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Well, after over a month of anticipation hoping that the house deal would go through, my wife and I are proud owners of our very first home! We absolutely love it, and we could not be more happy with it.
We closed on the house on October 2nd, and began moving that day. I was without internet connection for a few days, so I couldn’t blog on cholinergic urticaria. Plus we were super busy moving all of the boxes, cleaning, unpacking, etc. As you can imagine, it has been very crazy. Moving is a chore, and that is for sure.
The house itself is awesome. It has 3 bedrooms and 3 baths. It is a ranch style with an upstairs and a complete downstairs with a garage. It has so much room compared to our old 1 bedroom apartment (we felt like canned sardines). It also has a very big back yard (the lot is almost an acre).
Also, it does not have any carpet at all (it is all engineered hardwood, hardwood laminate, and laminate flooring). So if dust mites were ever an issue, that should take care of that.
This has been a dream of mine for years, and my wife and I feel so very blessed to have finally realized our dream of owning our own home. It is truly amazing. It was just really odd because we made an offer, and I found out the day before my birthday that they accepted the offer, and the closing date was on my mother’s birthday. Funny how things workout sometimes.
How My Cholinergic Urticaria Has Been Treating Me
The hives are still here (of course). They have been bothering me some, but luckily I have had periods of relief. For instance, it was nice and cool during the closing (which only lasted about 45 minutes), so that was great.
However, during the move I did have some nasty hives attacks. The couch in particular was very heavy and hard to move, and I did get an attack while straining with that. So moving proved to aggravate my hives quite a bit.
In addition, cleaning yesterday brought on another attack. It got rather muggy inside, and before I knew it I was dealing with the itchy prickly feeling, which always seems to frustrate me and put me in an aggravated mood.
Update on the Hard Water Experimentation
After bathing with soft water for several weeks, I have decided to abandon the experiment, and cancel the whole soft water idea as a means to stop the hives. I have bathed using softened water (distilled) for so long, and it did nothing to help my attacks.
I still had plenty of attacks while moving, etc. Luckily, the water here does not seem to be as bad as it was in the apartment, so I am relieved at that. But at this point, I think I can safely say that the water wasn’t the cause of the hives. Therefore, I will start to take regular showers now that I am away from the old water.
I am a bit bummed though, as the soft water idea did give me a shred of hope. With cholinergic urticaria, hope is the best thing besides a cure (for me anyway).
At this point I feel as if I have nearly exhausted every potential environmental or allergy issue. I really don’t have any other ideas or experiments to help the cholinergic urticaria, other than to just deal with it.
I hope and pray that I won’t have to deal with this for the rest of my life. It is truly annoying and frustrating. It has affected my career, my personal life, my habits, etc. But I continue to push forward daily, having some good days, some not so good days. All in all, I feel blessed and thankful for what I do have…hives or no hives.
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This post was written by Ben on October 10, 2009
Hi Ben,
Thanks for sharing your experience with hives and your life in general.
I’m also struggling with hives for quite a few months, and like you, I’m trying to find the cure for it.
It’s funny that you mentioned about how you also had hives a few years back, after you spent some time in your room without getting much sunlight. That also happened to me – I’ve had hives back when I was a teenager, and it started after two years that I wasn’t studying and was spending a lot of time at home. So, I was just wondering if you tried taking lots of vitamin D supplement already – I’m planning on starting taking them this week.
Anyway, I’m glad to know that you guys got a big house – maybe someday my boyfriend and I will get one too
Hello Melissa,
Thanks so much for your comment! I am sorry that you too have hives. You certainly are not alone, and a lot of people suffer from odd hives conditions. Hopefully they will go away soon.
As far as the Vitamin D, yes–I did actually try Vitamin D supplementation for a while. I didn’t see any noticeable results (in terms of helping the hives), so I eventually stopped taking them. I prefer to get it naturally (and safely) from the sun rather than take pills. You just need to be safe when getting sun exposure, and avoid sun burns or skin cancer risks.
If you think you are deficient, you could always get tested by a doctor to know for sure.
As far as the house, I am sure you will get one someday if you work hard. Just keep your credit great, work hard, save money, and you will find that perfect home =).
Thanks again for your comments, and best of luck to you!
congrats on the new home
Hey just recently came across your posts about urticaria. I’ve had it for over a year and tried a lot of different medications/methods (if curious just ask) to figure them out but basically my hives are triggered from heat… and cold water actually helps calm the hives down for me. Aside from that I’m not sure why anti histamines haven’t done anything for me…I took a few different kinds and took them with steroids but had no relief as well as the baths and soaps but right now im doing some new blood tests and am hopefully going to find some more information about urticaria… a friend of mine wants to check out my blood reports and look at genetic factors and what not but if u guys got any other suggestions im all ears … thankss
Thanks Dice! We are so happy and love it.
Hello,
Thanks for your comment. I am sorry that you too have heat hives. This entire site has loads of articles and posts on the forum with lots of tips, experiences, etc.
I hope you enjoy!