It has Been a Week

 


But here’s a picture of cute calves!  

Last Monday I had a scare.  All weekend I’d felt “off” for want of a better word.  I’d have weird sweating spells off and on and feel like my heart was racing, then feel fatigued off and on.

Then Monday when I was fixing supper I REALLYbegan feeling bad.  I could really feel my heart racing, I was shaky and sweaty.  So Gary and I just dropped everything to go to the walk in clinic. They did and EKG and said while everything looked ok, there were still differences so I needed to go to the ER.  Soooo…we headed to the ER. 

By the time we got there my heart rate had slowed, but I was feeling really shaky and fatigued.

The short story is that they could find no trace of an emergency.  And even though all the other readouts below are messed up from my twisting around to take the pic, at least I am pleased that my blood pressure is good.  Ha!


My mom always had high blood pressure, so I figured I would too, but I’m good so far.  Thank the Lord! 

So, anyway.  I had to cogitate on the matter for a day or so and finally last Wednesday, right before I went to a follow-up dr appointment, I put a few things together and came u the idea that I most likely have AGS, alpha gal syndrome.  

Back in January or February when I helped Gary eartag some heifers I broke out in itchy hives when I touched the cows. 

When we took some calves to the sale barn and waited there for our check, I started sneezing and had a horrible allergy attack.  I could literally feel my lungs filling up while I was sitting there.  

Then the past month or two I’ve also had weird reactions, like often after I’d eat, no matter what, I’d just get so stinking exhausted.  Not sleepy, really, but bone deep fatigue.  

All of those symptoms can go along with alpha gal syndrome. So at my follow-up they took blood to do a test for it.  Those results are supposed to come in sometime this week.

In the meantime I have been avoiding all mammal meat and dairy products like the plague.  I have had some dairy in rolls and in a cream sauce on some chicken penne, but nothing else.  So far I haven’t had any more episodes like last Monday with the racing pulse.  I still get a bit tired after eating and am draggier than usual.  But from what I have researched that is typical, even if you haven’t eaten meat, because the allergy is still active and wreaking havoc in your system.  

Well, we are boarding our flight to Dallas on the way to Oregon.  I’ll take this up later.  










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