Modest Goddess

I ended up in the hospital ER Saturday. My weekly allergy shot turned on me and made me swell up like a red balloon. I was shopping in TJ Maxx half an hour after getting the injections, tossing clothes into a cart, trying to ignore the dizziness and nausea that were creeping up on me, but I finally had to abandon the clothes and go outside and call 911 on my cell phone and sit on the curb -- actually, lie down -- and wait for the ambulance to arrive. And I was so looking forward to shopping. As crummy as I felt, I thought hard about whether I could make it through the checkout line. My mother and aunt returned to the store later to get my car and to see if they could find my cart, but alas, it was gone. Stupid efficient TJ Maxx employees.



The allergist today said such reactions are rare, but they happen. Now I'm wondering if I should keep getting these shots. It's been so lovely not to sneeze my way through 8 months of the year ... but it's also lovely to be alive.