Hives

There were red patches all over my body after my jog last night; at first they seemed like mosquito bites, but there were far too many of them to be mosquito bites. My eyes felt really uncomfortable and I had problems keeping them open. Looked into the mirror when I was in the toilet, and I thought to myself, "shit, I think it's hives". I looked like an alien. It worsened little-by-little by the minutes, my eyes were so swollen my upper eyelids were touching my spectacles frame and I had even more trouble trying to keep them opened when I finally reached the car park.

the day after, much of the swelling's gone down, but it's still quite obvious in the left eye.

close-up.

After much driving around (and a few near traffic-light beating encounters), we finally found a clinic that was opened at 3 a.m. in the morning and I got myself a jab. Slept my way through the entire day, and I'm finally awake again. The swelling's gone down significantly, but it's still there.

It was nothing life-threatening, but I'm still glad I have friends to turn to at times like this.

ps. new roomie tells me she's got a friend who's on permanent medication for hives, I guess it's not so uncommon after all.