A couple of weeks ago Dru asked me how my allergies were going and I said something to the effect of; 'they are gone'. And of course, they started to come back a little almost immediately. I've notice over the past several weeks that he heat, rain and wind have gotten stuff blooming again. But those nuisances were nothing in comparison to this weekend.
I tried on Saturday to take on the Jackathlon. The wind was pretty tough at first, but heading towards the hills it eased up. I made it to the base of Mission Peak after 20 miles, and some pretty tough slogging. Getting up the hill was pretty tough. I hadn't brought along any food, so I was hungry. And I took some shortcuts which left me huffing and puffing.
The real trouble was from the wind though, which all along the way was just howling. The way over to the swimming club was miserable. There was wind from every direction and it was intense. I figured after about 4 hours of biking and hiking that I was pretty much done. So I headed back to the house. Every... single... turn... was... into... the... wind. It was some of the toughest biking I have ever done.
I got home complete exhausted. And then the allergies came. And came. And came. It seems that all that wind blew the pollen of the flowers and it damn near killed me.
Sunday was even worse. I was able to pull it together enough to make breakfast for Lori, Megan and Josephine. But overall I spent as much of the day in bed as could. My head was completely stuff, even on the meds, and I was coughing up all kinds of gunk.
On the up side, it was the only other time that I have seen a Survivor finale since the original show. Dreamz was such an idiot. He gave up all his credibility for nothing. I didn't watch any of the shows during the season but clearly Cassandra pissed some folks off given that Earl won every vote from the jury.
Anywho, back to the allergy thing. I'll definitely be going back to the doctor to update my prescription. And I'm thinking about putting a bandana over my mouth when I am biking or hiking to cut down on the dust, pollen and stuff. I see some people use them on the trail so I shouldn't be too out of place with it.
Posted by jherr at May 14, 2007 10:19 AMOh how I feel your pain. It got me two weekends ago. Horrible stuff.
By the by, do you take shots? It's taken me nearly two years on those puppies to get to full strength, but I can tell such a difference in how hard I'm hit now versus two-three years ago. If you're not, ask your doctor if it's the right therapy for you. I'm off most of my meds that I had to take for maintenance...just a daily antihistamine pretty much gets me done.
Posted by: eigga49 at May 15, 2007 07:12 AMI did shots when I was a kid for the exact things that I tested positive for as an adult. Who can say, perhaps I would be worse off if I hadn't? Wow.
Anyway, I have been thinking about doing shots. But it always seems that I have a big attack, I track down the problems, fix them, then back off the meds for a few months, then have another big attack, and lather, rinse, repeat.
It probably would be better to do the shots now than when I'm in my 60s though. So I'll have to reconsider.
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