Would you believe it? I am allergic to raspberries! Yeh, come on, lets get all the jokes out of the way first. It might not be the raspberries fault it could be the jelly they were in. OH made a flan with some bottled raspberries and quick set jelly. We also made another 'big boys' flan with some fruit pilfered from the rumtopf pot. I scoffed quite a bit of that one with no ill effects, but today when I tried a slice of the raspberry tart about an hour later I was covered in hives and scratching like mad. They went as soon as they came leaving me a bit mystified, until I had another slice for tea and out they popped again. So it seems I will not be able to eat fruit unless it has been treated with rum, lifes a b!tch!
I couldn't eat raspberries when I was pregnant, Ace................!
OMG - ACE is pregnant !!!
My beloved found out that she was allergic to raw parsnip on Christmas day. She was just peeling one and tounched her face. She then spent the rest of the day with her eyes all puffed up and puss running out of them, looked like she'd done ten rounds with Frank Bruno! I had to keep reassuring the family that I hadn't been hitting her :o
Quote from: Riffster on February 03, 2008, 23:53:43
OMG - ACE is pregnant !!!
Yeah, gotta be ;D Remember he told us he was putting on weight...?
Congrats ACE. We knew you were a Bit Special, but guess you'll be someone else who'll be in the Guinness World Record Book this year 8)
:o Ace up the duff top man, good job the pubs are smokeless Ace you've got the baby to think of now. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
bet he will need a C section :o ;D
Quotebet he will need a C section
Good point :-X
cj :)
I think he should have stayed with his hot gravy dinners, they only give you wind!!
XX Jeannine
Should've kept his legs crossed ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Somebody's been sowing seeds in the wrong bed :o ::) :o
Oh you terrible lot. Here I am on deaths door and all you can do is mock, you just wait until I am better!
Just to make you all feel better, What I thought was hives are in fact chicken pox/shingles, not a serious case, I hope.
I think he's been 'on the turn' ::) for a while now tho.....didn't he have a pink cardy or sommat as a present a bit ago?
Ace, we don't need to be made feel betta mate. We're having a grand time ;D
And what were you doing in the chicken coop then, huh?
Lish, I wondered about the turning bit.
I was amused when he announced he wanted a blow up doll but I didn't expect he would turn into one, and a polka dot one at that.
Would it help if we all came round en masse and rubbed calamine lotion on your spots . It would match the cardy!!
::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ;D ;D
XX Jeannine
His spots disappeared sometimes, you notice? That's when he turned the chandeliers off ;)
I've always been eager to see pics of A4A's new arrivals - but, in the case of ACE's production, I think I'll pass :o
Sorry to hear you have chicken pox or shingles. Both can be nasty illnesses :'(
Get well soon.
You must be relieved to know that you haven't developed an allergic reaction to raspberries. As for being pregnant, I knew that wasn't the case given your age!! Mind you, your sex was a give away too. ;D ;D ;D
Don't scratch too much.
Shingles is not nice :'( :'( :'( Take very great care of yourself, it takes a long time to get over it.
With chickenpox the spots can be anywhere, but with shingles they follow the path of a nerve. Had you had chickenpox as a child, Ace? Strange that the spots came and went though - are they here to stay now?
There is an anti -viral drug you can get from the GP if it is bad.
The only thing I can remember having when I was a nipper is the cane. The doc reckons its chicken pox and is concerned that I went to the hospital last week and also the dentists, so he has notified them, he has also put me under 'house arrest'. (well told me to stay in) I have spots and blisters everywhere even in my mouth, they are driving me crazy with the itching, OH is still recovering from her fall, so at the moment we are up s#*t creek without a paddle. I cannot ask my son to call in as OH is worried that I might pass the infection on to his little nipper.
This year has not got off to a good start, so it can only get better.
Ah Ace, all teasing apart, you do sound as though you need a hug, so am sending my cyber love now,don't scratch, better chickenpox than shingles.
XX Jeannine
sympathy mate,i know just what your going thru.
i suffer from chronic urcitaria,and its baffling the docs as to the cause!
its some kind of allergic reaction,but apparently they dont know where to start to diagnose the cause.
in the middle of a rather nasty attack at the mo,so if it gets worse its looking like another dose of steroids for me,as its the only thing that stops it in its tracks!
second time this year.....and both attacks have happened after taking paracetomol based products....one was lemsip with that flu thingy that went around........this time i think its the painkillers im on due to having tooth out yesterday.
best of luck mate...............and you arnt scratching alone.......lol
ACE, its no consolation I know, but looking on the bright side, it could have been worse. It could have been mumps, and at your time of life it would have got you somewhere very painful!!!
valmarg
h o he is no having a baby what a shame :( if its chickn pox perhaps he is gnna lay an egg :o :o :o
A try Caladryl like calamine but with an antihistimine for the itch :-*
My son couldn't stop picking one particular chickenpox spot on his face - now it has left a cute scar. The rest didn't seem to bother him - we were out and about with OH's cousin's family in south Wales (had met up with an internet friend who is a doctor and he said it was ok to carry on as normal). Visited one attraction and you could see other spotty children recovering from chickenpox with a good dose of bouncing up and down on a trampoline or running around in the fresh air.
