Though there are apparently a number of things my sinuses dislike, such as mold spores and possibly some plants, I’ve never really suffered from the traditional allergy symptoms; instead, I usually developed terrible sinus headaches which, if not stopped in time with pseudoephedrine, generally led to dizziness and violent nausea. In New Orleans I had to treat such headaches about once a week year-round, so you can imagine how mightily pissed off I was when the nanny state decided I needed to ask permission and be recorded in a government database every time I bought the medicine I could not function without. When I moved to Oklahoma, the headaches became far less frequent, but I still got them about once a month or so. Since I moved to Washington state, however, I very rarely get them, and when I do they tend to develop much more slowly, so I have plenty of warning and can take my medicine before things spiral out of control. But since I’ve been living at Sunset full-time, I’ve noticed that I sneeze a great deal more than I ever have before, and last Thursday I started suffering from the itchy, watery eyes I’ve heard other people talk about, but have never experienced before. By Friday morning I was so congested I had to breathe through my mouth, and no amount of nose-blowing produced even the slightest result; it was as if someone had implanted a big, dry sponge in my sinuses. Large doses of several kinds of antihistamines and decongestants produced no results until Saturday, and by yesterday it had retreated into a mere sniffle and my eyes were back to normal. I have to assume that a change in weather had triggered the release of pollen or spores from some plant not found in the South, resulting in a new kind of allergic reaction for me; it’s not fun, but I have to say it was a helluva lot less unpleasant than being so sick I need to retreat to a dark bedroom to sleep it off.
Archive for June 11th, 2024
Diary #728
Posted in Diary, tagged drugs, Louisiana, nanny state, Oklahoma, Sunset, Washington (state) on June 11, 2024| 2 Comments »
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