Tips for the Hayfever Sufferers

Graces7 · 09-03-2010 6:30pm

Realised that already hay fever is here. Amazing.

ge_ch · 10-03-2010 1:47am

has anyone tried immunotherapy/desensitisation?
im on the waiting list for it(6 months to get an appointment) and have high hopes

another world · 02-04-2010 11:19am

ge_ch wrote: »

i suffer very bad all year round. the worst time is usually when it starts in january until october. i found avamys nasal spray the best,it clears my nose but at the same time it irritates my throat and i end up with throat infections all the time.
i just discovered something brilliant though,
its a nasal rinse from neilmed. its basically a plastic sqeezy bootle you fill with water and a little sachet mix(salt&bicarbonate) and you flush your nose. its a bit weird the first time round but you get used to it soon.
its the best thing i ever tried and its natural and cheap, way better than all the chemicals i used all my life
http://www.neilmed.com/ire/sinusrinse.php
i only used it for a few days now but i can finally breath through my nose and dont have to carry tissues around anymore
its available online of the official site and in some pharmacies

Do you know if there are any pharmacies in Dublin that stock the sinusrinse product?

pandora_mole · 03-04-2010 12:00pm

Nearly all pharmacies in Dublin stock this Neil Med Sinus Rinse. I don't know where you are, but I have always found it easy to pick it up anywhere. Dundrum Town Centre Pharmacy on the third floor also has it, as does the main pharmacy in Stillorgan. Quite a few pharmacies in town stock it too.

Miss Lockhart · 06-04-2010 7:43pm

Just wondering what price people are generally charged for Neoclarityn 5mg tablest?

Usually I just pay the DPS fee as I get a lot of medication, but recently pruchased them on their on own and was absolutely shocked to be charged €24. Someone else picked them up for me so I wasn't there myself, but I'm genuinely wondering if this is a mistake?

The_Conductor · 07-04-2010 8:46am

Miss Lockhart wrote: »

Just wondering what price people are generally charged for Neoclarityn 5mg tablest?

Usually I just pay the DPS fee as I get a lot of medication, but recently pruchased them on their on own and was absolutely shocked to be charged €24. Someone else picked them up for me so I wasn't there myself, but I'm genuinely wondering if this is a mistake?

The wholesale price is €10.78- so yes, its entirely possible that the retail price is €24. While I don't often admit it- at €24 for a box of 30- its actually one of the cheapest in Europe (Neoclarityn is sold as Aerius or Azomyr elsewhere in Europe- and typically the wholesale price is 15-20% higher than in Ireland. Its not an OTC medication, and is very expensive elsewhere).

Have a look at Neoclarityn's little brother- Clarityn- it retails at €17-18 a box for 24 tabs, even in the UK its retail price is over £10 a box of 24 (you might get it at slightly less than a tenner in some of the larger chains, but thats the sort of range).

Clarityn and Neoclarityn are both expensive medications........

ge_ch · 07-04-2010 11:04am

smccarrick wrote: »

Neoclarityn is sold as Aerius or Azomyr elsewhere in Europe

Thanks for that info, I got Aerius perscribed by my gp when I lived in Switzerland and I found it was the only one that worked for me.
Everybody wants to give me Zyrtek, but it doesnt do anything.
When I asked my GP about Aerius he had no idea what I was talking about.
I usually take Clarityn when I'm really bad. What is the difference between Clarityn and Neoclarityn? Is it stronger? Can you get that over the counter?

Miss Lockhart · 07-04-2010 10:12pm

smccarrick wrote: »

The wholesale price is €10.78- so yes, its entirely possible that the retail price is €24. While I don't often admit it- at €24 for a box of 30- its actually one of the cheapest in Europe (Neoclarityn is sold as Aerius or Azomyr elsewhere in Europe- and typically the wholesale price is 15-20% higher than in Ireland. Its not an OTC medication, and is very expensive elsewhere).

Have a look at Neoclarityn's little brother- Clarityn- it retails at €17-18 a box for 24 tabs, even in the UK its retail price is over £10 a box of 24 (you might get it at slightly less than a tenner in some of the larger chains, but thats the sort of range).

Clarityn and Neoclarityn are both expensive medications........

Thanks for the information - I guess I just think 80c per day is an awful lot for antihistamine.

Unfortunately I found Clarityn useless. That said, I don't find Neoclarityn much better. The only drugs that have ever worked for me are Xyzal or the Kenelog injection. However, I might as well take a sleeping tablet as take Xyzal and my doctor is reluctant to give me Kenelog more than once a year so I have to wait it out until closer til summer.

