Monday, April 19, 2010

Allergy?

I've never been stung by a bee, so it's always been a secret fear of mine that I will one day be stung, and then find out I'm allergic, and have my airway close up because I don't have an epi-pen, and DIE!

Well, that fear was nearly realized last night in my dream.

I was on campus, and got stung. I immediately sat down and tried to slow my breathing and determine if I was having an allergic reaction. Well, it took a few minutes but eventually I DID feel my airway closing up! So I started panicking. I had 911 dialed, but I couldn't speak! (poor planning, dream Melissa)

Luckily, a nursing student found me and administered an epi-pen ("swing and jab" - that's what we learned in pharmacy tech school). After I calmed down a bit, they took me to the medical center on campus, and gave me some post-incident instructions.

"You can't eat corn or use lotion for 12 months"

Whaa??? I never got an explanation for the corn, but the lotion, I was told, would "seep out of the puncture hole."

What a bummer. I love corn AND lotion!