Aaack. Allergies!
It’s that time of year again: the dreaded allergy season that makes me a prisoner in my own home where the windows and doors are shuttered tight and everyone is reminded — loudly — to take their freaking shoes off rather than track pollen and other allergens into my house.
Not that such measures completely remedy the problem. My eyes are still red and weepy. My nose and ears itch insanely. I sneeze so often and so hard that it’s a wonder I don’t have 6-pack abs.
Personally, I’m convinced that I’m not fat at all, I’m swollen: these flappy thighs and ample abdomen are allergic reactions. Yeah, that’s it. Just so happens I have year-round allergies which cause me to look fat, well, year-round.
Of course, this is the only time of year when I actually get miserable enough to start popping allergy medications like they were Tic-Tacs. Well, maybe not quite that often since medical science has yet to invent an allergy pill that doesn’t leave me groggy, lethargic and with a worse case of cotton-mouth than any hippie ever had.
One thing I do like about allergy pills, though: once you’ve built up a tolerance to them so the suckers don’t knock you out, they do almost as good a job as weight loss pills at appetite suppression. And, sure, they also make it impossible to sit still for more than two minutes at a time and my hands get a bit jittery and I walk around clenching my jaw all day and snapping at people who ask why I’m so edgy because, darn it, I’m not edgy I’m on allergy pills and can’t they tell I’m feeling so much less miserable even if I can’t sleep at night, dammit?!
But, hey, I’m not sneezing so what’s the problem, right?
aAppetite suppression, you say?
I almost - almost! - wish I had allergies.
Well, I’m allergic to raw onion and can’t eat it at all lest I blow up to twice my size (no small beans, let me tell you). Unfortunately, not eating onions has done nothing for me weight-wise.
Now if I were allergic to brownies….
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Comment by The Maven on May 27, 2008 at 7:15 pmI’ve always said I’m lucky to be allergy free, but I think that bragging is catching up with me. Sneezing and runny eyes have been constant the last month or so.
And yeah, it’s too bad I’m not allergic to brownies. (and ice cream and chicken fried steaks……)
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Comment by Donna B. on May 29, 2008 at 9:51 pmI loveloveLOVE my netipot for my allergies!
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Comment by MizFit on June 2, 2008 at 7:25 amI had so many problems using my Neti pot. No matter how many times I watched the video and tried to lean my head just like they direct, the saline still built up in one sinus without running out the other.
I finally asked my doctor what the problem was. Turns out I have a bunch of scar tissue built up in my sinuses from repeated infections that’s blocking stuff. So she wants me to get my sinuses “drilled”.
Is it just me, or does that sound frightening?
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Comment by Chubby Mommy on June 3, 2008 at 11:14 amI think that may be similar to the procedure my Dad had a long time ago (1960s) before the days of “informed consent” forms. He’d been having awful headaches, so bad you could see physical changes in his forehead when he had one.
He said his doctor told him he wanted an Ear, Nose, and Throat specialist to see him. He took him to the guy’s office and together the two drs pinned him down with their knees and free arms. First one and then the other inserted what my Dad calls a “small bent spoon” and twisted it.
I’ll spare you his description of what subsequently flowed from his nose. He says this procedure hurt almost as much as the headaches.
Today they’ll probably give you versed or something to temporarily knock you out. Your husband and children will enjoy your temporary laid back forgetful cheeriness for the rest of the day too 
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I have six-pack abs. They’re just buried under some fat. 
I finally gave up on the allergy battle and just resigned myself to taking Clariton every day. It keeps my nose clear for the most part anyway. The stuff is expensive, but I finally started using my parents’ Costco membership, and you can get it in bulk there for a lot less than in the drug stores.
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