I can't friggin breathe!

Me, too. Feel fluey, grippy and otherwise crappy. Sick of this rain.

Gad, yes. Nose strips and benadryl for a week now just to sleep, and I just brought the whole box of screen-wipes in here to get the schmacklets off the screen every time I sneeze.

Bleagh.

Yes! My whole face itches,and both of my kids are on their 2nd ear infections in less than a month. We had a snow day the Monday before last, this past week-end it was in the 80's and then it was snowing again this morning. This weather is seriously screwing me up.

Raises hand....me too. Sigh. There is no way to replace all the fluid I lose through the snot mixture. I have a river draining down the back of my throat 24/7. Sigh. I sleep hunched over so I don't drown during the night. All this itching.....sigh.

Actually, things are not at all bad for me. But I well remember how awful my respiratory allergies and my asthma were before I stopped eating wheat.

Maybe there's some underlying allergen that you haven't found yet, that makes you more sensitive.

Anyway, I spend years sleeping propped up, wheezing every time I went out in cold weather, with itching bleary eyes.

You all have my profound sympathy.

Yes. We've all been suffering for about 3 weeks now.

This flu season has been brutal too. From what I've seen, it's been worse than last year. There just wasn't any pandemic flu news stories so people didn't seem to notice as much. My allergies don't start kicking my ass until the cottonwoods bloom. Then I spend a couple months shaking my fists at the sky and watch the little floaters drift by.

I'm so glad to hear this in a "misery loves company" kind of way. It's actually reassuring--I haven't been able to breathe properly in over two weeks.

Breathing? What's that?

I hoped moving would alleviate my allergies, but no. I'm still a sneezing, snorting, eye-running, ear-itching mess. So I must hug the Claritin tight and never let it go!

* Walks in, grabs a donut and a cup of Joe *

Hi, my name is Misery and I need some company too.

Itchy eyes, swollen nasal passages, and unfortunately my lungs swell as well. I've been well acquainted with my breathing machine for the past few days.

OTC Allegra is out. I took this from a doctor and it worked well. I had to take it for a while but it did the trick. I think I'm going to have to go get some this season.

And I'm probably going to get a rinse for my nasal passages too.

Lovely Spring, I hate you.

writerterri said:

Lovely Spring, I hate you.

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Ditto!

(People always look at me like I'm looney when I say I hate Spring!)

Lavern08 said:

Ditto!

(People always look at me like I'm looney when I say I hate Spring!)

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Not true. People look at you like you're looney for completely different reasons. They look at you like you're bitter because you hate spring.

I feel for you all, in the same boat too. Not sure if it is a cold and allergies or just allergies, but my whole family is feeling it. Itchy watery eyes, scratchy throat, nasal congestion, headache. Feel like it might be turning into a sinus infection.

It is definitely bad this year.

+1

sneeze, hack, sneeze

kayleamay said:

Not true. People look at you like you're looney for completely different reasons. They look at you like you're bitter because you hate spring.

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^ Says the woman who wears her underwear on her head.

I was hanging in there for a while, but now I'm completely wrecked as always when the trees start to bloom. My sinus headaches spawn migraines. Migraines and aching back teeth. Gaaaaaa!

It'll take a big, big rain before I'm able to think again or see properly out of my left eye. I hate tree sex

I'm lucky in that my allergies aren't as bad as they once were, but I've been stuffy and hoarse for weeks. We've had some rainy, chilly weather the past few days, which has the benefit of washing the pollen out of the sky. Unfortunately, it's making my arthritis flare up. Can't win for losing.

Also, I made the mistake of bothering to wash my car last week. Did I mention that the only parking on my street is under trees? Seven bucks down the drain.