I managed to write my review of Alison Kent’s The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Writing Erotic Romance largely before the anti-allergy meds kicked in. But if you see anything that looks odd, particularly toward the end, please do tell me!

In allergy news, it’s looking more and more like I’ve become sensitized to corn, of all things. Now, just to make it clear how annoying this really is, I should explain that my reaction worsened a bit again this morning, and my current guess is that it’s because I had dessert last night–ice cream with cool whip. That doesn’t seem related to a corn allergy, huh? Well, the second ingredient in the cool whip and the fourth in the ice cream were–have you guessed it yet?–corn syrup.

Yes, corn syrup.

I even noticed this morning that there’s corn syrup in the fat free half and half I put in my coffee. ARGH.

My current hope is that if I lay off the corn long enough–which at this point is going to mean eating virtually no pre-made foods and not going out to eat–I might at least get back to the point where I can have things like corn chips or corn syrup in moderation. After all, when it comes to food allergies, mine don’t tend to be all-or-nothing; I just tend to get sensitized when I have too much of something (it’s just never been this bad before).

At least it wasn’t wheat. That would have sucked a lot worse.

So, this morning I took my benadryl, atarax, zantac, and prednisone (three antihistamines and a steroid) and rushed to get my review written before the doped-up feeling sank in. Blargh.

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