What do envelope glue, cardboard boxes, and dental treatment have in common? Sadly this is not a clever joke with a witty punch line, it is the answer to a mystery that has been plaguing my Mistress for years. For years if she has licked the glue on envelopes she has got asthma. She comes out in rash like a burn of she picks up some cardboard boxes. The answer to the mystery came last week when the dentist put something on her gum to make it less sensitive and she had asthma. She explained to the dentist and he looked up the ingredients and the risk and it\u2019s all down to something called Colophony which is a type of resin from pine trees, which also explains why the Christmas tree brings her out in rashes. Although she can\u2019t do anything to stop the problem happening in many cases it is great to find out at last what the cause is. There are some things she can avoid, like the dentist, so that should help!<\/p>\n
My back is a little easier and I\u2019m not quite as miserable as I was. It\u2019s funny, it\u2019s only when you stop being quite so miserable that you start to realise how difficult you may have been to live with. Still, it helps to keep them on their toes and I don\u2019t have to travel in a crate in the boot anymore. I have been upgraded to the car seat. I\u2019m not well enough to be able to dissuade my Mistress from the threat of taking me swimming, bit maybe I will be in another week or so.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re all going to be busy parcelling up books to send out today. I tried to get out of it, but apparently it helps to have a paw holding the package down while my Mistress applies the tape. It seems I\u2019m good at it. It never does to show people your skills, you find yourself having to use them!<\/p>\n
Alfie\u2019s Diary \u2013 the Book is available at Amazon UK –https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B00583ZGSA<\/a><\/p>\n You can find short stories to read at www.alfiedog.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"