OT: Allergy rant

"Susan" <nevermind@nomail.com> wrote in message
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> Michelle C wrote:
>
>> The love/hate description is perfect, Martha! I LOVE being outdoors.
>> Spend lots of time in my flower beds, but the ragweed keeps me inside. I
>> must say that today the wind has gone down (it's been blowing the last
>> couple of days), and I'm feeling better. :-) Maybe the scourge of
>> ragweed is done for awhile.
>
> We won't have ragweed til late August or so, but tree pollens are very
> high. My allergy shots have been incredibly effective, too, but I still
> get the sleepy/stupids for a week or so in high pollen season. My doc is
> increasing the strength of my rapid desensitization still, and I inject
> every two weeks.
>
> I hate that I have to sleep with the windows closed, though, to prevent
> pollen drifting all over the bed and the clothes in my closet, which also
> has a big window. :-(
>
> Susan

Boy do I hear that. Right now, our day time temps are hitting almost 90 and
the AM temps are around 60. When I first moved here, I opened my windows in
the AM to cool off the house. Now I don't because of the new & improved
allergies. Unless the ragweed is out, I don't usually whine about it
though. I'm not having to take shots, and an over the counter
anti-histamine usually takes care of the symptoms I do have. However, I
have fond memories of when I first moved to the desert and had NO allergies.
It was heaven.

The ragweed won't last long, but we'll get another dose in late summer. Our
tree pollen count is on the way down.
--
Best regards,
Michelle C., T2
diet & exercise
BMI 21.5

Michelle C wrote:

>>I also took allergy shots for several years and was allergic to tree and
>>grass pollen as well as dust mites. At the time I was mowing about and
>>acre of grass weekly and lived on the fringe of the woods. At this time
>>of the year every outdoor thing gets covered with a coat of yellow pollen.
>>A dust filter mask helps while mowing the grass, but not entirely.
>>Januvia can also cause nasal drip.
>>
>>I lived on the Mohave Desert in California 61 years ago. I had no know
>>allergies then.
>>
>>Frank
>
>
> Guess I'm as close enough to an allergy-free zone as I can get then--without
> living with the penguins. ;-)
>
> Did your allergy shots help you?

They did help, even for several years after discontinuing after I moved.

Frank

On Fri, 9 May 2008 14:56:23 -0700, "Michelle C" <bookbug1@frys.com>
wrote:

>Hi Jacquie,
>
>I live over the hill from Vegas, not quite as much "civilization", but a lot
>of the same trees have been planted in both places. Mulberry, Olive and Ash
>are very popular. Like your area, Vegas has banned the planting of Mulberry
>trees due to the allergies. I can't blame people for wanting trees in a
>desert. ;-) However, I'm glad the Mulberries have been banned; they seem
>to be very prolific pollen producers.
>
>I can relate to your husband's Bermuda allergy. I'm allergic to all kinds
>of grass. Fortunately, overall there is not much of it here.
>
>Hope the Broom stops doing it's thing soon and you feel better.

Sympathies to all you allergy sufferers.

I usually get some mild reaction to a particular grass species around
June but some years I seem to get a generalised snuffle when the
pollen levels are high.

For some reason this seems to be happening now, there's a lot of tree
pollen and the rape fields are in flower though this year the'yre more
distant than last year. Grass hasn't really started yet but something
is making the air a bit thick and precipitating dust all over the car.

We just came back from driving around listening to Nightingales and
Nightjars and I noticed mother was wheezing somewhat more than usual
too.

So anyway there was a TV programme a while back about Mulberry trees,
apparently the Queen has one, but the biggest Mulberry is elsewhere,
or as the interviewer described it

"It's even bigger than the Queen's bush"