The Case of the Puffy Face
I should mention that this wasn't the first time I've had a puffy face. I experienced something similar years ago when I had my kids. When most women get pregnant, their feet swell. For me, it was my face. Of course, this may have had more to do with all the doughnuts I ate while I was pregnant than the pregnancy itself, but for arguments sake we'll just say it was pregnancy.
However, I was not pregnant now, and unless, by some miracle of middle age magic, wouldn't ever be again, so it clearly wasn't a hormonal thing. I also didn't recall eating anything the day before that I might have had a reaction to, such as blowfish poison, which could leave you looking like an actual blowfish, assuming you didn't die first.
Realizing I couldn't figure this out myself, I scheduled a televisit with my doctor.
"Your face is very puffy," my doctor said to me when she came on screen.
"See, that's why I chose you as my doctor," I said. "Because of your keen observational skills and masterful assessments."
"It's my superpower," she said. "So, what did you eat last night?"
"Nothing out of the ordinary."
"New cosmetics?" she said.
"Nope."
"Well, I'd say it definitely looks like an allergic reaction." She stared at my face in silence for a few moments.
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