6 May 2024

Last week was rough, that cold kept on lingering and I’m still dealing with residual effects from it. Then on Friday I woke up and noticed a lone star tick attached to my leg. About three years ago I was bit by a lone star tick and it gave me an alpha gal meat allergy, it was the worst thing that’s ever happened to me. I would of course have a allergic reaction anytime I ate food with meat in it, but as time went on discovered the reaction extended to anything with a meat byproduct in it such as gelatin. That meant when I took a Benadryl pill to help with the reaction, my body then had a reaction to the meat byproduct used to make pressed pills, and the reactions were so wide spread it even extended to using tooth paste. For five months I was suffering trying to figure out what was happening to me and we were able to fix it with acupuncture. There is a procedure invented in 1950’s France where they put micro needles in my ear, those needles had to stay put for three weeks before being removed. Afterwards things began to get better, but the experience still haunts me. For years I’ve asked myself what am I afraid of and never had an answer, this weekend I realized I’m afraid of those ticks, so when I pulled it off and saw I was bitten it was not a good day or weekend. We’ll see in the coming weeks if contract the alpha gal allergy though in the meantime I’m trying to deal with it knowing the solution that it should only be three weeks of struggle. Other than that I’m trying to get back on my feet since I haven’t been able to do anything except care for the baby for at least a week.