Childhood allergies (mine) revisited

As a kid I had TONS of allergies and skin issues (sure this is where Dylan gets it from), of course this was back before all the cool meds like Zyrtec, Allegra or Claritin and I lived most of the Spring in a miserable state each year. I suffered from bad excema, hay fever, cat allergies and more all sorts of fun things. As I got older (teens) some of the things backed off (cat allergy & hay fever), and as an adult I have only had mild flare ups of excema very, very rarely.

Until now...now all of a sudden all of my childhood allergies seemed to be rearing their ugly head. I have been suffering from the WORST break out of excema ever on my left arm and hand and now I have patches on my stomach and near my shoulder. It's sooo annoying and very ugly to look at. Now for the past week my eyes have started to water, first it was the left eye and now the right eye has joined in. I am almost 100% positive this is due to the fact that we now have 2 cats living in our house. I have always been just fine with 1 cat, but have noticed over the years if I visit houses with multiple cats or long haired cats I might have a slight reaction. I guess living with 1 cat was not enough to trigger my allergies, but now that we have 2 and Yoda is getting bigger it is too much for me. GRRR...this is frustrating because I can not get rid of my children's animals. So, I am left with the choice of dealing with the watering, tearing, runny eyes or taking meds every day to control it. I haven't really been out of my house for any significant amount of time since they both started watering, so if I go out and the watering stops I might just deal with it at home (as it is now, not if it gets worse or something). I guess I will just play it by ear.

This is just totally frustrating, my excema and the eye watering together makes for a very lovely appearance (NOT). Not great for a person that already has self esteem issues :(