mar
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Alright guys, take it easy on me.
Here's the deal: A couple of weeks ago I visited Ground Zero for the first time. It was hot and humid but I walked from Penn Station to Ground Zero. Then I walked around Wall Street. Then I walked through Greenwich Village and back to Penn Station and I kept walking to Central Park...and then back to Penn Station.
I drank a lot of water, got some serious blisters and then the very next day I got the *worst* outbreak of hives I've ever experienced in my life (from my neck to my legs)!
My first thought was that I developed a heat rash, but long story short (too late, I know) the hives were so bad that I didn't sleep for two nights and I actually called in sick because there was no way I was in any shape to serve as a crewmember.
I visited a doctor for the "heat rash" and he said, No, that's allergies and prescribed prednisone for the inflammation.
I told him that I've had allergies my entire life but I've NEVER reacted like this before.
Well the hives lasted a total of nine days and last night I get a phone call from my parents who told me they heard that some people who visit Ground Zero have broken out in hives and have had similiar physical reactions to the site.
Is that the nuttiest thing you've ever heard?
Or not.
I'm at a total loss as to the cause of the hives. I ate nothing unusual and didn't wash my clothes in any new detergent.
Can't figure it out but I don't want to repeat that experience.
Here's the deal: A couple of weeks ago I visited Ground Zero for the first time. It was hot and humid but I walked from Penn Station to Ground Zero. Then I walked around Wall Street. Then I walked through Greenwich Village and back to Penn Station and I kept walking to Central Park...and then back to Penn Station.
I drank a lot of water, got some serious blisters and then the very next day I got the *worst* outbreak of hives I've ever experienced in my life (from my neck to my legs)!
My first thought was that I developed a heat rash, but long story short (too late, I know) the hives were so bad that I didn't sleep for two nights and I actually called in sick because there was no way I was in any shape to serve as a crewmember.
I visited a doctor for the "heat rash" and he said, No, that's allergies and prescribed prednisone for the inflammation.
I told him that I've had allergies my entire life but I've NEVER reacted like this before.
Well the hives lasted a total of nine days and last night I get a phone call from my parents who told me they heard that some people who visit Ground Zero have broken out in hives and have had similiar physical reactions to the site.
Is that the nuttiest thing you've ever heard?
Or not.
I'm at a total loss as to the cause of the hives. I ate nothing unusual and didn't wash my clothes in any new detergent.
Can't figure it out but I don't want to repeat that experience.