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jebbypalSeems like every day now seems like nanomo given the sparcity of posts on my flists. Ah well, things change. I do have tumblr and while I enjoy all the gif posts etc, it doesn't seem the same - there's no conversation in comments, etc, that or I'm just not smart enough to figure it out as a medium. Must be getting old :P
Regardless, I still like LJ and DW (okay, DW more than LJ since it's more of what I originally signed on for....I don't know what I'm going to do when LJ tumblr feed replaces my pretty flist layout) for what they are and have no plans to change. I should take a step and do more posting, and probably will. Need to vary up my routine anyways as I just don't post as much when reading on ipad. not as easy to type with as a real keyboard.
. I hadn't eaten my Effie's nutcakes for a month or so and my neck had cleared up (no, no new allergy - the same company makes corn cakes, so I'm assuming cross contamination). This week was hell at work with Boss having family emergency leaving me with 3 major projects all with deadlines or meeting dates of friday. *head desk*. We made it but Thursday was a late night on both the meeting and the regulatory submission that were due and by 6:30 i was tired of fighting off hangry with handfuls of nuts so i opened new package of nutcakes to supplement with carbs (they have sugar and wheat + pecan flour). half an hour later I needed to call a minion to get an issue fixed while I continued proofing and realized that while I knew what I needed him to do, I sounded like somoene on a bender or really stoned as I couldn't makes words come out in comprehensible order. Basically got across that he needed to work when he got home and sent email where I was able to detail what I needed done. Then got my coworker who was staying with me for the night so we could go and run meeting together the next day, and realized as we left the building why I couldn't talk -- my mouth and tongue were tingly and NUMB. seriously, like novacaine mouth. She and mirror confirmed no swelling though so I took benadryl and was spacy on drive home. Decided when I got home that another benadryl wouldn't go amiss since mouth was still tingly although i could talk again. Ate dinner, proceeded to try to work and then had confirmation of allergy attack when fatigue crashed as the adrenaline my body produced to fight the attack finally bottomed out. I hadn't crashed that hard since back in grad school when eating would trigger corn-induced allergy comas. 20 minute nap and i was functional again. Still, anything that involves that much neuro involvement + potential airway involvement = scary. And when it comes from eating rather than inhalant route, there's no way to escape it.
For some idiotic reason I told my mother. (CAn I blame day-after allergy idiocy?) She thinks it sounds like a diabetic reaction *shakes head* I"ll blame dr phil or oz show for that. I've had hypoglycemia -- it was a constant issue for me in college when i was in anatomy that semester likely due to constant cat exposure, formaldehyde exposure, and the fact that my body really really really didn't like the allergy nose spray (i think corny + the slight steroid spray that it was = very bad things). Explaining an allergy fog brain to someone who hasn't had that or a gluten reaction is difficult but it feels nothing like your brain running out of sugar. and adding sugar doesn't help it, trust me. But whatever, a full physical won't hurt me if it will get her to calm down. My dad on the other hand thinks I'm just having too much coffee. He's horrified that I drink strong coffee and expalaining that I only have 1 coffee a day (granted, starbucks strength, not watered down folgers) doesn't seem to help him. *shakes head*
My mom did enjoy throwing back at me that I'm not a doctor since that's what I tell her when she badgers me for medical advice in lieu of going to a doctor. The irony, I sees it. Still haven't met a GP smarter than I am or been actually wrong in the past decade on my own health, so. :P
Regardless, I still like LJ and DW (okay, DW more than LJ since it's more of what I originally signed on for....I don't know what I'm going to do when LJ tumblr feed replaces my pretty flist layout) for what they are and have no plans to change. I should take a step and do more posting, and probably will. Need to vary up my routine anyways as I just don't post as much when reading on ipad. not as easy to type with as a real keyboard.
. I hadn't eaten my Effie's nutcakes for a month or so and my neck had cleared up (no, no new allergy - the same company makes corn cakes, so I'm assuming cross contamination). This week was hell at work with Boss having family emergency leaving me with 3 major projects all with deadlines or meeting dates of friday. *head desk*. We made it but Thursday was a late night on both the meeting and the regulatory submission that were due and by 6:30 i was tired of fighting off hangry with handfuls of nuts so i opened new package of nutcakes to supplement with carbs (they have sugar and wheat + pecan flour). half an hour later I needed to call a minion to get an issue fixed while I continued proofing and realized that while I knew what I needed him to do, I sounded like somoene on a bender or really stoned as I couldn't makes words come out in comprehensible order. Basically got across that he needed to work when he got home and sent email where I was able to detail what I needed done. Then got my coworker who was staying with me for the night so we could go and run meeting together the next day, and realized as we left the building why I couldn't talk -- my mouth and tongue were tingly and NUMB. seriously, like novacaine mouth. She and mirror confirmed no swelling though so I took benadryl and was spacy on drive home. Decided when I got home that another benadryl wouldn't go amiss since mouth was still tingly although i could talk again. Ate dinner, proceeded to try to work and then had confirmation of allergy attack when fatigue crashed as the adrenaline my body produced to fight the attack finally bottomed out. I hadn't crashed that hard since back in grad school when eating would trigger corn-induced allergy comas. 20 minute nap and i was functional again. Still, anything that involves that much neuro involvement + potential airway involvement = scary. And when it comes from eating rather than inhalant route, there's no way to escape it.
For some idiotic reason I told my mother. (CAn I blame day-after allergy idiocy?) She thinks it sounds like a diabetic reaction *shakes head* I"ll blame dr phil or oz show for that. I've had hypoglycemia -- it was a constant issue for me in college when i was in anatomy that semester likely due to constant cat exposure, formaldehyde exposure, and the fact that my body really really really didn't like the allergy nose spray (i think corny + the slight steroid spray that it was = very bad things). Explaining an allergy fog brain to someone who hasn't had that or a gluten reaction is difficult but it feels nothing like your brain running out of sugar. and adding sugar doesn't help it, trust me. But whatever, a full physical won't hurt me if it will get her to calm down. My dad on the other hand thinks I'm just having too much coffee. He's horrified that I drink strong coffee and expalaining that I only have 1 coffee a day (granted, starbucks strength, not watered down folgers) doesn't seem to help him. *shakes head*
My mom did enjoy throwing back at me that I'm not a doctor since that's what I tell her when she badgers me for medical advice in lieu of going to a doctor. The irony, I sees it. Still haven't met a GP smarter than I am or been actually wrong in the past decade on my own health, so. :P