl and her whole family.