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

[przed.livejournal.com]

It's a big pile of no fun. Exercise is known to induce asthma and angioedema (the swelling) but I don't think anyone knows why exactly. I'm just one of the lucky ones. :-/

[halotolerant.livejournal.com]

Eurgh! *hugs* How totally bloody rubbish. How long until we can abandon our bodies and use robot avatars, eh? I really hope this is the last one for a long, long, long time (or, you know, whilst I'm wishing, the last one *ever*). Feel much better honey ♥

[przed.livejournal.com]

Definitely bloody rubbish. Also irksome. I'm definitely all in favour of robot avatars. That would be awesome.

Also, fingers crossed I'm done with this for a long time. But I'm still not going anywhere without my epipen.