Les, I recommend trying some alternative approaches, especially for thing "they" don't understand, it could be diet, skin lotion, clothes, the paint in your house, anything. The biggest thing is finding the cause and treating the cause. My personal dilemna with using synthetic drugs is you're only "masking" the problem. So then you have the "problem" and your putting strange chemicals in your body....... just a thought....

Lisa just went to a MD who also does homeopatic practice, I'll let you know how the treatment goes and if it works out maybe I can point you to some resources. This is my first experience with this person, so I can't recommend her out of hand yet, but I am a big believer, I've already had my own experiences.

 

Thanks you beat me to my own answer!

 

welcome


I am bowing cause you are a Michael..................

 

OMG you guys kill me...

 

I thought it was the nitrous that was gonna kill you?

 

mikes2k,

Where do you live in Philly? I lived there about a year ago until I moved back to the hood..

 

Right near the Art Museum, I can see it from my bedroom window, it makes me so cultured I can hardly stand it.

 

Les I hope you feel better soon!

 

we all do.... !

 

Thanks everyone! I have been to several doctors, including an allergist, dermatologist and immunologist. It is not one of those normal allergies like paint, grass, dogs, etc....it would have come up in the testing.

Autoimmune diseases run in my family (vitelago & pernicious anemia)....so that is why they feel it is an autoimmune thing. I agree with Wicky about "masking" the problem....but at this point I'm pretty desperate, not to mention miserable, so I'll try anything.

Right now my feet are so swollen I can barely walk

think I'll go have that oatmeal bath