Quote Originally Posted by Crankin View Post
Do you have allergies, Emily? I was sick all of the time when I lived in south Florida. The humidity and heat put my whole immune system on overdrive. Wondering if this is a sign if maybe you'd do better in a different retirement haven!
Yes I do, but I don't have much hay fever. I'm mostly allergic to cats and a couple of other indoor things, like dust. I really don't think this cold is related to allergies as I haven't had any allergy problems whatsoever here -- haven't even had to use my asthma inhaler until just now with this cold. I just seem to catch every cold going around, and I really think it's because there are so many people here from all over the world carrying variations of virii I have not yet been exposed to.

I grew up in hot/humid NC (late spring through early fall at least), and only got a handful of colds in the last ten years I lived there, so I really don't think it's the weather in my case.

This summer we spent a lot of time at my mom's (two cats) and in a VERY dusty, catty environment in Ohio while cleaning out my IL's house, and I caught two colds during that time. Those two may very well have had something to do with the allergies screwing with my immune system. In both cases we didn't have hot weather (though it was humid).