A trip to the Allergist

I went to the Allergist in hopes that she could help me.  My appointment was about 2 1/2 hours long.  She started off with getting a list of my symptoms and medications that I am taking for allergies and my sinus infection.   Then she listened to my lungs and suggested a breathing treatment.  They put an oxygen mask over my mouth and nose that emitted abluteral steam for 15 minutes.  Then I did a breathing test.  They had me blow into a tube for a few seconds and then breath in for a second.  I had to try to blow all three houses over on the computer screen.  I didn't do so well on the test, so they had me do another breathing treatment.  We repeated this 3 times.  Then they did the prick test.  They had about 20 or 30 needles that they dipped into different allergens and then pricked me with each one on my forearms.  I had to wait 15 minutes to see which ones had a reaction.  When they looked at my arm afterward, they found that I was allergic to trees, mold, mildew, dust mites, dogs and tree nuts.  Since I have a food allergen, they gave me a prescription for an epi-pen.  They also gave me another abluteral inhaler, a steroid inhaler, a new allergy medicine prescription and a stronger dose of antibiotics.  Since I had a food allergy, they sent me to get blood work to see how severe that allergy is  and which tree nut I was allergic to.  They also sent me for an x-ray of my lungs and sinuses.  My lung x-ray came back with good results, but not my sinuses.  They referred me to an ENT for my sinuses, which I still have to make an appointment for.

The third round of antibiotics and the inhalers and nasonex (steroid nasal spray) are all helping.  The Allergist also recommended allergy shots which I begin this week and have to get every week for the next year until they can lengthen the time between visits.   Hopefully the allergy shots will be worth it.  They are supposed to build my immunity to the things I am allergic to.  Let me know if anybody else has dealt with this and what their experience is and if anything natural has helped them with their allergies.