Well, that was...something

[rolanni]

And 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...

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Or Neilmed squeeze-bottle

[jane-barfly.livejournal.com]

I found that Neti pots require me to Breathe Funny While Contorting My Neck. Not an all-around glowing success. I get the same sinus-rinse effect from the Neilmed squeeze bottles. Not amazingly comfortable, but much much better than sinuses stuffed with cotton-wool.

Laura