It's official. I'm allergic to exercise.

[przed]

Since I missed my Thursday Tae Kwan Do class (was knackered after staying up too late going through the film fest program book) I thought I'd go for a run with a co-worker at lunch time. I carefully took my Ventolin before the run, and took a break when I could feel my asthma coming on, but I did pretty good. I even had enough gas in the tank to sprint the last 50 m.

And then my scalp got itchy, and my face swelled up, and my throat started closing down, and I had to take my Epipen on the street while my co-worker worriedly looked on. And then another co-worker drove me to the E.R., where they stuck an IV in my arm, attached me to a heart monitor, and then made me stay in the hospital for four hours. (I finished the book I was reading, and then took a nap for the rest of the afternoon.)

I want a new body. Seriously. (Who the heck is allergic to running?!)

::sigh::

Comments

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

Urgh that sounds awful. It must be so frustrating (not to mention scarifying) when it happens. Did the hospital/doctor hazard a theory as to why it happened this particular time - ie pollution, pollen, exercise? Hope you're feeling better now.

[przed.livejournal.com]

Exercise is known to induce asthma and angioedema (the swelling thing). Though I don't think anyone knows the exact mechanism as to how it work. It's definitely frustrating, though at least I got over the scarifying part after the first five times it happened.

Thanks for the good thoughts.