It's allergy season again with a vengeance! I haven't had such a miserable allergy season in quite a while. I'm drugged up right now on cold medicine because my allergy meds weren't helping. I'm muffled.
My right ear has been plugged since last night. It did open up breifly this AM and I did a little dance of joy but then it plugged back up again. You gotta take those joyous moments when you can!
Yesterday was a high point for me. I thought I was getting past it and then it gave me it's hardest hit yet! I had the lovely sinus drip going steady. Nose is raw/chapped from the visits with kleenex every 5 minutes or less. My throat is raw from the drip and the bizarre contortions I'm doing with the back of my throat in my attempts to scratch what's itching back in there. Finally felt like some blisters popped so I really need to knock the throat contortions off today. When I forget and try to do them, I get some painful reminders! The itch is less of a problem than the pain I get from trying to releive the itch at this point.
The cold medicine has finally slowed the drip. I was experiencing itchy eyelashes (yes, eyelashes) and that's not happening today (yay!!!) Yay for cold medicine that makes my symptoms ease and relaxes me enough that I don't care as much about what it doesn't ease!
I don't really mind being muffled. It's rather nice and peaceful in this muffly place! Until I can wake up and feel like my normal self, this muffled place makes life tolerable. Yesterday it wasn't. Yesterday I hit a new level of crabby over this. I hate having allergies! There is no escape. It's your body and you can't get away from it. Well I supposed you could commit suicide but that would be really stupid. So, short of suicide, you can't get away from it. Unlike a cold, it can go on for weeks. Wait, I've had colds that went on for weeks. Maybe a cold isn't better. Regardless, with a cold you have the outside chance that you'll feel better in 7-10 days. Allergies can go on for weeks! When the snow flies I should be safe but it's only friggin' 9/5/12 so that's potentially a lot of suffering if it actually takes that long!
Shit.
