Allergy Shot Adventure Day 1: Intro

I've had allergy tests conducted in 1996. 2002. 2007, 2015.

I took allergy shots in 2001-2002.  They didn't do much for me.  I took a new environmental allergy test on Jan 13, 2015.  The results were very similar.  Significant allergies to:

• Dust Mites (two species)
• Cats
• Dogs
• Oak Trees
• Rag Weed
• some mold

On my vacation I went to have an allergy test.  I wanted to have it on foods, but since there isn’t any financial incentive of continued treatment for health providers for food allergies they switched me into having an environmental allergy test, with a few food allergy pricks as well.  The environmentals showed positive for the ones I already knew.  (Two species of Dust Mites, Oak Trees, Cats, Dogs, Rag Weed.)  (What is suspicious to me was when I lived in Pembroke Pines, which had many Olive Trees, I was told that I was allergic to Olive Trees.   Now that I’m in another city, which has many Oak Trees, they tell me I’m allergic to oak trees.) 

So the test (with picture below) shows that I’m highly allergic to Dust, Cats and Dogs, and the doctor said there is an 85% chance with advancements in Allergy shots that I can overcome these allergies.  That was a bold prediction. They craftily signed me up for allergy shots even without me having a resounding “yes, please, give me shots”.  In fact, on my medical application I told them that the shots didn’t work in 2002, and that I’m not interested in drugs, and I really just wanted a food allergy test to see if the Acupuncture I had done in 2006 really worked.  (Acupuncture = Witch Doctors to the Medical Establishment).  All of those statements are of no financial value to the health provider, and thus were conveniently ignored for their own agenda.  So they pricked me up, showed the nearly guaranteed allergies (who could possibly pass an allergy test?  They prick you with everything.  How do we know it’s not mosquito venom in the vials.  They ask you what you think you’re allergic to prior to pricking you, and then complete your prophecy).  And provided me with their Allergy shot schedule.

 They said the first month I need to go twice a week.  It’s a series of 22 visits if I recall correctly.  I took pictures because after the treatment, I want them to test me again, and then compare the before and after to see if anything at all changed.   And maybe after all that, they’ll finally give me my dang Food Allergy test that I initially requested.  The office is roughly 10 minutes from my house.

Four Hours Later, it all started to blend together.