Sadly I was not able to pull any clever April Fools Day joke blogs yesterday, as I was busy being tricked myself. In perhaps the greatest April Fool's joke ever pulled, Trader Joe's Vitamin B Complex caused me to have a terrifying (and what I believed to be near death) reaction, sending me to the ER unit of a local Clinic.Don't worry, I AM currently alive and was able to keep all of my limbs.
Soon after taking a Vitamin B Complex, a new addition to my daily vitamin cocktail (oh my fabulous life!), I noticed a hot burning sensation on my ears. I ignored it, as I am prone to be a hypochondriac freak. But the burning got much worse and quickly traveled down my neck and my arms. I suddenly felt as if I was on the surface of the sun and tore (cover your child's eyes) off my shirt. Imagine my horror when I discovered that I was turning a bright shade of red. I was certain my skin was going to catch fire at any moment.
Because I assume every physical thing that befalls me is a predecessor to impending death, I raced to a local clinic.
If you've ever been to a clinic or hospital, you already know that unless you carrying a few of your detached limbs, you are going to wait 2-16 hours before a doctor comes in contact with you. That may even be true if you are carrying some detached limbs, but I haven't experienced that malady. Yet. So, by the time the doc examined me, my burning skin was gone and I looked like myself again. As I explained the experience to him, in my serious voice, he got a big smile on his face.
Turns out my painful "near death," allergic reaction was actually something very common called a Niacin Flush. A common reaction to the vitamin Niacin.
Seriously though, I think it's pretty obvious that I totally almost died.
