Sarah’s Blog Post 28: May 20, 2016
When I was younger, I didn’t know what
allergies were. I just thought they were something older people got because my
parents were always complaining about them. I didn’t realize that there were
different kinds of allergies. The first allergy I was aware of was a skin
allergy to metal. My parents told me that when I was a baby, I would get rashes
from metal snaps on baby clothes. So I wasn’t allowed to wear any metal jewelry
when I was a kid. In elementary school, I found out I was allergic to grass
because we used to sit outside on the fresh cut lawn for our PE classes. My
legs became very itchy.
When I was in high school, I developed
pollen allergies. We call pollen allergies “hay fever”. The first year that I
experienced hay fever, I was miserable. I didn’t know what to expect or what
medicine worked best for me. Now I have gotten used to hay fever, but I started
developing food allergies. I am allergic to some peppers and some berries. Allergies
are very strange because you can inherit them from your family. Some allergies
even begin later on in your life. I didn’t know I was allergic to berries until
the end of high school. Before that, I was able to eat them without any
problem. Spring is a time for many allergies and since I am not used to
Japanese plants, my allergies are very strong this year.
