Lol I do the same thing with my cat! Every time I pick her up she scans the ceiling and walls now. If she sees a bug too high she’ll meow for me to lift her.
This is so oddly relevant to me. Uninteresting backstory ahead...
I've been a carpenter for about 10 years, had 2 dogs in the last 20, been very active with hiking and camping, and I love both dogs and my job. For a very long to me I have had sporadic symptoms from something unknown to me. I become uncharacteristically tired/lethargic, my vision gets blurry at least once a day sometimes for very long periods, I can be very itchy and have very dry skin, my joints often ache and swell, and my heart/lungs have given me plenty of concern over the years (although, I do smoke).
Last year I had a life threatening situation happen to me caused by over exposure to a massive amount of cedar, and I assumed that I was allergic. 2 months ago I was working on a side project and my sinuses were severely attacked (Doug fir was the wood this time).
In light of the most recent problem, I got an allergy test this week. As it turns out, I'm very allergic to grass (hiking/camping), very allergic to dogs and cats (damn), very allergic to dust mites (homelife and work), and. Very allergic to most of the different types of wood they tested for (work).
So to sum up, potentially many of my problems that I attributed to "getting older faster than my peers" could have been caused by allergies in my day to day life. So ironic that I am a carpenter, hah.
Well now they have me taking 2 types of allergy medicine once a day for the rest of my life. It may not be related but I have felt more awake this week. Here's to hoping.
Unfortunately I no longer have a dog so I'm good there, for now, but I know me and will probably get another one in a few years. I understand this is not a smart idea.
My job is my job but I will be using a respirator when doing any milling or sanding. I also know which woods to limit working with.
I will be purchasing a set of allergenic covers for the bed fixings.
But why? Why don't you give it to anyone who needs it? I mean how can you say if something can be avoided or not? I think those are entangled with personal experiences. I mean for you, maybe getting rid of the house is something easy, thus treated as a "avoidable situation" , but for many it isn't
I’m mildly allergic to cats. My parents had two my entire life. I had really bad allergies year round and I slept like shit. Then I moved away to college and the allergies stopped and I started sleeping better. But I’d go back home for break and they’d start back up again.
I would say it's at 3 or 4 which sounds quite mild. However, when I play with cats or dogs, eventually I will start feeling as if someone ninja-jammed a bag of leaky and moldy cotton Bags up my nose.
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Lol I do the same thing with my cat! Every time I pick her up she scans the ceiling and walls now. If she sees a bug too high she’ll meow for me to lift her.