The Not Happy Thread

I've got some tweezers and some baking soda.

 

You’re not truly allergic or you would have experienced anaphylaxis. You might have had an allergic reaction potentially, although swelling, itching and stabbing pain are usually just symptoms of foreign body invasion.

 

Well, it's on my finger, so my lungs will be alright! Hallelujah! My reactions are minor, so that is a lot nicer than the other. Now I just need to dig up my old surgical kit...

 

Evil Dead!

 

If it’s a true anaphylaxis it doesn’t matter where it is. You’ve had, at most, a localised inflammatory response, totally normal. Just pick it out.

 

@Dogberry's Watch quick! I need your chainsaw for a new arm! Those weeds are about to get what they deserve!

 

On my way!

 

Pretty sure allergies can manifest themselves in more ways than just anaphylaxis. People are allergic to cat hair and grass and they don't experience anaphylaxis.

 

I'm allergic to just about everything in nature (on land anyway), and I don't go into anaphylactic shock because I breathed in grass. The only thing that makes my throat close up is cat hair and bulllllllshit.

 

Thats called allergic reaction in layman’s terms and is not a true allergy. A true allergy is anaphylaxis.

We may still administer drugs, for example, that could cause an allergic reaction, if the benefit outweighs the risk. For a true anaphylaxis allergy though, the risk far outweighs the benefit.

 

I'm looking all over the internet and I'm not seeing a definition of allergy that encompasses just anaphylactic shock. I've always understood allergies to be simply exaggerated immune responses to allergens.

 

Okay, let's throw on moderator hat here. This is not a medical forum, and none of us are provably licensed allergists.

Let's all simmer down and flip to our regularly scheduled complaints in The Not Happy Thread.

 

:kitty:
Right, we don't do medical diagnosis here. My sister is a veterinarian and she tells people who want to consult by email "Just fax me your cat and I'll treat it and fax it back."

So moving on...

 

Hmm, now I need to repurpose all the left overs...

 

I know a cannibal.

 

I'm not giving hand outs here!

 

Seems like you are if ya gave up an arm.

 

Trouble with puns?

I was thinking fertilizer for the herb garden, or one of my flowering trees. They deserve it.

 

I guess that's acceptable.

 

... That would be "I'm not giving Hands Out". Come on people, this IS a writing site!

 

Feeling like I did as a teenager, with all the angst and 'everything sucks' attitude.
What the hell is wrong with me, or is the early 30's the new teenage years?
I suppose it has to do with all the isolation and lack of human interaction in the
real world that is bringing this out. Also losing interest in some things that I used
to enjoy, due to not having any support or encouragement. Which in turn makes
me feel like I am losing part of myself, and not as happy as I could be. Sure it's
easy to fake it online, but not in person (at least not as easily).
I guess I am just falling into a depression about losing that bit of my life due to
all of this. Still writing and drumming, but not doing much else that I enjoy doing.
Maybe there is a correlation of being unable to converse or share it in any meaningful
way, that makes it seem like it is something I should give up on it and let those
thoughts and feelings burn out.
Oh well, I guess it doesn't matter when it all feels like a waste of effort and resources
with nothing to do or show for it.
Suppose at this point I should just brace for when it finally crashes into the ground.

 

It will pass. In the meantime...

Spoiler

 

I am not sure if that capitalization was right (since this is a WRITING site).