allergies

It is springtime. Lately, I've been taking 24 hour allergy medicine (Claritin or Zyrtec) which will last until later evening and then I take regular allergy medicine. It mentions that it may cause drowsiness as a side effect. For me, that is a definite. I have not had to take any allergy medicine for a week or so, but then I mowed the lawn yesterday and about 8:30 p.m. last night my throat and nose starting getting really itchy. I took the regular allergy medicine and it didn't kick in...

So, I decided to try something out that I read a while ago in the Natural Health magazine...a saline wash for the nose. Since we don't own any of the nice devices for that purpose I just used a glass of water with a bit of salt. I went into the bathroom and snorted water nostril by nostril. By this time Mat is asking me if I'm okay. I was fine. It felt like I was out in the ocean getting water up my nose but instead I was sitting in our bathroom pouring water down my shirt.

Hopefully, I won't have to do that again. I do have to say that it did make the itchiness in my nose go away and I was able to relax enough to have the allergy meds start working to put me to sleep.