Kirsten
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zoomylicious
'11 Cannondale SuperSix 4 Rival
'12 Salsa Mukluk 3
'14 Seven Mudhoney S Ti/disc/Di2
+1 on the neti pot, and also washing your face before bed.
To keep your face off those moldy hotel pillows (and support your neck), I just take a bath towel, fold it in thirds, roll it and put it under my neck, to sleep on my back.
But the pollen this year has been insane, and the molds have come right up just as the pollen is going down. I've been fighting a raging case of allergic conjunctivitis (could hardly see out of my left eye), which I've never had to deal with before outside of very mild itching. My doctor prescribed Patanol eye drop$$ which only helped about halfway until the pollen came down a bit.
Speed comes from what you put behind you. - Judi Ketteler
I got steroid nose spray from my doc.
It's pricey (and probably makes me ineligible for certain competitions), but I have permission to bump up the dose for situations like you describe.
Each day is a gift, that's why it is called the present.
Thanks for all the responses! Specifically, I'm concerned with addressing the musty smells since their impact on me is extreme. For various reasons, I'm unable to use antihistamines or steroids...
however, I like the Febreeze idea and will try that
Oh yeah +1 on neti pot!
If you don't grow where you're planted, you'll never BLOOM - Will Rogers
A good air freshener like one of those plug-in warming units can really knock out a lot of stink.
Kirsten
run/bike log
zoomylicious
'11 Cannondale SuperSix 4 Rival
'12 Salsa Mukluk 3
'14 Seven Mudhoney S Ti/disc/Di2
Hmmm...I like the scented oil ones. I never liked the ones with the little rectangle of gel stuff. I wonder if there's a difference. Or what about a reed diffuser or something like that?
Kirsten
run/bike log
zoomylicious
'11 Cannondale SuperSix 4 Rival
'12 Salsa Mukluk 3
'14 Seven Mudhoney S Ti/disc/Di2
I find that plug-in scented oil things can be irritating to my throat. And even if they mask the odor, they won't remove the allergens from the air.
Would Lysol help? I sometimes have a problem on humid summer days with a musty smell in my condo. If I spray lots of Lysol when I leave for work in the morning, it still smells fresher when I get home later in the day. (I'm hoping my almost-finished kitchen renovation will solve or significantly reduce the problem in my case, since lots of old wood cabinets and some moldy drywall were removed.)
- Gray 2010 carbon WSD road bike, Rivet Independence saddle
- Red hardtail 26" aluminum mountain bike, Bontrager Evoke WSD saddle
- Royal blue 2018 aluminum gravel bike, Rivet Pearl saddle
Gone but not forgotten:
- Silver 2003 aluminum road bike
- Two awesome worn out Juliana saddles
Mr. Bloom,
If you're driving, can you bring your own pillow? It isn't that an unusual thing for people to do. At least your face won't be in the musty pillow all night long.
Beth
Those plug ins HURT me!!
Each day is a gift, that's why it is called the present.