As a kid, back in the 1960s, when I was around 6 or 7 when living at RAF Wattisham in Suffolk where my Dad was based, I had a series of injections, in both arms, to see what I was allergic to. Not so much injections, but multiple pin scratches of various pollens etc, up both arms from wrist to shoulder. Needless to say, a couple of hours later I had arms like Popeye had to have an antihistamine injection from the Medical Officer, Sqn Ldr Stothers (how do I still remember his name but forget what I walked into the lounge for?) who basically told my mum, “he’s allergic to everything, even his own hair.”
My arms, if I don’t cover up, always look like this when I’ve been gardening, used to it now but it generally gets an “Oh my God!!!” from Carole.
I had this done too but originally on my back. Fifty years later I seem to have outgrown my allergies which most notibly hit me in early Spring when the trees started to get their leaves. I got some in the Autumn with Ragweed and Goldenrod. If I went into high grass looking for a lost baseball I'd get some kind of reaction but certainly not like this.
I feel your pain , went out to the garden to weed for a few minutes - my legs appeared bright red from ankle to calf and itched for England !! I assume insect bites !
Ouch, looks painful and itchy. I suffered from hay fever as a child and until in my late 20s when I came across an RAF medical officer at North Luffenham who suggested I have allergy tests and as a result I had a series of injections, once a week for 12 weeks and I have never suffered from hay fever since. I remember her name too she was called Sqn Ldr Donna Sharpe and she was the best doctor I have ever come across.
Sorry you have to put up with allergies.
@monikozi 🤣
@illinilass My hayfever and allergies are loads better than I was as a kid so I’m okay with a little reaction now and then.
@monicac Had already taken my hayfever pill for the day.