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!
Friday, December 17, 2010
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.
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.
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.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Needing to sneeze
If you notice I am catching up on posting today :) I had some half-finished posts and I figured I should get them done.
I think many people don't realize that I almost always have a need to sneeze. It can vary in intensity, but it is always there to one level or another. Its like a tingling or tickle deep in my nose and it spreads when I actually am going to start sneezing. It can spread really slow or really fast or at almost any speed. I don't like it super fast because then I am not ready for the fit. Its best when it spreads slow enough so I can get ready for it and even get away by myself before the fit starts.
The intensity of the tickle depends on how bad my allergies are at the time. On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being sneezing, I often am around a 5 or 6. It can be a bit distracting sometimes but as I mentioned at least it helps me sometimes be able to keep track of when I am about to start sneezing. If its in the winter and I am not around anything I am allergic to at all for a while, it gets as low as a 2. When my allergies are really bad it can sometimes never go below a 9.
From what I have been told, most people sneeze and that feeling of needing to sneeze goes away for a while. For me it doesn't. No matter how much I sneeze, that feeling of needing to sneeze is still there. It is usually lessened for a while after a fit at least. Its like sneezing fits just give me partial relief.
I think many people don't realize that I almost always have a need to sneeze. It can vary in intensity, but it is always there to one level or another. Its like a tingling or tickle deep in my nose and it spreads when I actually am going to start sneezing. It can spread really slow or really fast or at almost any speed. I don't like it super fast because then I am not ready for the fit. Its best when it spreads slow enough so I can get ready for it and even get away by myself before the fit starts.
The intensity of the tickle depends on how bad my allergies are at the time. On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being sneezing, I often am around a 5 or 6. It can be a bit distracting sometimes but as I mentioned at least it helps me sometimes be able to keep track of when I am about to start sneezing. If its in the winter and I am not around anything I am allergic to at all for a while, it gets as low as a 2. When my allergies are really bad it can sometimes never go below a 9.
From what I have been told, most people sneeze and that feeling of needing to sneeze goes away for a while. For me it doesn't. No matter how much I sneeze, that feeling of needing to sneeze is still there. It is usually lessened for a while after a fit at least. Its like sneezing fits just give me partial relief.
Cold and allergies
I just got over having a cold. People often ask me things like "how can you tell when you have a cold?" or "Maybe its not allergies, maybe its a cold." I guess these are people who don't have allergies! Yea, some symptoms are similar, but they are different, so it is easy to tell. I will say that is IT a pain to have a cold on top of allergies.
These are the things that happen when I get a cold on top of my allergies:
With allergies, I can get worn-out, but when I have a cold its more like having a feeling of physical weakness, different from feeling worn out from doing alot of activity.
My sneezing feels harsher and it feels like something could spray from my mouth. I also notice that my snot is thicker and more yellowish instead of clear or white.
My sinuses hurt differently when I have a cold. Sometimes when my allergies are bad my sinuses will hurt, but with a cold they hurt differently. I can't really explain better than that.
When I have a cold, my throat hurts and I cough. I don't cough from allergies and at the worst my throat will tickle/itch but not hurt.
When I have a cold, my teeth hurt. Yea it sounds weird, but it happens.
When I have a cold, inside my nose burns. With allergies it is tickles or itches or tingles or has a throbbing feeling, but when I have a cold it feels more like a burning.
I am curious if other people with allergies have a similar experience. I don't think many people read my blog, but if you do, and have allergies, can you share what it is like for you having a cold with allergies?
These are the things that happen when I get a cold on top of my allergies:
With allergies, I can get worn-out, but when I have a cold its more like having a feeling of physical weakness, different from feeling worn out from doing alot of activity.
My sneezing feels harsher and it feels like something could spray from my mouth. I also notice that my snot is thicker and more yellowish instead of clear or white.
My sinuses hurt differently when I have a cold. Sometimes when my allergies are bad my sinuses will hurt, but with a cold they hurt differently. I can't really explain better than that.
When I have a cold, my throat hurts and I cough. I don't cough from allergies and at the worst my throat will tickle/itch but not hurt.
When I have a cold, my teeth hurt. Yea it sounds weird, but it happens.
When I have a cold, inside my nose burns. With allergies it is tickles or itches or tingles or has a throbbing feeling, but when I have a cold it feels more like a burning.
I am curious if other people with allergies have a similar experience. I don't think many people read my blog, but if you do, and have allergies, can you share what it is like for you having a cold with allergies?
Why I like chatting online
I was chatting with someone recently online about why I like to chat online and I wanted to post about it.
Most of the time I am very congested and its pretty impossible for me to not sound all stuffed up when I talk (even though I keep trying). I just don't like the way I sound like that, I am embarrassed by it, and it feels like more of an effort to talk. My sneezing also interrupts my conversations. I have to stop what I am saying while I am sneezing and people will stop talking while I am sneezing. I really feel bad about disrupting conversations like that and I hate all the focus from people when I have a fit in the middle of a conversation. It also really sucks when I am trying to answer a question, or I really need to tell someone something, but I can't because I am sneezing so much. It can cause problems.
When I chat online I can avoid most of that. The congestion is not an issue at all and some of the fits I can still type through and the sneezing is less of a disruption for an online conversation. When my allergies are really bad, it gets pretty hard to talk, but it is much easier to chat online. So if it seems like my allergies are always bad when I am online, that's why. When they aren't that bad I tend to be online less.
Most of the time I am very congested and its pretty impossible for me to not sound all stuffed up when I talk (even though I keep trying). I just don't like the way I sound like that, I am embarrassed by it, and it feels like more of an effort to talk. My sneezing also interrupts my conversations. I have to stop what I am saying while I am sneezing and people will stop talking while I am sneezing. I really feel bad about disrupting conversations like that and I hate all the focus from people when I have a fit in the middle of a conversation. It also really sucks when I am trying to answer a question, or I really need to tell someone something, but I can't because I am sneezing so much. It can cause problems.
When I chat online I can avoid most of that. The congestion is not an issue at all and some of the fits I can still type through and the sneezing is less of a disruption for an online conversation. When my allergies are really bad, it gets pretty hard to talk, but it is much easier to chat online. So if it seems like my allergies are always bad when I am online, that's why. When they aren't that bad I tend to be online less.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Day after parties
My allergies make me have to miss out on some social things. Sometimes, like last night, I am able to go to parties and have some fun. One thing I notice though is that my allergies are always bad the day after I go to a party. Maybe I am just not as careful when I am at a party with avoiding things I am allergic to, but then it should affect me right away. If I get through the party feeling ok, I go to bed ok and then I wake up the next day with really bad allergic reactions.
Today my nose feels like there are tiny pointy sticks up in both my nostrils. Makes it tickle really badly and giving me alot of sneezing fits and a very runny nose. I am too stuffed up to blow my nose and I hate that. My nose feels all filled up but I can't do anything about it. That's just one thing I can never understand, that my nose can be so stuffed up yet so runny at the same time!
Today my nose feels like there are tiny pointy sticks up in both my nostrils. Makes it tickle really badly and giving me alot of sneezing fits and a very runny nose. I am too stuffed up to blow my nose and I hate that. My nose feels all filled up but I can't do anything about it. That's just one thing I can never understand, that my nose can be so stuffed up yet so runny at the same time!
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