New to this, and don't like it.
Hello, I came across this group by accident. It's perfect timing actually lol. For around 2 years, possibly 3 actually, I haven't looked back to the beginning of my "mystery illness". I started getting ill. My eyes would sometimes swell and have a puss like substance in them. Sometimes I would have this clear water like drip constantly coming from my nose. It was like I had a leak in a water line lol. Coughing spells and mucus that seemed to come from no where. Severe dizzy spells, some lasted so long that I had to crawl to the bathroom because I was home alone. Bloody nose, sometimes blood is the mucus that I was coughing up. Would go in and never got the same answer twice. I had literally resigned myself to the fact that I was probably dieing. Then I had the craziest thing happen. Almost instantly my body seemed to be creating so much mucus so fast that I could not get a breath. I literally fought my body to get enough out that I could get a bit of oxygen. When my fiancee got off work, he obviously took me in again and I was told it was a histamine dump.i started researching doctors and I found one literally 5 blocks away and made a appointment. The first visit I started telling her everything and she immediately sent me for blood work. The literally toot 21 vials of blood. It looked like I was getting tested for a transplant lol. The results=mild allergies to dog, I have 2, horses, my brother already took mine because I couldn't care for the while so I'll, dust and house dust, and shrimp. I told her that isn't the bad, she said I'm not finished lol. I have a severe allergy to cats. I have 4 from a rescue we did. I'm talking, very severe. when I had the histamine dump. That was why. All the cat's are now outside and I am trying to get the house cleaned up from dander and hair. I had another attack, was able to hit myself with my new epi pen. That was 2 nights ago. My body aches, I feel like I haven't drank anything in a week and the exhaustion is phenomenal. I am 56 years old. I never I'm my whole life had any illness really. How does this just happen? My doctor said it's a miracle I am alive. I get so frustrated because I feel like I am no longer in control of my life. Is it just going to be misery from now on? And how do you just all of a sudden develop severe allergies?
Thank you for listening. I just needed to vent lol.