Allergies and other hobbies

I went to the garage today to work on a knife and later had an allergic reaction to the abrasives I used.  How am I going to do the things I like when the grease and oil from my motorcycle and the abrasives I grind knife blades with make me feel this crappy?  Maybe I can get help with the modifications I want to do to my bike and I could go to using all traditional ( pre- modern) techniques in my knife making.  The worst part of the allergies is that I get really short tempered when they flare up and am a pain in the ass to my family.  If anyone out there in the blogosphere wants to talk about motorcycles, bicycles, knives or allergies let me know.