Knock on ze wood!
May 1, 2008 by rosie
It was exactly this time last year that I became really, really sick.
Only, in the end I wasn’t exactly sick, per se. I just had really really realllllllly bad allergies. For the first time ever.
It was super horrible for me, as I didn’t even think to suspect I had allergies (and horrific sinus problems as a result). I thought something was seriously wrong with me. Lots of people did.
(You can read the entire story here.)
Anyway, fast forward to today…I feel great! But that’s because I began taking action weeks ago. I have been using a sinus rinse and flonase, taking Claritin, seeing my acupuncturist, and taking Chinese herbs to boost my immune system. I feel a little bit of sinus and ear pressure, but nothing major. And DEFINITELY no dizzy/floaty/balloon head this time around.
Though if you’ll excuse me, right now I am going to go rap on some wood so hard it makes my knuckles bleed…
I do NOT want to go through what I went through last spring.
Hopefully I won’t have to.
airborne + vegetable soup + zicam.
always works for me- I’ll knock on wood for you though!
My nose has not stopped running in two days. My eyes hurt, too. My cat woke me up by sneezing on my face. I hate pollen.
I remember a few years ago, when I began having really terrible headaches. And I’m not a headache, get sick kind of gal. I became all fatalistic - I was sure I had a brain tumor with months to live. When I finally went to the doctor, she prescribed Allegra, which I’ve been taking ever since. I feel human again. I feel your allergy pain. Whatever works, just make it go away!