A Little Bit of a Scare

Yesterday I had another prime example that my body really doesn’t like mold in any form. Some of you may remember a couple of years ago when my body decided that it didn’t like penicillin anymore and informed me rather violently. Since then I have discovered that mold and I don’t get along at all.

Here’s what happened, I was having lunch. I had some onion dip to have with my chips as a special treat. I checked the dip since I had opened it and it looked fine. I gave it the sniff test and it smelled fine. About 5 chips in, I tasted a very moldy taste and my body reacted violently before I could even swallow it. I lost my lunch and my throat started to swell. I downed two Benadryl quickly and eventually the throat went back to normal. However now I have a very sore throat that hurts to swallow a lot.

I didn’t use to react like this but something in my body changed and now this is what I have to live with.

I am sure that you have speculated what you would say to your younger self if you got the chance to tell them one thing. Me, I would tell my younger self to take better care of my body so when I got to this point, I would have fewer problems. But what happened to my body is part of me and who I am. I would like not to break my nose as many times as it has been broken.

So today I am going to take it easy to let my body finish its temper tantrum. I do need to go to the store to get a thing or two for the next couple of days to prevent snow from coming in or if it does, we can hunker down until Monday.

I am so grateful for Benadryl right now.