GWguy
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It's been a LONG time since I've visited the ER. Last night at 2am sounded like a good time, so off I went to check out the activity, see what kind of low lifes shot themselves.
About 9pm I was getting itchy. My scalp was insatiably itchy, no amount of scratching relieved it. Then my hands started. Felt like a really bad case of poison ivy, but nothing there, just incredibly itchy. Couldn't find any Cortisone, so wiped down in alcohol. Helped for a few minutes. Then I get an itch on my thigh. Then the other thigh. Look at myself in the mirror... (yes, takes a LOT of courage to do that these days....). I've COVERED in welts. Everywhere. I do the alcohol thing for a while. At 2am I look in the mirror again. The welts are bigger and far more of them than before. Hives. Crap. Ok, off to the ER, scratching all the way. My hands were driving me insane.
Surprisingly, there was no one in the waiting area. I triaged and went right in. Only a few people in the ER, most seemed to have real issues, not just ODs and gunshots. Surprising for a Saturday night.
Anyway, Doc confirms the hives, which were now all over me everywhere. Sets me up with an IV and pushes Benadryl, then a steroid. Nurse looks at my hands and asks if they are always that way. I look.
Very very swollen. She immediately nicknames them Snausages. That stuck for the rest of the visit. In just a few minutes the Benadryl hits. The itch lessens a bit, and I'm feeling mighty good. That IV version is terrific.
After the IV finishes and has had a chance to work, about a half hour, Nurse checks me out. Some of the welts have disappeared and the rest don't look so bad anymore. My Snausages are still there, and it's tough to bend my hand, it's so swollen.
So time to check out, but the nurse is concerned about the dose of Benadryl impacting my driving, and I have no other driver, so she makes me walk around the ER. I'm fine, clear head, no issues. Check out and head home. My eyes wanted to close, but I was ok.
Crawl into bed and LIGHTS OUT until 10am this morning. Much better, welts have almost fully disappeard, very little itch. Just got a script filled for Prednizsone, so between that working on my various joint pains and the Benadryl tabs providing the 'feel good' factor, Life is Good!!!Think Imma gonna just sit here and fall asleep in front of a movie.
About 9pm I was getting itchy. My scalp was insatiably itchy, no amount of scratching relieved it. Then my hands started. Felt like a really bad case of poison ivy, but nothing there, just incredibly itchy. Couldn't find any Cortisone, so wiped down in alcohol. Helped for a few minutes. Then I get an itch on my thigh. Then the other thigh. Look at myself in the mirror... (yes, takes a LOT of courage to do that these days....). I've COVERED in welts. Everywhere. I do the alcohol thing for a while. At 2am I look in the mirror again. The welts are bigger and far more of them than before. Hives. Crap. Ok, off to the ER, scratching all the way. My hands were driving me insane.
Surprisingly, there was no one in the waiting area. I triaged and went right in. Only a few people in the ER, most seemed to have real issues, not just ODs and gunshots. Surprising for a Saturday night.
Anyway, Doc confirms the hives, which were now all over me everywhere. Sets me up with an IV and pushes Benadryl, then a steroid. Nurse looks at my hands and asks if they are always that way. I look.
Very very swollen. She immediately nicknames them Snausages. That stuck for the rest of the visit. In just a few minutes the Benadryl hits. The itch lessens a bit, and I'm feeling mighty good. That IV version is terrific.After the IV finishes and has had a chance to work, about a half hour, Nurse checks me out. Some of the welts have disappeared and the rest don't look so bad anymore. My Snausages are still there, and it's tough to bend my hand, it's so swollen.
So time to check out, but the nurse is concerned about the dose of Benadryl impacting my driving, and I have no other driver, so she makes me walk around the ER. I'm fine, clear head, no issues. Check out and head home. My eyes wanted to close, but I was ok.
Crawl into bed and LIGHTS OUT until 10am this morning. Much better, welts have almost fully disappeard, very little itch. Just got a script filled for Prednizsone, so between that working on my various joint pains and the Benadryl tabs providing the 'feel good' factor, Life is Good!!!Think Imma gonna just sit here and fall asleep in front of a movie.
