Allergic Reaction

Just wanted to relay an experience I had this morning. Yesterday, the chiropractor gave me a sample of a liquid multi vitamin suppliment. Since I know that many surgeons recommend we take liquid forms, I thought I'd give it a try. Well, first of all it tastes horrible, I had to dilute the one ounce sample in an 8 oz glass of water to be able to drink it down. Not two minutes later, my face felt warm and my skin was starting to feel burning and itchy. I looked in the mirror and I was turning red. The lower part of my face, my chest and arms, my hands, my knees and thighs were all bright red. It was 6:30 AM so my Dr's office wasn't even thinking about being open yet. If I had developed breathing difficulty I would have dialed 911 but the reaction seemed to just be the rash and itchiness, but it had me scared for a minute. I checked the label and it is just vitamins and minerals, no herbal anything that might be suspect. As I was waiting for my Dr's office to open, the rash dissapated and went away on it's own. I guess I matabolized whatever it was pretty quickly. I can't help but wonder if it had anything to do with my altered anatomy? Because liquids pass directly into the distal part of our small intestines without any interaction with the normal digestive process, could that be a factor in the reaction? I'm definitely going to ask my surgeon. I will tell the chiropractor about it tomorrow, I would hate for someone to have a worse reaction than I did and him be totally unaware. Not that there's anything he could do about it but I do feel he should be aware.

I just wonder if it was the base the vitamins were dissolved in or any dye that may have been used. I can't take penicillin but it's because of the base they have to use, not the actual meds. By the way, I love your new avatar!

Thanks - a friend from the singles board took that picture when I was in DC a couple weeks ago. I did actually think about the base and/or dyes, whatever it was it was over pretty quickly. If you can call an hour of burning and itching quick. And you know I can't eat processed meats anymore because of the binder they use in them, it makes my pouch very angry and I usually throw up after a couple hours of feeling yucky. Good luck on your upcoming surgery, I'm so excited for you. T-

Thanks! I can't believe it's only three weeks away! Didn't you just love D.C.? We got to go up there for a day this past summer when a friend of mine took us with her to Virginia. We didn't get to go to the museums, not enough time, but we got to go to all the big memorials and to the National Archives. I want to take my daughter back some day and actually enjoy riding the trolley instead of crying because every jarr sent my spine into agony...that's one of the goals on my "list". Watch out for any more killer vitamins!

I do love DC. I used to live just outside there back in the mid 80's. My ex was stationed at Andrews AFB and we lived off base. I lived about 2 hrs south of there on two different occasions when I was growing up. My dad was stationed at Pax River, down in southern MD twice. I wouldn't mind moving back except the cost of living is substantially higher out there.