[Simona MacAngus]

Haven’t yet read my someone mention hives. When at the end of my tether with body pain and physical exhaustion because I’ve pushed myself to get things done — I break out in hives around my waist. These form a belt of small to medium large, extremely itchy welts completely encircling me all of a sudden at end of day. Happens  most often the day we cook twice monthly for the homeless shelter when before or  after I  gardened, cleaned or shopped at a large retail store such as Costco or HomeDepot.

Along with PD I have a “severe” lower spine issue along with body wide arthritis and a multi-fused neck.  Generally the hives are gone by the next day if I was able to sleep well yet my  legs are worthless for another day or two. Clearly this can’t solely be blamed on PD alone but it is brand new and very annoying. Sometimes don’t all of us just wonder, “Where did my former self go?”