First, I wanted to say sorry I have not been online much in the last few weeks. I was a bit busy with stuff, but the main reason is that my allergies have been horrible. I haven't been able to sleep well, and I haven't been able to do much. Also, I can't believe how snotty my nose has been getting, its out of control :(. I hate being so congested and so snotty at the same time.
I wanted to post about something I found a bit weird. Now, I know there are some people who 'like' sneezing, and I do not have an issue with that. What is weird to me is that sometimes people say 'oh, you have to watch out for those people, they might harass you and be mean to you', etc. I have to say, in my online experience, they have been some of the nicest people I have had conversations with. I have no issue with what preferences people have, we are all weird in some way. As long as you don't force something onto someone else/as long as they have a choice, I have no issues with anything people 'like'.
I have to say that I have been treated pretty badly online at times by 'normal' people (actually its always been a guy). Some guys have been very rude and insulting to me: just meeting me online and making horrible assumptions or trying to order me to do stuff/tell them things, etc, and acting downright mean. I block all those people right away. I have never had a problem like that with someone who 'likes' sneezing, so I just wanted to get it out there that people in general shouldn't be pre-judged.
All that being said, I have always hopped that this blog would help me run into people who have allergies as bad as mine so that I have someone to chat to that really understands. I ran into someone once, but she didn't have much interest in chatting, she just wanted me to join her in some kind of plan she had.
I do have a few questions to answer:
Q: Have you ever been at a restaurant and when the person comes to take your order are unable to tell them what you want because of sneezing?
A: I don't think that has ever happened. If my allergies are that bad, I am probably not going to be out. I have had times where I have had to finish a sneezing fit before I could give an order.
Q: Have you ever been told you're disrupting a class with allergies?
A: so many times. It was a bigger problem in high school. In college I could sit near and exit and just leave most times I needed to. I have actually had to take some tests in a different room than the rest of the class. Besides being called disruptive, many times some students have laughed at me because of my sneezing fits, which just made t more embarrassing for me. Sometimes the whole class would be focused on my sneezing fit...ugh!
Q: Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night from sneezing and do your allergies ever wake Allison up too?
A: It happens often when my allergies are bad. I have woken her up too. When my allergies are bad, that's why I tend to try to sleep in another room so I do not disturb her too much.
Q: You've said that some people are rude or not sympathetic at all- on the other hand, are people ever too pitying? What's that like?
A: In some ways it might be worse, cause I can't be mad at them because they are trying to be nice. The worst is when they try to be helpful but make things worse. The main issue is that its much more attention than I want, and that's embarrassing.
As usual, please keep the questions coming, and feel free to IM or e-mail to say hi and chat. I could use the company when I am like this.
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Monday, May 11, 2015
Dream bit and Q+A for May
Hi everyone. My allergies have been really bad lately. I have had to miss some days here and there and I am generally pretty icky and not sleeping well.
I remember part of a dream a few days ago where my allergies were acting up, and another woman in the group was complaining about her allergies, but she didn't seem to have any allergies. the more my allergies bothered me, the more she was complaining about hers.
I have a few questions to answer:
Q: How do your allergies impact your overall physical condition (beside the things having to do with allergies directly like congested nose)? You wrote that the sneezing helps to keep your abs in good shape. Are there other things about your physical condition which are affected – in a positive or negative way - by your allergies?
A: I don't know if there is much not related t my allergies -red nose, swollen eyes, etc. The things I can think of besides giving my abs a bit of a workout is being tired, being off balance sometimes, and skin rashes. Skin rashes are allergy-related but people tend not to realize it. In the warmer months they mistake it for sunburn.
Q: I know that you have to wipe your nose a lot, esp when your allergies are bad. How do you deal with this when you have to do something for which you need both your hands?
A: I put things down often, lol. I need to have a hand free pretty often, so I make sure that can happen when I need.
Q: Are your sneezes very snotty? Do you have to wipe your nose especially when you're sneezing? When you feel a sneeze coming, do you take a tissue before you actually sneeze to be „prepared“ for it?
A: Not always, but they certainly can be. I always use tissues when I am sneezing. I do tend to be snotty and I also am extra careful not to let people see my snot! I might be a bit obsessive about it, but I don't want people thinking I am gross so I am always careful in public.
