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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Not Enjoying Hives
By JB aka JayBee
Since being diagnosed with stage IV melanoma, I have experienced getting hives four times. The most recent bout of hives is just now fading from my body. I believe either my whole brain radiation treatments or my change in diet has activated a sun allergy in my body. I did some reading about photosensitivity, and it appears to act similar to other allergies.
I have gotten hives after being exposed to direct sunlight through windows four times in the last month. The hives generally last under an hour, but during the hives, skin itches and burns. I find it hard to focus on anything else while experiencing it. Still, my hives have been relatively minor compared to some I have read about.
While I have been very conscious of limiting my sun exposure in the past, I never experienced hives before. This new level of sensitivity to sunlight is probably connected to my cancer or the radiation treatments. The best way to deal with it is not to get direct sunlight. Knowing that I can't go out in the sun makes me feel a little bit like a vampire.
Watch out, cancer vampire is on the prowl.
I have gotten hives after being exposed to direct sunlight through windows four times in the last month. The hives generally last under an hour, but during the hives, skin itches and burns. I find it hard to focus on anything else while experiencing it. Still, my hives have been relatively minor compared to some I have read about.
While I have been very conscious of limiting my sun exposure in the past, I never experienced hives before. This new level of sensitivity to sunlight is probably connected to my cancer or the radiation treatments. The best way to deal with it is not to get direct sunlight. Knowing that I can't go out in the sun makes me feel a little bit like a vampire.
Watch out, cancer vampire is on the prowl.
3 Comments:
JB aka JayBee wrote:
You guys are silly. For both of your commets I had to read them a couple of times before I understood that you were talking about the cancer vampire. LOL.