There Is Something Seriously Wrong With Me...

I know all of you noticed I wasn’t on the air last Thursday night. What, you didn’t notice? Well, let me tell you then. I wasn’t on the air last Thursday night. I got such a crazy allergy, I don’t know to what, that my face blew up, and there were red bumps and rashes all across both cheeks. Worse on the right side.

Now, I suppose I could have gone on the air, because, trust me, makeup artists can do miracles. But I really didn’t think even severe spackling was going to make THIS face look normal.

So, I called in sick. Explained my predicament to my boss, who kind of gasped and said something along the lines of…stay away!

Took myself to the doctor….enduring the pitying and/or alarmed looks of passersby as I tried to hail a cab. A couple of cabbies slid to a stop, took one look and slammed on the accelerator. And they weren’t even off-duty! I guess it looked bad. Never figured out exactly what caused my face to blow up into Oompah Loompah proportions, but the treatment seemed to settle it down.

I gotta tell ya. Allergies have been a big problem for me, since I was about nine. My dad had severe hay fever, so I guess I inherited that from him. Back in the day, we didn’t really have pills to take or shots to endure. We just suffered. I remember my eyes itching so badly that I would rub them till I flipped the upper lid back! I KNOW! Gruesome image. Sorry to inflict that on you. Erase it from your hard drive.

And I would scratch my skin to the point of bleeding. It was pure agony. Happily, it only hit me in the summer, for some reason. And we did try calamine creams and other homemade remedies to stop the itching.

But back to what I was talking about at the start of this posting. After three rash-free days, I woke up yesterday with my cheeks covered with little tiny red bumps. Again! Took myself to a different dermatologist, who told me no, not allergies. Adult acne!

Do I need this? I think not.

Comments: 27

Posted by chuck at October 7, 2009 9:58 PM

Kaity, Those cabs didn't stop for you last week because they read your blog & said, "There Goes That Pedicab Lady!"

"Adult Acne?!"

Now I think I understand those stunningly, lovely Tong youthful looks,..

I'm totally convinced you're "AGING BACKWARDS", & this is just an unfortunate side effect.

It's like "The Curious Case Of Kaity Button!"

(But, Seriously, Folks,...),

I certainly did miss you last Thursday, & I am sorry to hear about your allergies being so bad.

It seems like there should be SOMETHING in our modern world that would solve that problem easily once & for all.

I hope there are no more flare ups for you henceforth onward.

,... Now,.. about that picture of you in the attic,.....

Posted by Lee at October 7, 2009 10:00 PM

Hi Kaity

Sorry you are not feeling well Kaity. I also suffer from allergies of late. Actually, as a kid I had them bad, and like your father, mine had hayfever too. When I was an adult, they went away, but this year, for some odd reason, I think there is something bad in the air.

As for adult acne, yes that can happen too. I never had it, but one of my children did, on the side of the face. My child had this malady. She got it from her father's side of the family. My side of the family has beautiful skin.

Maybe the nuclear reactors are acting up. Who knows.

I guess the little cigars I have been smoking don't help the throat either. I think I have been missing cigarettes, as I haven't smoked in years.

Should I say I am not a smoker. Not sure, but I know that smoking causes wrinkles and I don't have any now, so that's a good incentive NOT to puff and blow smoke. And anyway, cigarettes are much too expensive. A cigar once in awhile, really shouldn't hurt, except for the lingering smell.

Reminds me of my deceased uncle who sat in his big chair and smoked up a cigar storm.

Feel better dear and listen to this, when my father had an allergy attack, he would actually ask his neighbor to blow smoke up his nose to clear out his sinuses. Isn't that quirky!

I guess my family had its unusual moments. At least my father you could say was different *in more ways than one.

lol,

Lee

Posted by rebeca rivera at October 7, 2009 10:42 PM

Hello Kaity Tong,

hope your feeling better ,well the reason why im writing to you is because i need someone to help me find my brother his name is steven rivera he was in the navy and its been over 2 decades that we have lost our brother here in queens new york.we are very sad that we have'nt had any luck we are in need of help or just maybe anounce his name in tv is really hard for us we miss him and really want to find him our father name was moises rivera and he has 2 sister named lucy and becky.

Posted by diedonce at October 7, 2009 10:43 PM

Kaity,
I did miss you last week, and I am glad you have taken care of yourself. You are the most spectacular women on the air. You are Beautiful!!!!

Posted by kman at October 7, 2009 10:45 PM

Is your skin problem manifesting because you are no longer interacting in the comments section of your blog with your regular readers like you did in the past? Hmmmm?

It's not as fun without your comments :-(