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Because of my sinus problems, the doctor that was continuously giving me antibiotics, gave me a referral to see an Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) specialist. She immediately ordered allergy testing.

Allergy testing involves having a skin or blood test to determine what substance, or allergen, may trigger an allergic response in a person. I had the Skin Prick Test performed on my arm. This test is done by placing a drop of a solution containing a possible allergen on the skin, and a series of scratches or needle pricks allows the solution to enter the skin. If the skin develops a red, raised itchy area (called a wheal), it usually means that the person is allergic to that allergen.

Almost immediately, I reacted to every allergen my skin was pricked with. So, with the advice of the doctor, I started allergy shots. You have to build up to a maximum dosage of the allergens and once I did, my husband would give me the shots at home. I hated them. Plus, whenever I received the shots I would break out in a rash. I also didn't understand why I was allergic to EVERYTHING. I never had watery eyes or sneezing or any classic allergy symptom, how could I be allergic to everything? I saw another doctor about the CFIDS who was also an ENT doctor and he mentioned that I could of been allergic to an ingredient in the allergy testing solutions. I mentioned that to my regular ENT doctor and she just shrugged it off.

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Louise
03-11-10 7:53 am
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us...

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Louise
03-10-10 8:58 am
O Lord our God, Who has called us to serve You in the midst of the world's affairs, When we stumble, hold us; when we fall, lift us up. When we are hard pressed with evil, deliver us. When we turn...

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Louise
03-09-10 9:11 am
Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight. —Proverbs 3:5-6

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Louise
03-05-10 11:25 am
No matter how disappointed you are feeling or how much you are hurting, know that every heartache and loss has within it the seeds of opportunity. Hidden within each disappointment is a peal of great...

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Louise
03-03-10 7:54 am
Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control,...

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Louise
03-02-10 11:05 am
That which makes the men of God so great and impressive is not, first and foremost, what they have accomplished. It is rather how they are able, by God's help, to pass through the greatest...

Oh my! This is insane!
Louise
02-28-10 7:32 pm
I am going to lose my mind! God have mercy— this is Your gig!

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Louise
02-25-10 6:23 am
O LORD, I know the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man who walks to direct his own steps. —Jeremiah 10:23

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Louise
02-24-10 7:22 am
I am going out on Thy path. God be behind me, God be before, God be in my footsteps. —Anonymous Gaelic prayer

I witnessed the worse ending to a...
Louise
02-23-10 8:43 pm
...JV basketball game. The score was 48 to 47 with the Guest in the lead. The Home team had the ball under their hoop because of a foul. There was 3 seconds left in the game. The person taking the...

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