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12:20:2003 Entry: "Ann : Braunscheweiger Arm DREAM"

Braunscheweiger Arm DREAM

I was speaking to some woman whose left arm, near her wrist, had a big chunk taken out of it. She said she accidentally did it to herself, somehow, probably in a food preparation accident. It looked awful, like braunschweiger. I wanted to tell her that she needed to see a doctor immediately, (I was really afraid she was going to lose her arm!) but at the same time, she was intelligent, and I figured she knew what she was doing as far as home care went.

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I think I know where this dream stemmed from. Yesterday, Stan and I were removing our cats from Tim's place (I'll probably write about my day yesterday later) and they were both scared, especially Caligula. I picked Caligula up to put him in his carrier, but he clawed my arm. The claw marks weren't that bad or deep, but I am allergic to cats...more allergic than Stan, even, and after awhile the claw marks swelled up a LOT...like bad mosquito bites. After it initially happened (the clawing, not the swelling) I made a joke "I tried to kill myself with a cat" because the claw marks looked like a feeble suicide attempt, but as the night wore on and they swelled, it became not so funny. I mean, I was having one severe allergic reaction. But as Stan said, we can handle these reactions better as we age, so I'm sure I have nothing to worry about. But as I look at my arm now, it is still swollen. It is even larger than my right arm, which should be larger normally because I am right-handed. Hmmm. I know a doctor would tell me I shouldn't have cats if they ever knew. Guess I won't be taking that patch test after all.

By Ann @ 20:48 AM CST:12:20:03 ..::Link::..