Sorry I’ve been a bit quiet lately. It will not surprise you to know that I haven’t been well; in fact I have not been well for some time. Seeing a dermatologist to find out why I get rashes and my hair has been falling out. The good news is I am not bald; I do have however, a rather large shaved area on my left side and a spotty pattern on my exposed skin.
How could this have happened? A few days ago I was taken in the car to the veterinary hospital for tests T said, tests for what she didn’t say. Wasn’t happy when we got there and thought I would do the terrified dog routine, started to tremble and look pathetic (I am rather good at this) but as usual T was immune and led me into a room and left me there. I don’t remember much after that, but I must have fallen asleep as the next thing I knew I was waking up and was still in the room but no T (you could say that was a positive). She was called in and seemed relieved to see me, which was worrying as she knew where I was, what had happened to me? My left side felt itchy and I was very groggy but nothing hurt, but I couldn’t see what had happened to my side.
When we got home, don’t remember much of the journey, slept most of the time, I went to look at my side in the mirror and to my horror saw that I had been shaved and there was this rather strange pattern on my skin, lots of dots in rows. Now I know that my skin is not normally exposed so I don’t actually know what it looks like but I am sure that it doesn’t have a spotty pattern. I began to worry and thought T had taken me for a tattoo, what else could it be? What would P say? He was not around and didn’t reappear until a couple of days later, was he keeping out of the way? Had he gone for a tattoo? Why a spotty pattern? I would have preferred something a bit more impressive; T’s brother has Pegasus tattooed on his back.
T must have realised I was shocked and explained that the dermatologist had shaved my side (yes, just like T to blame it on someone else) and carried out allergy tests. This explained the spots, dabs of different substances likely to cause an allergic reaction. I was positive on pollen; basically I am allergic to grass. Shame that as I like to lie on the lawn and I’m not averse to eating a spot of grass now and again.
So no tattoo and the spots have faded now, hair is taking it’s time in growing back but it does get me noticed. P didn’t seem concerned when he eventually came home, he doesn’t have a tattoo either, but he does have an earring, I’ve a chip in my ear and that’s quite enough. I also have no idea why I needed to have hair removed to find out why I was losing hair but it's growing back, bet P wishes his would.
