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Of every word I could use to describe last night, I’m torn between informative and whatever the polar opposite of entertaining is.

I knew I wasn’t having a heart attack. There were no chest pains, feeling of impending doom or other well known symptoms. Of course this did not stop me being scared, shortness of breath and a desire to take a wire scrubbing brush to your skin will do that. I don’t know if it’s a good or a bad thing that I was able to keep my cool. Thankfully Chris was with me and was able to do a lot of the talking for me and hold my hand when I needed it. For the lift, hand holding and the company I am very grateful indeed.

The point of this blog post was to capture a snapshot of what happened and what is happening next. It was anaphlaxis, thankfully anti-histamines and steroids were able to treat it. For now I shall be avoiding prawns and other shellfish and nuts as far as I am able. I’ve a doctor’s appointment booked already, as it happens, so I shall be talking through this to them and seeing what the options are for finding out what on earth happened.

It is at times like this I do start to have thoughts about my own mortality and what I can do to try and push back my ‘Best Before’ date as long as possible. I really do not want to have any more experiences like that, and I’d like to do what I can to avoid them happening again.

For now, I shall be avoiding shellfish and nuts and trying to look after myself as much as possible.

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