*snivel*

[venta]

It's Spring. Yay.

Time for the hayfever season...

Time to start trying this year's ludicrous hayfever remedy. Anyone got any suggestions ? (So far I've tried antihistamines of various kinds, Neal's yard anti-allergy vitamin tablets, lots of honey...)

People sometimes criticise me for not liking summer. I tell them: I have no quarrel with summer.

Yet as soon as I go outside in it, it makes me sneeze. It makes my eyes run, and itch horribly. On top of that it burns me, even if I wear high-factor sun cream. And then, to add insult to injury, it causes me to get bitten by innumerable nasties.

It started it!

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Euphrasia!

[lanfykins.livejournal.com]

For the eyes, anyway. You can either get little tablets from a chemist or (as I remember) a tincture of the stuff from Neal's Yard, which had the advantage of involving drops of alcohol.

Re: Euphrasia!

[venta.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I might look into that.

To be honest, though, I don't mind the itchy eyes so much, it's the runny nose I really want rid of.

Re: Euphrasia!

[condign.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. Are you going outside tomorrow?

Because I can see a slight problem with maskmaking if you have a severely-runny nose. Not something completely unworkable, but difficult nonetheless.

Re: Euphrasia!

[venta.livejournal.com]

I'm not outside today :(

Hopefully it won't be too bad... if it is, you'll just have to help me drown my sorrows instead :)

[davefish.livejournal.com]

Syphilis, it makes your nose fall off.
He says (un)helpfully.

Re: Euphrasia!

[uitlander]

You can always try going to the Southern hemisphere:

1. Its winter (so minimal pollen).
2. There's very little that any of us are sensitised to there.

I await with non-enthusiasm the arrival of my own runny nose. If its anytnhing like the railways, with luck it might be cancelled this year (I try telling myself this every year, but it never works).