The good news is you DO NOT have to live your life in misery with out furbabies of the kitty kind, I can vouch for that, I am a very good example.

My story is that I had cats all my life as a child, having grown up on a farm, and just after my first child was born , I suddenly became very allergic to kitties, sadly I never owned another kitty for over 18 years ,until Ash a stray came along and my then young daughter of 6 years begged me to keep him, I relented and he became our's, at first he was mostly outdoor with a shelter we built for him, but slowly I entered him to our inside world, and that is how it stayed, he now sleeps here, there and everywhere.

Then a long came my RB Sooti, who's owner went to prison and left him and another kitten being fed but out in the cold, we took them both in, got an excellent home for one and kept Sooti, and of course I had no hesitation in adopting my Lexie.

What I can tell you is I have desensitised myself by actually putting myself in amongst them, I used to have problems if I even entered my mother's home with her cat not even being in the room, I still have the allergy, but my tolerance level is great in comparison to what it used to be, I still have to take Loratide a non-sedating antihistimine from time to time, but often it is more from dust mites and pollens than the cats, I just have to be careful not to touch them and then my eyes, but I kiss and cuddle them and Lexie sleeps on our bed everynight, probably not the best of ideas, but I have not the heart to put her out.

I hope this story, long as it is, will encourage you in time to take the plunge and maybe get a kitty oneday, there are injections you can have as well, which I have never bothered with ,but they may be of help.

So all in all it is not completely hopeless,infact quite a few of PT members are allergic to kitty's and have them, I just wished I had known this sooner myself, I missed all that joy for 18 years of my life, think of the kitties I could have loved and loved me back, still I am making up for it now. cheers.