Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Short Post

I didn't want to go too long without a post, so here is a bit of a short one.  I had some dreams a few nights ago, and 2 small parts had to do with allergies.  At one point I was sitting around with 3 people and my nose was stuffy and eyes watering, and one of the others said I have been sniffling too much.  He then comes up to me and says he can help and I try to stop him at first but then he starts squeezing the sides of my nose over and over and lots of snot starts coming out of my nose to the floor in front of me and I just let it happen for some reason.  At some point later, or maybe another dream,  me and Allison are siting in a museum or a university building or something, and we start to kiss but I have to start sneezing so I turn away and grab the 1st thing I can find - her sweater - and have a huge sneezing fit into it and then I try to hide it.

That's all I remember from the dreams.  I have a short Q+A too.

Q: Hi Kate. Can you/do you swim? I don't know if it would be difficult or even dangerous with the sneezing.
A:
I do swim.  I really enjoy it.  I am limited with it though.  Being underwater makes my sinuses hurt, so I don't go underwater that much.  I can't spend too long in a pool because the chlorine makes me a bit sneezy, really burns my eyes and eventually makes my skin itchy. 
Q: What kinds of activities do you find impossible or at least very difficult to do because of allergies? 
A: Many.  As my allergies developed and got worse I had to stop having my cats, I had to stop playing soccer, I got limited in my swimming 9see above Q), all the congestion messed up my singing.  Outdoor events can be very difficult at times.  I sometimes can't go to events at people's houses if they have pets, or I may need to leave if something in the house bothers my allergies too much.  I can't go horseback riding (I made a post about how I found out I was allergic to horses).  I can't drive when my allergies are bad.  When they are bad, even things like sleeping and eating can be difficult.  There are other things too, but these are what I can think of right now.  Actually when my allergies are really bad, almost everything is difficult.

Q: If you're unable to respond to people or just start sneezing, do the people that you are with (family/friends) ever explain what is going on with your allergies or say something about them to others that are not familiar with you? What I am asking is how the people you hang out with explain the situation to others. 
A: I hate when that happens.  They wont usually say anything unless someone asks.  They will talk instead or something.  If I am getting bad one person might help me go off to the bathroom because they know I hate sneezing that much in front of people.

That's all I have for today.  Feel free to reply, to ask more questions, or to chat with me!

Monday, July 13, 2015

Been a While, and July Q+A

I have been so bad at keeping up with my blog.  For some reason, its just so hard to be motivated to write at times.  If it wasn't for the questions to answer, I don't know if I'd be able to make many posts at all.

Q: Can you go into more detail about how your allergies affect your relationship and how they factor into being a part of it. Like does she care for you when you're feeling really bad and how? Or like what kind of comments/things are said? When you can't go out of the house will she to do errands and social events?
A: Yes she does.  Just things like holding me when I am having a fit or suffering is good.  She will do chores and other things for me if I need the help.  She will also do as much as she can to keep allergens down/avoid them.  She is such a great person and so helpful to me. 

Q: You're very self-conscious about people seeing you snotty, you say- did something happen to make you that worried about it? Have people ever said anything about the snot?
A: Nothing in particular.  I few times when I was younger, some people laughed when I had snot hanging from my nose and didn't notice it, but nothing that was a huge deal.  I just know that it grosses some people out and its yet something else that can draw too much attention to me and my allergies.

Q: You wrote: "I hate being so congested and so snotty at the same time." If you had the choice to get rid either of the congestion or of the snottiness, what would you choose, and why?
A: My congestion gets really bad and can be very uncomfortable, but I'd have to say the snottiness because it is something more noticeable to people, and it can take a good amount of effort to deal with at times.

Q: I know that your sneezing and runny nose force a lot of action from you, in shape of holding a tissue to your nose or wipe it. Are there other allergy symptoms too which force much action from you?
A:
Well, when my eyes and nose are itchy, its more that I have to keep myself from taking action by trying hard not to rub them constantly.  When my allergies are really bad, my sinus congestion and ear congestion makes me get dizzy easy so I have to be careful about turning my head too quick, or looking/bending down etc or I feel dizzy/sinuses hurt.

Q: Does it happen that you abort an online chat or writing a blog post because your allergies get too bad?
A: Oh yea, many times.  It might be too hard to keep following/participating in a chat, or I might feel too wiped out to chat or make a blog post.  It also saps my motivation, and since I already have a hard time making blog posts, that makes it even harder.

I hope everyone likes the answers.  As usual, feel free to send me more questions, or to contact me to say hi or chat (and forgive me if it takes me some time to reply to e-mails and such!).