My allergies this spring seem to be coming on quicker than usual. I don't know if it will end up being a worse spring, but it feels like its been coming on about 2 weeks earlier than usual. Like right now my allergies feel like they usually do in the middle of April. Maybe everything is just 2 weeks early this year.
I had a weird/interesting dream a few days ago. I was a consultant for a video game about allergies. The dream got very detailed, but mainly it was a game where you played someone with allergies and had to get through daily life and other things for a set amount of time - like a day or an allergy season or a year or something. There were different difficultly levels, what things you are allergic to, and other settings to choose from. Winning was based on what version of the game you played. I think one was based on finding a cure for your allergy, or a way to keep them totally at bay. Another was minimizing how much resources you needed to use on controlling your allergies, and another was limiting impact your allergies had on your social life. I never saw the actual game in the dream, but it was some game developers talking to me about what they wanted the game to be about and me giving them information on how it would be realistic for someone with allergies, what the challenges are, etc. If you are interested in more, message me and I can probably remember more about it if we chat about it. The dream and game was actually kinda cool. I sort of wish a game like that was being made. I sure could consult on it, lol!
Someone suggested a blog topic to me I want to try. It was talking abut modes of transport and the advantages and disadvantages they have for my allergies. I will mention a few here, and if people want, I can add a few more/talk about ones people suggest. Just note, I am putting the ones down I think have the biggest impact, so off the top of my head, I am not sure how interesting others may be.
Airplanes: This is probably the worst for me. I have mentioned plane trips before. Its not that planes themselves make my allergies bad (I can run into random thing that make me allergic, but that can happen anywhere), but the altitude changes can get very painful for me. My sinuses get really intense pressure and pain and my ears can hurt so badly. The intense pressure and congestion makes me sneeze less, but the sneezes are pretty painful from it. After a trip across the country, I need about a day to recover and feel better.
Cars: This really depends on time of year/pollen season. In the winter I am usually fine. Some days in pollen seasons my allergies are too bad to drive. I also have had times where I have had to pull over if I feel a bad allergy attack coming on. As a passenger, again if pollen isnt an issue, everything is fine. During pollen season, the longer the car ride, the worse my allergies can get. If I am just with Allison, its not that bad, but if I am in the car with other people, its very embarrassing because I can't go run off anywhere, and my bad allergies can become the center of attention in the car.
As I mentioned above, if you want to know about other modes of transport, let me know. For ideas, these are some the person suggested: walking, riding a bicycle, travelling by bus, train, boat/ship.
I will keep trying to make posts more often, so please keep coming up with questions/ideas for me. As always, feel free to contact me to chat.
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Sunday, March 27, 2016
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Short allergy update and Q+A 4
This spring continues to be really horrible for my allergies. Its not letting up at all! They have really been messing with my sleep and my ability to get things done. I did want to make a quick update here and make a quick new Q+A:
Q: Have you had any positive experiences because of your allergies? People you've met or bad situations that were made better maybe? (I always try to look for the good in bad!)
A: The one big good thing thing that is that because of my allergies is getting to meet my best friend Jessie. I gave the story of how I met her in one of my early posts. Becoming friends with her is the one best thing that came from me having allergies. I can't think of any bad situatiosn that having allergies would help though. Do you have any examples? In jr HS and HS I did sometimes use my allergies to get out of going to school. When I woke up I would deliberatly expose myself to something I was alleric to without my parents knowing and then they saw my allergies being really bad and would let me stay home. I only did that a few times though.
Q: I know in the anatomy class I took, there was a long-term lab where we dissected cats (humanely acquired, obviously). Have you ever had to deal with a lab when you're working on a subject that you are allergic to?
A: The worst was a botany class with lab in undergrad that I had to take one semester. I tried to avoid it but it was the only class avaibale for a catagory I needed for my program. The prof. was very understanding and would let me leave when I needed to and let me do the lab practicals at a different time from the rest of the class (I think not just for me but to not disrupt the rest of the class when they tested too) and he did give me extra time for the practicals. I did have to make up any lab time I missed though. I tried using a mask but putting on a mask when already dealing with allergies isn't that helpful. Having a very runny nose and sneezing fits inside a mask is not good, believe me! Other than that, I don't think there were too many labs I had major issues with. Animal dissections in labs already had the skin removed so I guess that was't a problem. One good thing is that apparently animal dissection labs smell pretty bad and I couldn't smell anything. I think maybe in general bio we did a flower dissection and dealt with plants a few times but thats about it.
Please keep the questions (and other feedback) coming in the comments, I like doing this. The more people who ask stuff the more often I can post.
Q: Have you had any positive experiences because of your allergies? People you've met or bad situations that were made better maybe? (I always try to look for the good in bad!)
