Alergens

I've had pretty bad allergies/asthma most of my life. As a kid i remember getting shots once a week for this. Then there was the "voodoo"Dr. as my mom calls him who gave us this natural remedy that you held under your tongue for a little while. That seemed to do the trick, and alas no more shots. It was a win win.

As i grew up my allergies seemed to ease up a bit, which was happy. During certain high allergy seasons I would just take some medicine and all was well. It was well at least while I was on my Dad's insurance which covered most every prescription. Now however my insurance doesn't cover prescriptions and last time i filled this particular one it cost me $125. BAH. Needless to say I use it as sparingly as possible, and often push the limits.

This weekend I pushed the limit. I knew it was warming up, trees were budding, grass is starting to grow. And to top it off, I was hanging out in some particularly smoky atmospheres this weekend. Needless to say I could hardly open my eyes this morning and when I did all they did was tear up and water. My head was pounding and overall I felt like i got hit by a train. I quickly popped some pills but it took me most of the morning and a good nap before I really feel like myself again.

None of this is particularly life threatening...more frustrating. I generally am a healthy person. I'm pretty good at making it through the winter without catching what everyone else's got. I know when to take the vitamin C in order to ward off infection. I haven't been to the Dr. in 2 years and even then it was for a trip i was going on...not because I was sick. And now as the winter finally starts warming up...I'm in bed sleeping off allergy symptoms. Grr.

I suppose I just feel like its something I cant control. I can do my part to not get sick, be healthy, etc. But when the Allergies attack...its all downhill.