Yolanda and Lupus

I am currently having a "hives-attack". I can feel my lips swell and tingle as the histamine ("demon juice") cruises through my veins, like a limousine on a well paved stretch of highway – smooooth! Once again my immune system has received a message that there is a foreign substance present in my body, and it sets out to protect me. I wish it wouldn’t always do such a good job, that it would be late for work sometimes or even better call in sick a few times. Why does it have to be so darn conscientious?

I look at myself in the mirror – lipstick is not appropriate at this time. As a matter of fact it would take too much of that stuff to cover the fuller than normal lips. My skin is dimply – there are welts on the surface. Not a pretty sight. The tendency is to scratch, but you are rewarded with more welts – they spread to the head, face and feet. My immune system can’t seem to find the enemy so I have to shut down the production of histamine manually with some anti-histamine medication prescribed by my doctor.

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