Last night I had one of my favourite meals – yellow tail and veg, but something went wrong.
Within a short time of getting home, I felt very warm, very tired and somewhat headachy. I got my laptop and sat in the lounge writing last night’s blog while watching TV with Mike and Julian. After about an hour Julian left and I went upstairs. On going into my bathroom, I got such a shock. Looking back at me from my bathroom mirror was a very ‘sunburned’ looking Helga.
I was tomato red from my brow, down my entire face, neck, upper chest, both arms and half way down my back. I looked like I had been seriously sun burned. No wonder I was feeling so hot. I couldn’t get over how weird I looked. I scratched around in my medicine cupboard and found some (recently expired) antihistamines. I took one and within an hour the rash began to become a bit blotchy. I became more woozy and eventually fell asleep.
Today when I woke up I was fine – no more rash. I have eaten yellow tail fish at the same restaurant probably a couple of dozen times and this has never happened. It has a name – Scombroid poisoning.
I’m not sure I’ll ever have yellow tail again!
Apart from supplements, I seldom take pills. The antihistamine seemed to hang around for part of today, so much so, that this afternoon I had a sleep and today I took a break from gym. Shortly, though, Julian will arrive and we will go for a 45 minute walk.
#773 of my 1000 thanks is that the reaction wasn’t half as bad as it may have been. I didn’t itch, I didn’t have difficulty in breathing – I just had a red rash of all rashes!
We close the door on August today. Whenever this day in August comes, I am reminded of Princess Diana. Today, 21 years ago (31/8/1997), we sat glued to our television screens following the horrendous news of her untimely death in Paris. Never forgotten. Always young.
Her legacy lives on in her sons of whom she would be very proud.
Mark 5:36
Do not fear, only believe.
Death is not something to be feared. There is more and it’s gonna be far better than we could ever imagine.
These are the days.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you.
In His Grip,
Helga xx 🙂