I’m having some weird allergic reaction or something and I currently look like this:
No, I’m not having anaphylaxis. If I were, I wouldn’t be sitting here writing this and uploading random photos of that kid from Mask . It’s just the area of my — what are they called? — maxillary sinuses is all puffed up, like I was punched or something. And maybe I was punched. After all, let’s not forget that I am a white bitch who drives a black car which does not in any way disguise my racist ass. Yeah, so maybe Homeless Guy punched my white bitch ass and I was in such a catatonia of racism that I simply don’t remember or just didn’t care.
Well, I care now. When you wake up one day, look in the mirror, and feel the full-body cringe of knowing that the kid from Mask looks better than you, believe me, Peaches, you’ll care. When your beloved will look at you only in certain lights, believe me, Peaches, you’ll care. When you’re wondering if your sunglasses are large enough to cover the fact that your cheeks have sprouted cheeks, believe me, Peaches, you’ll care. When you find yourself saying — after your beloved blatantly lies to you about how you look — “Well, all I know is American Airlines would charge me $15 a pop for these things,” believe me, Peaches, you’ll care.
You’ll CARE.
I’ve had something like this before. My upper cheek/under eye area has randomly and mysteriously swollen before and then, just as mysteriously, the swelling has disappeared. It doesn’t hurt. I don’t feel sick. It doesn’t appear to be life threatening. Or if it is, it’s a slothful, slow-moving menace. The only common denominator I can find among recurrences is stress. And if it’s this thing I think it is — something minor with the major-sounding name of “angioedema” — then, yes, stress can cause it.
So, my dearies, a lesson. Don’t ever be stressed. Ever.
You could end up looking like this:
or maybe even this …..
I AM NOT AN ANIMAL; I AM A UMAN EING!!
AND, NO, I DO NOT EXAGGERATE OR CATASTROPHIZE THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO ME!!
HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT??
Tracey,
I feel for you! I got poison ivy really bad at the beginning of the summer and my whole face swelled to 3x its size. My kids couldn’t kiss me, I couldn’t eat and it itched like crazy! For the first time in my life I had a small inkling of what a drug addict goes thru b/c by the time I woke up in the morning I was desperate for more of my medication to keep the itching and swelling at bay. I will pray that yours goes away soon and that the stress that is causing it is resolved as well….
Yikes. Hope that resolving the stress does the trick. It’s that H thing stressing you out, isn’t it? Stupid H’s.
Tracey, I’m sayin’ a little prayer that you will soon be passed this…whatever it is. I’ll be thinking of you!
I always find it quite scary when I get a (new) working knowledge of just how precarious is my life and what I perceive to be my well-being. In the light of this thought, it doesn’t seem to me that you are overreacting.
Yikes! I need to proofread more carefully and I wish you had an edit option on your blog….
Passed –> past
LOL, I’m a Recovering Perfectionist, so presumably this is *good for me*. 🙁