A friend is allergic to some fruits, except when she was pregnant!
there you go, Ace (caring mode ON)....lots of really good advice here for you, you poor chook..
Caladryl for the itch, & lots of runnin around in the Good Wholesome Fresh Air followed by a Nice Bounce on a Trampoline & you'll be fit & ready to swing from the chandeliers in no time atorl.
I seem to remember bicarbonate of soda for the spots. Or did I put it in the bath water ??? ??? ???
Oh Ace, absolutely no picking, I have 4 scars on my bum that my mother proudly displayed to all who would look whenever the subject on chickenpox and picking came up.
Frock up, knickers down, Mums poky finger x4, and "see what you get if you let them pick"
XX Jeannine
Go on then J...I'll be Mother ;)
My older son (when aged 5) had what appeared to to be a single boil, which I treated as a boil (oops!). A few days later his little brother (2) was absolutely covered all over and inside various orifaces. We did our best with it but he still has scars including on his face. I was just glad he wasn't younger.
It's difficult Jeannine with parents who do things to embarass you without thinking.
My Dad had built and extension onto our house and he was very proud of it, unfortunately it became my bedroom (well part of it) I was 17 and in bed with the flu when he bought one of his tour parties through (we had a country store in NZ) a bunch of male aussies in their early 20's. I was not pleased. :-[
Poor you ACE,! I hope you are getting some treatment for the itchiness and it is making you feel more comfortable. How nasty to have chicken pox as an adult!
I can really sympathise as I came out in blotches just before Christmas. I was told it was urticaria, but now have been told it could be something I am coming into contact with. On my second antihistamine course at the moment, and new itchy blotches coming out each day - as one goes another comes out somewhere else, so hoping the antihistamines kick in soon. So lots of love and sympathy from a fellow itcher, hope you get well soon. :-* busy_lizzie
So sorry to read that you've been poorly, B-L,
love-from-a-safe-distance,
Lishka :-*
Starting to clear up a bit now, I can take the cotton gloves off. A good shower and a rub down with the loufa should get rid of it, failing that a bit of wet and dry might do the trick.
I have not checked my bum for damage, and I havn't got the heart to ask OH to look.
Thank you for the sympathy, but some of you, and you know who you are, had better watch out :P
hi ya Ace, how old is ur grandchild? unless extremely new born,or low imunne system i would not worry about passing on chickenpox, more infectious 2 wks before spots come out anyway in which its too late anyhow, i do hope you feel much btr soon, i had them as a child as did my oh, but all four of my kids had them more or less at the same time, my youngest was only few months old,
DO NOT PICK LOL ;D
Pleased you seem to be over the worst ACE (how the hell do I get Caring Mode to switch OFF? This is driving me barmy ::))
Lish it only lasts for a week, so you will be back to normal any day now,
Ace, I am truly glad you are feeling better, it must have been miserable, but sounds like you were a good boy and didn't pick.
Did you get Smarties and a Beano and Dandy!!
XX Jeannine
Oh ans so pleased your bum is OK, mind you it is useful at a slow moving party!!
btw, anyone use to have Pimples Parties for their kiddies? First sign of the Pox & you'd invite all their same-age friends round to play? My sister did..
In Italy tho, it was dire. Children were not allowed into school or any public place until their skin was completely clear....bout 6 weeks. Friend's 2nd little boy developed the pox just about the time her 1st son's was clearing - and she was stuck in the house for 3 months ::)
So glad to hear you are getter better ACE. Well done for not scratching.
Thanks Lish :-*
It used to happen with my children, one would get chicken pox and then the other followed and so it went on with all the childhood diseases. Felt like we were in solitary for ages at a time.
:) busy_lizzie
yep, measles parties, or the wowzels, my mum used to call it, anyone got anything, all the kids were invited around, if it was german measles, all the girls :o
When my lad was about 15, I was on an early nursing shift so he was in bed when I left at 6.00am one week-day. When I came home at 3.00pm he was still in bed. Thought he'd bunked off school until he told me that he'd woken up feeling ill but had gone to school. Still feeling ill with a stiff neck and swollen glands and now running a temp. he'd gone to see the Matron. Sympathy? Not at all! He was thrown out of school pdq & ordered to not come back - a potential case of mumps in a school of 700 boys wasn't to be taken lightly ;D
Quote from: Kea on February 07, 2008, 09:51:19
My older son (when aged 5) had what appeared to to be a single boil, which I treated as a boil (oops!). A few days later his little brother (2) was absolutely covered all over and inside various orifaces. We did our best with it but he still has scars including on his face. I was just glad he wasn't younger.
Apparently, if you catch the 'pox off your sibling, you get a much worse dose, than if you caught it from anyone else. I think it's to do with you having the same genetic make-up as your siblings, so it has already conquered their immune system, so your's is not effective.......... or something much more scientific!!
As I mentioned earlier I am on my second brand of antihistamine tablets because of my rash, as believe it or not I was allergic to the first one, and now three days after taking the second have found to be allergic to that particular brand too. Have had to stop taking them because of unpleasant side effects. My doctor is amazed because she has never come across anyone who is allergic to the thing you are taking for the allergy. Trust me to be one of the uncommon occurrences written in the list of side affects. Any one else had any similar experiences. ??? busy_lizzie