There’ll Be No Anniversary Nookie For Me.

I’d posted this on my family-friendly blog, which would explain the toned down descriptors lol I added links for my kinky peeps.

Thankfully, the zoloft has not had any ill effects on my sex drive – of which I had none before. The zoloft, actually, has helped in that I don’t necessarily DISLIKE hubby all the time. So it was last night that I was feeling rather amorous and attacked suggested a little alone time. Just him, me and a new …ahem… adult “marital aid” that I’d bought ummm 5 months ago LOL Still in the package, even.

So, while he was taking a bath, I busted that baby out, set it on the bed and waited for hubby (who had agreed we could check out the new purchase).

And we did – and it was all fine and good… until…………
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no, the batteries didn’t die.
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no, the baby didn’t wake up.
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no, the house didn’t catch on fire.
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I HAD AN ALLERGIC REACTION TO THE FREAKIN TOY!!!!!!!!!!!

It began, actually, as things ended (at least for me). My hands started to itch. MADLY. I couldn’t stop with the itching. I went into the bathroom to wash my hands. Then I realized that other things were wrong. I was burning (there), and my stomach was starting to itch. And itch. AnD ITCH.

It was horrendous. And scary. And grosser than gross. My belly was very quickly covered in hives – dime sized bubbles all over. It also went to my arms, my neck, my chest. My face swelled.

and then………..

I had to CALL MY MOTHER.

To ask her who I could call to make sure I could take Benedryl with ZOLOFT, because the benedryl package said not to take with tranquilizers, and I didn’t know if zoloft would be considered one.

Because, you know, I wasn’t already dying of embarrassment at the prospect of going to the ER, having to explain “No, mom, I’d rather not tell you what I was using” when she asked what the hell would cause it.

Finally, I had to call my best friend, angel, who I knew had used zoloft before and might have some clue. She said YES, take the benedryl and wanted me to go to the ER because I’d developed a heaviness in my chest that was making it hard to breathe. At the same time, hubby was online, searching for clues, anything to figure out what to DO.

I did NOT relish the idea of waking 3 sleeping children and dragging them to the hospital at 11 at night, so I was desperate for SOMETHING to work.

I read now that anxiety makes the symptoms worse, and they did whenever I started pacing around or madly itching ANYTHING I could get my hands on – including my hands.

O M G

Finally, the benedryl started kicking in and I was barely able to hold my head up. I know I nursed Zachary at some point, but I have no idea what time it might have been. I had to have him sleep with me cuz there was no way I’d be able to walk to get him. I was able to sleep it off, thankfully and when I awoke this morning, there was no more itchy.

I STILL have some blotches on my belly, but it doesn’t itch.

One of the other symptoms of a latex allergic reaction is gastritis, and that’s what I believe is still causing the heaviness, feels like I have a chest cold kind of feeling in my chest – so I’ve been a joy to be around all day, burping like a frog.

I honesty don’t know if it’s an allergy to the latex that it’s made from – or maybe it’s just whatever they put on it at the end of the production line – because I’ve never had THIS sort of problem before. I didn’t wash it before using it – perhaps that’s what the problem was. I’ll NEVER know cuz obviously, it WON’T be used again. But if it was a latex allergy, wouldn’t I have had issues while I was in the hospital? I dunno, don’t understand it.

So although today is our 12th anniversary, there’ll Be No Anniversary Nookie For Me!

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