Allergies--again!

So I went and got poked yesterday! I went in to the allergist yesterday thinking that I would probably be allergic to cats and maybe a few other things. Boy was I surprised when they decided to test me for 65 things! (She said the average is 64, so I guess I wasn't too abnormal)

After the initial pokes, she came back 5 minutes later and immediately took off 5 of the grasses/trees/weeds because I was reacting to them so badly. After the 15 minute mark, the nurse took all of the grasses/weeds/trees off and said I was allergic to almost all of them. I was so shocked! The doctor asked later if I had ever suspected that I had so many allergies and I said no--it is true! It has only been this year that I have really been affected consistently. Then the nurse said that the cat and dog were not really reacting at all, but based on what I had said about cats, she wanted to test them again.

So I got the arm pokes too, just for cats and dogs. The cat came back completely negative, but the dog was a 1 on a 0-4 scale, so we probably won't be able to have an indoor dog (sorry Pret and our future children...). The doctor came to analyze everything and was shocked that I wasn't allergic to cats--I had a 1 in 10 chance to NOT be. I am very happy that we can have cats--Kitty has been a life-savor for me on the nights when I have to go to bed alone because Pret is at work late.

Anyway, he has me on Allegra and I start getting the shots next week. I also have to go see an ENT (Ear/Nose/Throat) doctor to check out the connection between my now-messed-up sinuses and irritaded eyes due to pro-longed sinusitis symptoms because of my allergies. I am not happy about all the medications and doctor bills that we will have to pay for (luckily we have pretty good insurance), but as long as I can feel like I am not always tired and sick, it is worth it!