Well now I am completely baffled. 6-7 years ago, I had allergy testing done, and came up mildly allergic to grass, ragweed, pollen, dust, and dogs. Now, when I am having tons of allergy issues, and they get worse with each successive dog I live with, I went in for another round of testing, to see if I had become allergic to anything else, since clearly my dog allergy has skyrocketed. Today's result: not allergic to anything. nada. zip. zilch. *insert sarcastic smile here* Now, come on people...I know I'm allergic to stuff! I was fine until we got dog 1, then I went on Claritin. We got dog 2, I had to go on Claritin and Flonase, and it still didn't quelch all the symptoms. Now, I'm not allergic at all? Hmpf.
So, plan B. I have a call in to my ENT to ask if the nasal septal button I have in my nose might be causing some of the issues (perhaps my body is rebelling against the material the button is made out of, and thus causing all sorts of inflammation and other issues in my nose?), and I have an appt with an allergy doc next week to talk about my results (or lack of them, as the case may be) and try to come up with a plan of action. A friend informed me that sometimes the scratch test that Mayo performs misses allergies, and that the "gold standard" of allergy testing is a more invasive injection under the skin (think TB skin test). That test is sometimes used if skin testing is negative or unclear. So, perhaps that is what we will go to as the next step?
Either way, I feel slightly better now because I can go back on my allergy meds, but am baffled and annoyed at the lack of clear-cut results, and a lack of a plan because of that. Why can't anything be simple?
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