A failed experiment... possibly

[rebeccaC]

reminds us who are healthy to feel blessed and grateful!!! hoping the allergist finds a workable solution for you!!!

[OakLeaf]

You know, this morning I'm reading the local news, as I have most mornings for a decade, and I noticed something I never had before.

At the bottom of the front page of each local paper's website, there's a row of headshots of ordinary citizens.

In the northern paper, they're obituaries, so we can extend sympathy to our neighbors.

In the Daytona paper, they're mugshots, so we can sneer at and gossip about our neighbors.

Kind of says a lot.


ETA: sorry about the smiley face, don't know what I clicked to put it there accidentally, can't find a way to remove it.

[Crankin]

Even though it's not funny, I just laughed at your comment, Oak. I think it sums it up perfectly.
Too many years in eternal sunshine made me cynical. I wonder how this happened?

[Pax]

Oak - I agree, it is a strange place with no sense of community. Seems to be "every man for himself", as though the people who move here either come from a place where that behavior is the norm, or feel alienated enough here to adopt it.

[Sky King]

My favorite quote "life is what happens while we are busy making plans" Sorry to hear about the unexpected but happy to hear you all are flexible enough to go with a flow.

[Pax]

So, a frustrating visit to the allergist, I'm "presenting in an asymptomatic fashion" meaning my lungs are clear (not full of crap) but my smooth muscles are not working right. The verdict "lets get a chest xray and try these new drugs for a month and see how it goes, meanwhile, avoid your allergen triggers". arrrggghh

[Crankin]

Sounds like what I was told... only it was called "non-specious" asthma, back in the 80s. My chest hurt like hell, but I wasn't wheezing. I took so many courses of Prednisone, no wonder I have osteoporosis. And that awful older drug, Theophylline. It felt like I was on speed. This was before all the drugs we have today were invented. I stopped seeing the pulmonologist at that point, and went to an allergist and restarted allergy shots for the 3d time in my life. I felt horrible after every shot, so eventually I quit that, too. As it turns out, a couple of years after I moved back to MA (which cured my asthma), I found out that the allergist who I went to in Tempe (his brother lives near here) was the principal inventor of Advair.
I wish you luck, Pax. I truly understand how you are feeling.

[Pax]

Thanks, Crankin. She told me today, if we're planning on moving home to Illinois in the next 1-4 years there's no point in starting them here in FL. I was happy to hear that as I was controlled just fine back in IL, no reason to inject me with a bunch of stuff for here.

[OakLeaf]

Oh, man. Hope you can get some relief from the new meds.

I will say I got at least 80% relief from my cedar allergy within three or four shots. Way before I was even built up to full strength. So I don't know why they wouldn't want you to try that even if was "only" going to be a year or four.