Well, that was...something
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 06:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rolanniAnd so...I'm slightly (very slightly) allergic to...dogs...and some few weedy things...and a couple varieties of mold, but, really, who isn't? I am not, mind you, sensitive enough to any of these things that the doctor was willing to use the word "allergic," preferring "irritant." While this is Good News, it leaves open to wonder Just What Exactly Is Going On. Sigh. Nose drops for four weeks, and regroup. If no better, then I get to have my sinuses x-rayed. Somehow, this proposition fails to fill me with joy...
This was my very first time having an allergy test, which made me a minor celebrity with staff, and I must say that I have a whole new appreciation for the Death of A Thousand Cuts. Happily for me, I had taken along blink by Malcolm Gladwell, which is utterly absorbing. I can't wait to get back to it.
In other news, we had a thunderstorm this evening; the sun is out now, and the sky as blue as if it had never rained...
This was my very first time having an allergy test, which made me a minor celebrity with staff, and I must say that I have a whole new appreciation for the Death of A Thousand Cuts. Happily for me, I had taken along blink by Malcolm Gladwell, which is utterly absorbing. I can't wait to get back to it.
In other news, we had a thunderstorm this evening; the sun is out now, and the sky as blue as if it had never rained...
Can you take Zyrtec?
Date: 2008-06-25 01:09 pm (UTC)So they said the heck with finding out what the allergen is; instead we focused on finding a treatment that worked.
Zyrtec (Cetirizine Hydrochloride) recently became an OTC med, and it's been a lifesaver. It is supposed to last 24 hours (more like 22 for me, that's not bad) and it makes me sleepy at first so I take it at bedtime. No more nausea from draining sinuses, no more coughing all night long, no more sinus headaches!
Might be worth asking your doctor if you can try it. I buy bottles of 100 as a generic from my pharmacy for about $13; name brand in the store is much more expensive.
In the meantime, if your nose drops are a steroid-based product, such as rhinocort or nasonex, then I would suggest you rinse your throat (gargle-and-spit) shortly after using them. Some people are susceptible to getting thrush from oral or nasal steroids, and while it's common to see a warning on asthma inhalers, it's rare to see it on the nasal ones. Personal experience here. You might not have a problem -- but what harm is there in a quick gargle?
Good luck....
--Susan