AGGGGGG HH Fall Allergies

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AGGGGGG HH Fall Allergies
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Sat, 09-13-2003 - 10:34am
Just read an article about the 50 worst cities for allergies this fall and guess what--they named 5 Pennsy cities all around me (my city is too small to be mentioned)--Detroit (my flight layover) and San Francisco. I can vouch for their results---YUK

They also mentioned cities in NC--FLA--Texas--Missouri--and Phoenix Arizona---gonna be a bad year.Good thing I exercise in the house/hotel

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Sat, 09-13-2003 - 10:55am


I saw that too on allergies Barb and thought of you. We came out about 9th I think. When I was reading it I was sneezing so much I had to keep wiping away the tears lol. It is definitely a bad allergy year. Still I'm not looking forward to that first hard frost yet. ;)

~Golly

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Sat, 09-13-2003 - 11:15am
Still I'm not looking forward to that first hard frost yet. ;)

I'm not either--but hard frost doesn't alleviate it as the leaf mold really gets to me--and with all the rain we are having it is going to be bad this year!!!!

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Sat, 09-13-2003 - 11:19am


I hear you on leaf mold. The leaves really do a number on me but yes that's true about all the rain you've had. Let's hope it's not as bad as we think. It's odd, I thought our son would so love it when he moved to FL and got away from our yucky allergens. Turns out he's really allergic to palm tree pollen. Can't win lol.

~Golly

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Sat, 09-13-2003 - 11:26am
The best place is the desert--Nevada--southern Arizona--etc.--I like to visit but would not want to live there--I'll put up with the allergies

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Sat, 09-13-2003 - 11:30am
Wow - - you are getting it all Over Barb! That is rough. Right about keeping the exercise indoors.

I see Texas was on that list - - No surprise to me - - when I lived there I was Constantly suffering. Here, it's pretty much just spring time for me now.

The one that surprises me tho is Arizona - - I thought that was where the docs always sent folks to alleviate their allergies.

~~~tracy

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Sat, 09-13-2003 - 11:35am


>>The one that surprises me tho is Arizona - - I thought that was where the docs always sent folks to alleviate their allergies.

**Tracy you're right, that used to be the case. But as I understand it, a lot who moved there for allergies missed their local plants and so brought them in and messed it all up in places.

~Golly
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Sat, 09-13-2003 - 2:36pm
It's certainly been a bad year all over. Here in CA I think must be because we ahd a very wet May and then an unusually rainy August...as I'm sure you know. This is the first year I've had to take prescription-type pills and I even had to get Zatidor for my eyes, they were so painfully itchy. Heat makes pollens worse so hot days are awful. I look at the pollen index daily and we are finally going down...9.1 today, which is the lowest it's been in 2 weeks. I'll bet your area in PA is way up to 10 and over. Most of my family still live in PA and I know y'all have had a very wet summer.

As for the desert...Golly is right. More and more folks plant more and more stuff creating more and more pollens so no place is safe! LOL! We go to Vegas every few months (dh on business and me for the fun!) and it is bad there, too.

Have a fantastic weekend. Cappy, :'~~( {crying allergy tears}

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Sat, 09-13-2003 - 7:04pm
Oh my Barb ..

You will have to be careful now won't you ..

You'll be getting it from everywhere ..

So sorry to hear this :(

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Sat, 09-13-2003 - 7:06pm
>>The best place is the desert--Nevada--southern Arizona--etc.--I like to visit but would not want to live there--I'll put up with the allergies

**Everywhere has something ..

Lesser of evils

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