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[quesarah]

1. My cell phone is on the way! They're Fed Exing it to me and it should arrive tomorrow. Taking that fact into consideration as well as the fact that the hold up was due to my old cellular provider, I'm happy that I'm switching. Whee!

2. My zip drive at work is now a fancy paperweight. Yippee.

3. Scooter the Marketing Queen is driving me up a wall. "Can you summarize this" "Can you summarize this another way?" "You know that data you summarized for me? Can you write it up this way?" Shuddup Scooter.

4. The San Diego Zoo is hosting a lecture by Dr. Biruté Galdikas on BABY ORANGS IN BORNEO. I wanna go!

5. Yesterday afternoon I broke down and purchased some Claritin. Today I feel like me, instead of Zurga the Nasal Sewage Beast, which is pleasant. This morning as I drove past the Carlsbad Flower Fields in bloom, I was able to appreciate the brilliant colors instead of cursing the pollen. Behold the power of pharmaceuticals.

6. Work is already annoying me. I so need a new job.

Comments

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, I found myself sneezing my head off yesterday too. Joy, spring time hath arrived, behold the glee that is Simon With Hayfever.

Blah.

Bring back winter.

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

*passes Simon some antihistamines*

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

I use Zirtek, which I get 30 of on a prescription. But it still costs me, uhm, what's a prescription now... something in the region of £7.

So yeah, if you're giving away antihistimenes, gimme! :)

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

I have a degree in pharmacology. I can hook you up. ;)

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

:)

Okay then, can you answer me this - is there any truth to the old wives tale that taking a couple of teaspoons of a locally produced honey each day, is by far and away the best treatment for hayfever that there is?

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

Maybe.

Raw locally-made honey can have small amounts of pollen in it. Taken orally, this could over time help your body build up a tolerance to it, thereby diminishing the severity of your allergic reaction.

It won't be immediate, and it likely won't eliminate your hay fever. It may help make it more manageable.

In the meantime, you can also cut back on dairy products, sugar, and starches. Many allergy sufferers (me included) find this reduces the severity of allergy symptoms.

YMMV.