I’ve had this chronic sinus/ear thing all my life, and I just assumed that it had something to do with seasonal allergies, but I went to the allergist to get an allergy panel done (first time I’ve done it), and in the first round of scratch tests, I didn’t react to anything. Because I didn’t, I needed to do the full second round (18 intradermal shots total in both arms). I ended up not being allergic to any of them. So, the doctor put me on different meds.

It’s really weird, because allergies run in my family, and I guess I lucked out. (The whole situation reminded of being out in Oregon a few years ago and hiking through poison ivy; I didn’t get any reaction to it.)