M.E. and me

“An allergic reaction is when your body is trying to tell you what it is like to swallow a button”

Posted on 5/13/2010 at 3:46:38 PM

Last night, I had an allergic reaction. I have no idea what to but i have a feeling it was to that brown furry thing that lives in my kitchen that might have rolled in something smelly. But if that is the case, i can now say that I had an allergic reaction to ’something smelly’. This isn’t the first reaction that i’ve had. Infact I actually have numberous allergies…. Below is the list.

Im allergic to all of this!

The first time I had an allergic reaction was at school in year 9. My face swelled up to 3 times it’s size, and i got sent to the medical room for THREE HOURS untill my parents picked me up. My dad rang NHS direct and we where told to “get her straight to hospital she could die”. At hospital I had to have a 6 inch needle shoved in my arm whilst being pinned down by 4 doctors as I was that bad. Hello Needle Phobia. Didn’t have you before this.

My second allergic reaction was to a conker. For some reason I didn’t class it as a nut.

The problem I have now is that I have a needle to dispose of in my room from an epi pen. My dad had great fun watching me trying to stab  myself with this thing. I have a needle phobia and to have to sit there trying to stab yourself with one really takes alot of confidence. I kept going for it and chickening out, doing some sort of spakky dance, perhaps looking like im having a fit. It’s not a big needle, but it’s still a long, thin, sharp piece of metal.

Epi Pen Needle

After having woken my parents with the words “Whoever’s awake, Im having an allergic reaction” and watching my mum roll over and dad get out of bed, dad sat with me to take the epi pen, then whilst half asleep said the words “Having an allergic reaction is your body telling you what it is like to swallow a button”.

It was worth swelling up just for that.