skin allergy, photo albums

[darkoshi]

Often after picking up Serena and taking her outside, one of my arms starts to itch, and a few small pink bumps appear on the skin. I wash my arm, and after a bit it goes away. I wonder what Serena has on her fur that affects me. When I had allergy skin tests done in the past, they didn't indicate an allergy to dogs (or if so, not a significant allergy - I'm not totally sure how to interpret the numbers).

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Yesterday I looked through 2 photo albums with my mom. There were photos of my mom's childhood which I'm not sure I ever saw before. Even a photo of her foster parents' wedding from 1937. Trying to see details in the photos made my eyes feel tired and strained. This is the first time I've felt that a magnifying glass would really have been useful. In the past, I've not felt the need for a magnifying glass, except perhaps for splinters, as I could generally see everything just as well without magnification. Such goes getting older.

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[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

My ex-gf had a rottweiler whose hair I was deadly allergic to. Not the dog, just his hair. He and I could play around all day if I had long-sleeved shirts on. No breathing problems, no eye redness. Other dogs, no problem. But his hair was short and stiff and apparently managed to get through my epidermis like fiberglass. Weirdest thing.

[darkoshi]

Interesting. It might be something like that then. Or I might be allergic to something in the dirt and grass outside that she lays in.

[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

I'm not (yet) sensitive to poison ivy. When I was a toddler I'd go out in the back yard and crawl around in heaps of it and come back inside and my mom's arms would just about fall off from her reaction to me.
So, yeah, it could totally be what he's sleeping in or wandering through.