Q: You told me that when your allergies aren't too bad, it can happen that you don't sneeze for about an hour. When your allergies are bad (e.g. during ragweed season), how long would you estimate the longest „non-sneezing“ time then?
A: At the most, maybe 15mins, but usually less
Q: Most of the allergy symptoms you explained are clearly recognizeable for others directly (sneezing) or almost directly (runny nose because you wipe it, congestion because your voice is stuffy). Which of the symptoms that are not recognizeable for others so easily would you consider being the most „unexpected“ ones, i.e. the symptoms which someone who doesn't have allergies himself would never guess to be caused by allergies? And which of these „not so well recognizeable“ symptoms are the most annoying for you?
A: This is pretty similar in my answer to the first question. Tiredness is probably the big one. When my allergies are bad it really wipes me out and its something that people don't really get. Another one is balance/dizziness. When my allergies are really bad my ears get all clogged up and it can sometimes make me feel dizzy and off balance. And even though much of it is noticeable, people don't realize how much my senses get impacted when my allergies are really bad - I can't smell or taste, its hard for people to understand what I am saying, seeing is sometimes difficult with swollen and very watery eyes, and clogged ears makes sound muffled.
Thanks for the questions, and keep them coming. As always I am happy to chat. Just drop a line to say hi. Allergies are really kicking my butt so I might be around online more, if its not so bad that I can't even do that!
I remember part of a dream a few days ago where my allergies were acting up, and another woman in the group was complaining about her allergies, but she didn't seem to have any allergies. the more my allergies bothered me, the more she was complaining about hers.
I have a few questions to answer:
Q: How do your allergies impact your overall physical condition (beside the things having to do with allergies directly like congested nose)? You wrote that the sneezing helps to keep your abs in good shape. Are there other things about your physical condition which are affected – in a positive or negative way - by your allergies?
A: I don't know if there is much not related t my allergies -red nose, swollen eyes, etc. The things I can think of besides giving my abs a bit of a workout is being tired, being off balance sometimes, and skin rashes. Skin rashes are allergy-related but people tend not to realize it. In the warmer months they mistake it for sunburn.
Q: I know that you have to wipe your nose a lot, esp when your allergies are bad. How do you deal with this when you have to do something for which you need both your hands?
A: I put things down often, lol. I need to have a hand free pretty often, so I make sure that can happen when I need.
Q: Are your sneezes very snotty? Do you have to wipe your nose especially when you're sneezing? When you feel a sneeze coming, do you take a tissue before you actually sneeze to be „prepared“ for it?
A: Not always, but they certainly can be. I always use tissues when I am sneezing. I do tend to be snotty and I also am extra careful not to let people see my snot! I might be a bit obsessive about it, but I don't want people thinking I am gross so I am always careful in public.
Q: You told me that when your allergies aren't too bad, it can happen that you don't sneeze for about an hour. When your allergies are bad (e.g. during ragweed season), how long would you estimate the longest „non-sneezing“ time then?
A: At the most, maybe 15mins, but usually less
Q: Most of the allergy symptoms you explained are clearly recognizeable for others directly (sneezing) or almost directly (runny nose because you wipe it, congestion because your voice is stuffy). Which of the symptoms that are not recognizeable for others so easily would you consider being the most „unexpected“ ones, i.e. the symptoms which someone who doesn't have allergies himself would never guess to be caused by allergies? And which of these „not so well recognizeable“ symptoms are the most annoying for you?
A: This is pretty similar in my answer to the first question. Tiredness is probably the big one. When my allergies are bad it really wipes me out and its something that people don't really get. Another one is balance/dizziness. When my allergies are really bad my ears get all clogged up and it can sometimes make me feel dizzy and off balance. And even though much of it is noticeable, people don't realize how much my senses get impacted when my allergies are really bad - I can't smell or taste, its hard for people to understand what I am saying, seeing is sometimes difficult with swollen and very watery eyes, and clogged ears makes sound muffled.
Thanks for the questions, and keep them coming. As always I am happy to chat. Just drop a line to say hi. Allergies are really kicking my butt so I might be around online more, if its not so bad that I can't even do that!
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