Friday, December 17, 2010

Posting

I am going to try to make at least a short post each week.  If I don't, please try to remind me. :)

I would also like some ideas on what to post about.  Try to be detailed, like a really specific question or something.  I think that will help me get ideas to write about.  I will try to answer questions, especially the really specific ones, but I might not answer a question that is asked, or it might make me think of a tangent and I will write about that instead.

Thanks everyone!  And help me get more people to read and post and discuss!

Drinking and allergies

I had 2 beers tonight so I was thinking about this.

I don't drink lots, but I do like to a bit.  I usually don't drink to being very dunk though.  When I get tipsy, my sneezes feel different, but i can't exactly explain it.  They aren't totally different, but things just feel not exactly the same.  I still would be congested, sneezy, runny, etc but just slightly different.  Does that make any sense?  I wish I could explain it better than that.

If I do get drunk, I don't pay as much attention to my allergies.  Not that I am less embarrassed by them, but more like a feeling of less control and not really realizing it.  Things can get really messy before I know what is going on.  By not getting drunk around lots of people, I can avoid embarrassing myself in front of them.

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Allergies in winter

I posted before about the fact that without the pollen, winter is usually a bit easier on my allergies.  I still have to watch out for lots of things, but most of them are a bit easier to avoid than pollen (although dust and molds can be kinda hard still).

What is nice is that I am not sneezing as much and also I can usually smell things and I can actually sniffle sometimes.  Makes it easier to deal when my nose gets snotty.  My sinuses also don't bother me as much.

I still get times were my allergies act up and often times its hard for me to tell why.  There is just nothing obvious sometimes.  The weird part is feeling my congestion get worse when that happens.  through most of the year I am just always very congested.  In the winter though when my allergies act up I can feel the congestion in my nose and sinuses get worse.  its just kind of strange, and annoying.

Sorry about not posting as much as I used to.  I feel like I am running out of things to talk about.  Probably more like I just don't feel like writing much.  I do wish more people read this.  Maybe even share their experiences with allergies too.  That would help me write more and maybe help to give me ideas about what to write.