Only going to get worse

[asterroc]

As if my tree allergies weren't bad enough already, they're saying that they'll be worse tomorrow due to today's wind w/o rain. AND THEN grass is starting soon, to which I'm also deathly allergic.

I swear, if I ever get a house, the first thing I'm doing is covering the lawn over with rocks, and then I'm chopping down and burning the stumps of any surrounding pine, linden, or mimosa trees, and lilac bushes.

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[oh-chris.livejournal.com]

good thing you're not visiting, as i have a lilac.
you'll probably need a very large tract of land, unfortunately.. while i can't tell one tree from another, i don't think that there are any of the trees to which i'm violently allergic on my block, and certainly not any on my land.
plus i've been told that even moving to a new area won't help, because supposedly i'll just discover new and exciting allergies there. plus the idiot yankees that moved to the tropics or the desert got homesick and tried to plant their native foliage in the local environment, fucking it up for the rest of us.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

I spent a summer in Arizona - I went straight from Spring semester at college to Tucson, and then straight from there back to Fall at college. It's much MUCH better than up here.

FWIW I do suspect that allergy shots would make a big difference - they did for my mom, even when she didn't get them year-round, just during allergy season. I just like bitching more than I like the inconvenience and cost of the shots.

[tacotortoise.livejournal.com]

Noooooo not the lilacs! That's the best part of spring in New England, at least for me. Of course, plant sex has no adverse effect on me.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

They are beautiful and smell that way too. They just make my lungs come up out of my nose, make me wish I could pluck my eyes out, and even the roof of my mouth itches. The worst is when the allergies also trigger my asthma, so as I'm sneezing out Lake Eerie and not able to take a deep breath without sneezing, I also feel like I've got a really tight girdle on, without any of the potential pluses of such a bondage.

[weirdlilfaechld.livejournal.com]

Have you ever tried raw local honey? It's pretty good, and since it's so dry here allergies are usually much less severe, but it has helped my older sister who has severe asthma that is set off by allergies and refuses anything that involves needles including allergy shots, even though we had a mulberry tree right next door growing up.

FWIW? I see that, but I'm not sure I know what it means. Is it "For What It's Worth"?

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

rumorofrain gave me a bit of raw local honey - is it supposed to work b/c you're putting the pollen into your system or something? Got any links about how/why it works?

You're correct on FWIW - for what it's worth.

[weirdlilfaechld.livejournal.com]

Sorry about taking so long to respond. I can't find the links in my mess of too many bookmarks, but will post them hen I find them.

That's about it. The pollen enters your body in a way that it can't respond to and it eventually realizes that it's not a harmful substance.

I have no proof, and don't think there is any available. Just anecdotal evidence.