A: The one big good thing thing that is that because of my allergies is getting to meet my best friend Jessie. I gave the story of how I met her in one of my early posts. Becoming friends with her is the one best thing that came from me having allergies. I can't think of any bad situatiosn that having allergies would help though. Do you have any examples? In jr HS and HS I did sometimes use my allergies to get out of going to school. When I woke up I would deliberatly expose myself to something I was alleric to without my parents knowing and then they saw my allergies being really bad and would let me stay home. I only did that a few times though.
Q: I know in the anatomy class I took, there was a long-term lab where we dissected cats (humanely acquired, obviously). Have you ever had to deal with a lab when you're working on a subject that you are allergic to?
A: The worst was a botany class with lab in undergrad that I had to take one semester. I tried to avoid it but it was the only class avaibale for a catagory I needed for my program. The prof. was very understanding and would let me leave when I needed to and let me do the lab practicals at a different time from the rest of the class (I think not just for me but to not disrupt the rest of the class when they tested too) and he did give me extra time for the practicals. I did have to make up any lab time I missed though. I tried using a mask but putting on a mask when already dealing with allergies isn't that helpful. Having a very runny nose and sneezing fits inside a mask is not good, believe me! Other than that, I don't think there were too many labs I had major issues with. Animal dissections in labs already had the skin removed so I guess that was't a problem. One good thing is that apparently animal dissection labs smell pretty bad and I couldn't smell anything. I think maybe in general bio we did a flower dissection and dealt with plants a few times but thats about it.
Please keep the questions (and other feedback) coming in the comments, I like doing this. The more people who ask stuff the more often I can post.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Late for posting and Q+A 3
Sorry I haven't posted in so long. School got really busy. On top of that, this last week and a half or so my allergies have been really horrible. This is my first spring in the northeast and at least my allergies didn't start getting bad until about 3 weeks or so later than they usually do but wow it is hitting me hard now. My new girlfriend Allison is being helpful, and even though its really embarrassing for me, the fact that she has allergies too helps a bit with my embarassment.
Now some more Q+A:
Q: Have you ever travelled or been anywhere that made your allergies better or worse?
A: Not much. Many people say that if you move to different places your allergies will be better, but I haven't found that to be true (and my allergies tells me moving won't really help). I have not traveled often, but everywhere I have been, I have had allergy problems. The one place they aren't as bad is if I am out on a boat in the sea or something. I have been on people's boats a few times. No place to make it worse really, unless I am around alot of stuff I am allergic to.
Q: Do you think if people were more understanding generally you'd be less embarrassed about your allergies in front of people?
A: I think so. I have had many people not be understanding at all, especially when I was younger. Even if everyone was real understanding though I think I still would be pretty embarrassed by it all. I would feel less embarrassed though.
Q: Do you think that it would have been easier if you had had your allergies really early on instead of them onsetting later in life when they did?
A: I have no idea. I would guess not though, just cause I think it would have sucked to have such bad allergies the whole time I was growing up. At least I didn't have to deal with all that annoyance until I was about 13. I couldn't imagine having bad allergies when I was like 4 or something, lol.
Q: What situations do you feel your allergies have had the worst negative impact on?
A: There are many situations they have negative impacts on, but if I had to pick the worst, I would say dating. Meeting someone new or on a first date you want to be your best and its hard to do if you are in the middle of bad allergy attacks. Bad allergies seem to be a big turn off for many people. Even when dating my allergies can be too disruptive, and they can get in the way of being intimate.
Now some more Q+A:
Q: Have you ever travelled or been anywhere that made your allergies better or worse?
A: Not much. Many people say that if you move to different places your allergies will be better, but I haven't found that to be true (and my allergies tells me moving won't really help). I have not traveled often, but everywhere I have been, I have had allergy problems. The one place they aren't as bad is if I am out on a boat in the sea or something. I have been on people's boats a few times. No place to make it worse really, unless I am around alot of stuff I am allergic to.
Q: Do you think if people were more understanding generally you'd be less embarrassed about your allergies in front of people?
A: I think so. I have had many people not be understanding at all, especially when I was younger. Even if everyone was real understanding though I think I still would be pretty embarrassed by it all. I would feel less embarrassed though.
Q: Do you think that it would have been easier if you had had your allergies really early on instead of them onsetting later in life when they did?
A: I have no idea. I would guess not though, just cause I think it would have sucked to have such bad allergies the whole time I was growing up. At least I didn't have to deal with all that annoyance until I was about 13. I couldn't imagine having bad allergies when I was like 4 or something, lol.
Q: What situations do you feel your allergies have had the worst negative impact on?
A: There are many situations they have negative impacts on, but if I had to pick the worst, I would say dating. Meeting someone new or on a first date you want to be your best and its hard to do if you are in the middle of bad allergy attacks. Bad allergies seem to be a big turn off for many people. Even when dating my allergies can be too disruptive, and they can get in the way of being intimate.
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