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Your skin should react within 15-20 minutes of your doctor administering a skin prick or allergy injection test. Your doctor will have you wait in their office so they can review the results of the test.  Allergy skin tests are more accurate when they are left on for at least 15 minutes and no longer than 40 minutes. If you received a patch test, it may take at least 48 hours for any allergic reactions to appear. You may need to return to your doctor’s office to get the results of the test. Wheals will appear as raised bumps that are swollen or red, much like mosquito bites. They may itch or feel irritated. If you have wheals on any areas where an allergen was placed on your skin, you likely had an allergic reaction to the substance.  If you are allergic to multiple substances, you may have multiple wheals. Wheals that are smaller than 3 millimetres (0.12 in) in diameter may not be a sign of an allergic reaction. Flares are patches of redness that appear due to an allergic reaction. You may notice flares in the areas where the allergy skin test was administered. If you have flares and wheals in the same area, this usually means you are allergic to the substance. The presence of flares and no wheals may mean your skin is irritated by the substance, but you are not allergic to it.

summary: Check for wheals and flares 15-20 minutes after you get the allergy skin test. Look for wheals that are 3 millimetres (0.12 in) in diameter or bigger. Check for flares that are bright red.


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Smaller lemons have a higher percentage of juice, so select these if buying lemons by weight or juicing a large number. Avoid rough-skinned lemons, which may have shriveled and lost juice as they aged.  When shopping, heft two similarly-sized lemons, one in each hand. The heavier one has more juice. Meyer is the most common extra-juicy variety, but some areas will stock Fino, Primofiori, or Lapithkiotiki from the Mediterranean. Varieties low in juice include Femminello, Interdonato, and Verna. When plants freeze, their water expands into ice crystals and ruptures the cell walls. Once thawed in the microwave or a 15-minute cold water bath, all that water trapped inside those cells will be ready to add to your juice. Wash and dry the lemons before freezing in an airtight container. Fresh lemons will retain quality for at least four weeks in the freezer. A warm lemon is easier to squeeze, and some say it even produces more juice. Zap the lemons for 10–20 seconds, or a few seconds more if frozen, until soft and slightly warm to the touch. This weakens the material that holds the juice, and causes the juice to flow more easily.  This works especially well on older lemons or lemon varieties with thick skins.  If the fruit is steaming, you've gone too far and boiled away some of the juice.

summary: Pick juicy lemons. Store lemons in the freezer. Microwave the lemons before cutting.


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Don't whip yourself into a frenzy of self-pity and internal loathing. Media images of the perfect body, the perfect lifestyle, the perfect job and the like are targeted at making us all feel "less than." You can choose whether or not to entertain these thoughts.  Stop comparing yourself to others. The moment you compare yourself with others, you reduce your own unique worth. You have talents, abilities and foibles that are unique to you. Own them and help them to either shine or disappear, as needed. The comparison is for prices, not people. Stop thinking that you aren't equipped to handle a situation or thinking everything always goes wrong regardless. Thinking this way actively undermines your functioning. Instead, replace thoughts like these with logic, and try to find a solution to your situation. Because you'll probably be wrong about the outcome! When we start thinking, "Oh God, so and so is going to do this if I do this," it's all too easy to start freaking out. If you don't concern yourself with the consequences, there's no fear or worry. Simply act on your gut. You can't predict the future, so why try? Think of your life and what's going on around you like a movie. Rise above what is happening and pretend you're observing somebody else, not yourself. This action allows you to objectively interpret a situation without involving your emotions.  Imagine that you're looking at the situation as an outsider, with no prior knowledge of the subject matter and no emotional involvement. With dissociation, you don't allow yourself to be subjective; instead, you remain objective, like a doctor treating a patient. In neuro-linguistic programming, this technique is called "reframing." Be careful with dissociation because it comes with inherent risks. Dissociating too often can lead to unhealthy results in your mind and your personality if you're not careful. Only dissociate on a situation-by-situation basis, not as your ultimate response to every difficult situation. Sometimes you need to face certain things head on instead of dissociating. Rather than assuming things based on fear, anger or similar emotional reactions, work purely with facts. Logic often combats out-of-control emotions and allows you to see the reality in any situation. After all, reality is outside your head -- not your interpretation of it.  If you're afraid you won't do well in a job interview, remind yourself of the facts. First, you wouldn't have gotten an interview if you didn't have the qualifications. Second, if you don't get the job, you may not be a good fit for the company, but it doesn't mean you aren't a good candidate. Staying logical in an emotional crisis allows us to take well-established mental shortcuts instead of thinking things through more substantially. When you're used to reacting emotionally to difficult situations, you have to retrain your mind to think logically. Once in a while, they come in handy. We have them for a reason -- if they weren't useful, we wouldn't have evolved them. In fact, studies show that when we go off our gut, sometimes (usually when we're low on energy) we make better decisions. So if you're feeling something, determine if it's valid. If it is, you may want to stick with it.  If it's not valid, throw it out the window. Defenestrate it. If it's paranoid, neurotic, worrisome, fearful, or nauseating, let it go. It's just that voice in your head that's there to drive you batty. If it is valid (grief, for example, is a negative emotion that's valid), acknowledge it. You cannot let it go until you do so. Accept that you had the thought and let it pass. It will get replaced by another in time.
summary: Banish self-sabotaging thoughts. Don't anticipate the future. Dissociate from the situation. Think logically. Know emotions have their place.