Archive for January 19th, 2009
First off, Happy MLK day! Now, on with my misery…
I never used to have allergies as a kid. Never. I remember kind of laughing at all the allergy sufferers I would see. Well, I’m not laughing anymore. I am one of them now. And I have no idea how it happened. Is that part of life? Does your immune system start to break down in a way that it allows for allergies to slap you around? I may have missed the memo on this.
What sucks is that I am a “warm weather” person. I live in San Antonio, I was born in Hawaii, and my family is from Costa Rica. Tropical, humid weather is in my blood. So naturally I despise cold weather. But this is where the conflict comes in. If the weather stays cold, my allergies don’t seem so bad. But when it hits about 65 degrees, then I am miserable. Damn, this sucks. My eyes are watering. My throat is raw. I’m congested. But, hey. Who’s complaining?
And then there is the case of allergy medicine. I can’t find one that works consistently. Allegra is as effective as a Tic-Tac. Claritin D? No dice. If you have any suggestions, please send them my way. Or Kleenex. Feel free to send Kleenex my way too.
-Dave Q.