STORM2K

Posted: **Wed Apr 16, 2003 10:14 pm**

Our pollen count today was 1202! You could literally see the yellow clouds blowing across the road. :o

Posted: **Wed Apr 16, 2003 10:17 pm**

yikes...that' was ours was on Monday...(partly the reason for this cold!) Maple was extremely high on Monday! 1262!!!

Posted: **Wed Apr 16, 2003 10:24 pm**

That's insanely high. :o

Posted: **Wed Apr 16, 2003 10:26 pm**

Just the thaught of it gives me a migrane. :o

Posted: **Wed Apr 16, 2003 10:29 pm**

I'm not sure how the scale goes, but "Extremely High" is relatively low compared to 1200+/-.!! :?

Posted: **Wed Apr 16, 2003 11:02 pm**

My sinuses say pollen count "REALLY INSANELY HIGH".

Posted: **Thu Apr 17, 2003 1:14 am**

Stormsfury wrote:My sinuses say pollen count "REALLY INSANELY HIGH".

MINE TOO!!! Having to take pain pills to get rid of the pain!! Ibuprofen isn't doing it!!

Posted: **Thu Apr 17, 2003 2:41 am**

I can't take ibuprofen (Advil). The two times I did I broke out in hives. Sudafed works well for me.

Posted: **Thu Apr 17, 2003 9:51 pm**

Just a little tidbit. Did you know all that yellow stuff you see on the cars and roads making little "pollen devils" are really only pine pollens, which are not the ones causing the allergies. The ones causing the allergies are the hard to see (microscopic) oak, maple, elm, and hickory pollens! Surprising but tru.

Posted: **Thu Apr 17, 2003 9:54 pm**

Ust looking at all the yellow dust makes my nose itchy, hate to think what the microscopic stuff does :o

Posted: **Thu Apr 17, 2003 10:28 pm**

JQ Public wrote:Just a little tidbit. Did you know all that yellow stuff you see on the cars and roads making little "pollen devils" are really only pine pollens, which are not the ones causing the allergies. The ones causing the allergies are the hard to see (microscopic) oak, maple, elm, and hickory pollens! Surprising but tru.

Exactly, JQ...very good post and information there ... the stuff that's on the cars aren't what get us!

BTW, I have been taking non-prescription Claritin and it has worked pretty nicely for me ... (I've also used a lot of Saline Spray as well to help break up the stuffed up nose) ... I'm getting there!

Posted: **Thu Apr 17, 2003 10:49 pm**

I take Comtrex b/c that is the ONLY stuff that will work! (Besides Bromfed, but I need a Rx for that one) Yup...my allergies are being a pain in the royal arse right now. Ever since Monday's Maple count of 1262, my allergies have been turned up to HIGH! I usually can handle them by taking one comtrex a day, but lately it's been meds after meds after meds...I feel like I am a walking pharmacy!

Posted: **Thu Apr 17, 2003 10:52 pm**

Shannon, I know the feeling ... so far, *crosses fingers*, this one got me bad for only a couple of days but eased up enough to at least to allow me to make it through ... Sinus infections royally suck and so does this pollen!

Posted: **Thu Apr 17, 2003 11:05 pm**

my allergies turned into a COLD! which in turn caused me to lose my voice, hack like there is no tomorrow and to stick a kleenex up my nose! Needless to say, I can't catch my nose...it just keeps running and running and running!

Posted: **Fri Apr 18, 2003 2:10 am**

hehe...thanks for the kudos stormsfury. yeh, allergies have always been a problem my dad has dealt with, but recently my brother has gotten allergies during the spring. Kind of scary...hoping i'm not next

STORM2K

I (heart) Pollen... NOT

I (heart) Pollen... NOT