Post by Horse'n Around on Jun 26, 2011 21:05:33 GMT -5
Howdy all,
Well I have held off telling folks about this because to be honest it really upsets and bums me out pretty bad. Ever since we moved here in February I have been noticing that Ive been having trouble breathing and swallowing and it has got more and more severe lately. I figured at first it was a side effect the result of a change in medication that could be easily remedied. Well about 3 weeks ago, I was tested for allergies to different everyday things and it turns our that I have a severe anaphylactic reaction to coal of all things. It always felt like I had something rather big stuck inside my throat , well it turns out that the reaction to coal is causing my throat to close up. The long story short is that were going to be moving back to AZ as soon as we can find a store to transfer to sounds familiar doesn't it) My Dr told me in no uncertain terms that this is serious and that it could close everything up and possibly cause me to suffocate as long as I'm here. I'm so very thankful that this is something that is easily remedied simply by just going back where I know I'm safe. To try and minimize my exposure to it, I do the Michael Jackson thing and wear a particle mask 99% of the time (that's where the Michael Jackson thing ends tho) ;D I attended the big Wheel Horse show in Biglerville last Thursday . I decided not to wear the mask because it it pretty uncomfortable the breathe with when doing things like walking and talking because the inside of the mask gets saturated from the humidity so its terribly hard to breath thru and very hot inside of it. I did bring one in case I had to use it but I got by without it while I was there. It was fantastic and I had planned on camping for the duration of the show but I decided to return home on Thursday nite and go back on Friday so I would be able to stay home where I would be close to help if need be. I didn't get to go back on Friday because the fan clutch on my truck let go and almost took out my radiator so if any of my friends here went and didn't run into me that's why . I felt really bad because I was looking forward to meeting friends that I had met on here and other forums and I wasn't able to stay or go back. I kind of feel like I let them and myself down by not camping. It turned out that I would have been fine staying. Im so fortunate that the Lord blessed with good health but being the chicken I can be at times, this anaphylactic reaction to coal and how it makes it so hard to breath from time to time I get kind of scared with all of this , I just felt safer being close to home and a hospital:(
Margo and her (our) family back home wants me to go back asap so I will be out of danger but I cant do that. I'm ok at least for now and if I have to I will go back before she does but finding a store to transfer to could take a while and I don't want to be apart from Margo and I don't want her being here all alone. We are all each other has here and if I was back in AZ she would be all by herself. I promised them and here if it gets any worse Ill go back but not until I have to.
I feel blessed that this is something that I can "fix" so easily merely by going back to AZ and I will be back to my gimpy self. The good thing is that Margo is extremely well thought of and has an exemplary record with Walmart and we have Walmart friends in AZ that are in management that are keeping their eyes and ears open and that will help us find a store faster than it took to find one here.
I got some wonderful news last week also...My son JJ and his wife Damariz are pregnant... well she is. Anyway so Margo and I are going to be a Grandpa, well I am she will be a Granny .... So with this happening that were moving back to AZ has its good side too, we will be back with our family so Ill be close to my grandbaby ;D
Hey....I hear that there's a garden tractor show close by to me in Dover, PA. coming up and I am hoping to go to it and spend the day there and hopefully get to meet anyone here that might be attending it. If anyone knows the details of that show if you could please let me know Id really appreciate it a bunch . I don't know how long were going to be here, but I want to make the most out of our time here in PA as I can
Anyway, that's whats been happening, the whole coal allergy things has been really bumming me out and I needed to talk about it. I also wanted to share to good news with you too!!!!
John
Well I have held off telling folks about this because to be honest it really upsets and bums me out pretty bad. Ever since we moved here in February I have been noticing that Ive been having trouble breathing and swallowing and it has got more and more severe lately. I figured at first it was a side effect the result of a change in medication that could be easily remedied. Well about 3 weeks ago, I was tested for allergies to different everyday things and it turns our that I have a severe anaphylactic reaction to coal of all things. It always felt like I had something rather big stuck inside my throat , well it turns out that the reaction to coal is causing my throat to close up. The long story short is that were going to be moving back to AZ as soon as we can find a store to transfer to sounds familiar doesn't it) My Dr told me in no uncertain terms that this is serious and that it could close everything up and possibly cause me to suffocate as long as I'm here. I'm so very thankful that this is something that is easily remedied simply by just going back where I know I'm safe. To try and minimize my exposure to it, I do the Michael Jackson thing and wear a particle mask 99% of the time (that's where the Michael Jackson thing ends tho) ;D I attended the big Wheel Horse show in Biglerville last Thursday . I decided not to wear the mask because it it pretty uncomfortable the breathe with when doing things like walking and talking because the inside of the mask gets saturated from the humidity so its terribly hard to breath thru and very hot inside of it. I did bring one in case I had to use it but I got by without it while I was there. It was fantastic and I had planned on camping for the duration of the show but I decided to return home on Thursday nite and go back on Friday so I would be able to stay home where I would be close to help if need be. I didn't get to go back on Friday because the fan clutch on my truck let go and almost took out my radiator so if any of my friends here went and didn't run into me that's why . I felt really bad because I was looking forward to meeting friends that I had met on here and other forums and I wasn't able to stay or go back. I kind of feel like I let them and myself down by not camping. It turned out that I would have been fine staying. Im so fortunate that the Lord blessed with good health but being the chicken I can be at times, this anaphylactic reaction to coal and how it makes it so hard to breath from time to time I get kind of scared with all of this , I just felt safer being close to home and a hospital:(
Margo and her (our) family back home wants me to go back asap so I will be out of danger but I cant do that. I'm ok at least for now and if I have to I will go back before she does but finding a store to transfer to could take a while and I don't want to be apart from Margo and I don't want her being here all alone. We are all each other has here and if I was back in AZ she would be all by herself. I promised them and here if it gets any worse Ill go back but not until I have to.
I feel blessed that this is something that I can "fix" so easily merely by going back to AZ and I will be back to my gimpy self. The good thing is that Margo is extremely well thought of and has an exemplary record with Walmart and we have Walmart friends in AZ that are in management that are keeping their eyes and ears open and that will help us find a store faster than it took to find one here.
I got some wonderful news last week also...My son JJ and his wife Damariz are pregnant... well she is. Anyway so Margo and I are going to be a Grandpa, well I am she will be a Granny .... So with this happening that were moving back to AZ has its good side too, we will be back with our family so Ill be close to my grandbaby ;D
Hey....I hear that there's a garden tractor show close by to me in Dover, PA. coming up and I am hoping to go to it and spend the day there and hopefully get to meet anyone here that might be attending it. If anyone knows the details of that show if you could please let me know Id really appreciate it a bunch . I don't know how long were going to be here, but I want to make the most out of our time here in PA as I can
Anyway, that's whats been happening, the whole coal allergy things has been really bumming me out and I needed to talk about it. I also wanted to share to good news with you too!!!!
John