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NWR: Allergic to Cats (long)

Original post by jenafee

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Hi there...
It started out that for 29 years of FH life, he never knew he was allergic to cats, UNTIL we moved in together along with my cat.
I have an 8 year old Maine Coon and FH is sooo allergic. He started going for allergy shots this week because finding her a new home is NOT an option. She's part of our family and we love her to pieces.
This is the problem.... FH only has these symptoms:
wheezing, chest tightness and stuffy nose. The Allergist said it would be best to put the cat in a foster home (she's going to visit my parents for 6 months) while FH is going through extensive shot treatment because dander can live in a home up to 6 months.
Has anyone else has these types of allergic reactions and have gone through the shots? The allergist said it's about 90% effective.
I'm just worried he'll never stop wheezing and having this tightness in his chest. He does take Allegra daily, but no longer wants to take a medication every day for the rest of his life.
You also have to understand that FH is a doctor himself so he's very knowledgeable about long term effects that meds have on you, which is quite annoying!!
So please give me some insight of you or anyone else that has had this issue.

TIA

waterspout4 Thread views: 518

Re: NWR: Allergic to Cats (long)

I am deathly allergic to cats. I applaud your man for trying to make it work. But I couldn't even imagine. As for the 6 month thing, I swear its longer that the allergens hang around. My friend moved into an apartment and I went to visit him. Within about 30 minutes, I stopped breathing and had to be rushed out of there.

Within a few days I told him that I have only reacted to cats that way. He spoke with his landlord and found out that the last tenant moved out a year prior to him moving in and did have a cat. Maybe that landlord didn't clean well, but still.