That time of year again…
Oh I love Spring!
The flowers n things!
The grass that is green!
Blossom on trees!
And then I recall,
That I DONT love it all!
Cos they make me sneeze!
And sometimes wheeze!
My nose always twitchy,
My eyes feeling itchy…
The blossom on trees…
The grass that is green…
The flowers n things…
God, I HATE Spring!
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Seriously Peeps, I try so hard, to love the spring and summer… And from a (closed) window, or picture I DO love it, but that dreaded thing called pollen is flying about, and so I can’t step outside, especially on a bright day, with out sneezing and itching eyes! Oh and if someone is mowing the lawn, God help me!
When I was growing up, my mum suffered dreadfully from hayfever, and I felt awful for her, really I did, as I frolicked about in out large, green plant filled garden! She would use the now not prescribed Triludan, and even had to have steroid jabs to alleviate the symptoms…
Then…
Disaster struck!
When I was 15, about to take the first most important set of exams in my life, my GCSE’s, my eyes flared up.. I don’t just mean your average itch… But red raw, feels like the lining of my eye was burning itching.., then the sneezing started…
No No NO!!!
It couldn’t be!
I hadn’t ever felt this before, but it appeared the HAYFEVER had struck me! Little did I know at that tender age, than allergies can develop at any time in your life… Oh did I moan at my fate… You bet I didn’t! Why did I get it? Why not my brother? Not fair!!!!
And so started a yearly cycle which has been running since for nearly 25 years! I am so lucky, I seem to be one of the people who is allergic to certain pollens that start appearing end of March… And then it won’t stop until September! Not just a specific pollen that is around for a few weeks… No, nearly HALF THE YEAR I am in the strongest Antihistamine Tablets, nasal sprays and eye drops, to make me appear half normal… Oh and don’t forget the inhaler, as it gives me asthma too!
Believe me, it is NOT an attractive sight if I forget to take them in the middle of summer, when my eyes sometimes lack the white of the eyeball, as it’s all red! Oh, and don’t forget the matching accessory, a lovely red nose from all the blowing because of the sneezing!
I’ve tried all sorts of things, from the special nose balms to catch pollen, Vaseline on my eye lashes for the same reason (though when I still wore glasses, that wasn’t great, as I would have greasy smudges on my lenses, where my eyelashes touched them!) and during my two pregnancies I couldn’t use half of the stuff! I was lucky, I found a herbal alternative, safe during pregnancy, and I seemed to have mild years those year, thankfully.
This year my Mother In Law told me to smear a dab of Mustard Oil in my nostrils.. Pleasant! Not! But hey, if it works, I shan’t complain!
And poor Lil Man, he sneezes, and gets the itchy eyes… And Lil Princess, the sneezes, and asthma from it. Poor munchkins! So they have the meds too, on a smaller scale. I do hope they grow out of it, rather than into it, like me!
I take these things so I CAN step out into the world, and enjoy life… But it’s a great excuse for not doing the gardening!!!! See… I find positives in EVERYTHING!