The joys of having year-round hayfever! :mad:

CoalBucket · 07-04-2010 10:15pm

Piriton are excellent for hayfever although I can also use them as sleeping tablets cause anytime I take them I end up asleep within the hour. Although when I wake up the hayfever is gone

Miss Lockhart · 07-04-2010 10:28pm

CoalBucket wrote: »

Piriton are excellent for hayfever although I can also use them as sleeping tablets cause anytime I take them I end up asleep within the hour. Although when I wake up the hayfever is gone

You're lucky you find Piriton good, since they're OTC and relatively cheap. Unfortunatley I don't find they do anything for my hayfever.

I have found then good for skin allergies in the past, and insect bites etc. I work with animals a fair bit and often end up with a really bad reaction to harvest mites in summer and I have found Piriton good for that.

Stinicker · 10-05-2010 3:27am

Am winding down my first attack of the season which was caused by dust from tidying out a wardrobe. I have spent the last few hours sneezing, itchying and having a bizarre urge to claw my own eyes out so bad is it. I normally get Kenalog but am taking a break from it this year unless totally avoidable as when I got it in 2008 & 2009 the summers were washouts and light ones for hayfevers.

My entire nose is blocked and I freed it out this morning with Otrivine (great decongestent) but you can only use it for temporary relief and you cannot take it too much

Between Hayfever, rainy summers and fecking midges I would gladly trade our so called "summers" for anything. Thankfully I depart for Australia in July for a few weeks so that will give me restbite.

another world · 10-05-2010 12:02pm

Stinicker wrote: »

Am winding down my first attack of the season which was caused by dust from tidying out a wardrobe. I have spent the last few hours sneezing, itchying and having a bizarre urge to claw my own eyes out so bad is it. I normally get Kenalog but am taking a break from it this year unless totally avoidable as when I got it in 2008 & 2009 the summers were washouts and light ones for hayfevers.

My entire nose is blocked and I freed it out this morning with Otrivine (great decongestent) but you can only use it for temporary relief and you cannot take it too much

Between Hayfever, rainy summers and fecking midges I would gladly trade our so called "summers" for anything. Thankfully I depart for Australia in July for a few weeks so that will give me restbite.

The climate here has to be one of the worst for allergies. I was living abroad for the last few years and my allergies weren´t as bad and in extremely dry areas they were completely fine. I come back here and they´re terrible again

mdwexford · 20-06-2010 1:42am

Are there any other options than Kenalog??

Been reading that they dont use it in England any more and it has a ton of side effects but its the only thing thats ever worked for me.

Tried most of the tablets and they did nothing for me. I get it really badly, itchy eyes, runny nose, scratchy throat and so on, god i hate summer.

The_Conductor · 20-06-2010 8:04am

Triple dose of Neoclarityn, zirtek, manuka honey and pollen traps- and I still can't breath this morning........:(

Sesshoumaru · 20-06-2010 10:16am

Is anyone else finding their symptoms especially bad this year? Also wondering if anyone has gone to either of these clinics before?

http://hayfeverclinic-ireland.com/hay-fever-clinics-ireland.aspx?id=33

http://hayfeverclinic-ireland.com/hay-fever-clinics-ireland.aspx?id=19

I haven't gone myself, but I'm thinking of it.

Stinicker · 20-06-2010 2:09pm

Sesshoumaru wrote: »

Is anyone else finding their symptoms especially bad this year? Also wondering if anyone has gone to either of these clinics before?

http://hayfeverclinic-ireland.com/hay-fever-clinics-ireland.aspx?id=33

http://hayfeverclinic-ireland.com/hay-fever-clinics-ireland.aspx?id=19

I haven't gone myself, but I'm thinking of it.

I don't know really I think this year very good for me personally and I never went for the Kenalog injection I think my susceptibility to Hayfever may be waning. A few simple tips such as keep the A/C on in the car to filter out pollen, dust and other pollutants. Luckily I escape the summer in ten days and am looking forward to the nicely icely in Australia of all places and will go skiing in the Perisher Blue, no hayfever there for sure!

jimbuckleybarre · 21-06-2010 4:22pm

Sesshoumaru wrote: »

Is anyone else finding their symptoms especially bad this year? Also wondering if anyone has gone to either of these clinics before?

http://hayfeverclinic-ireland.com/hay-fever-clinics-ireland.aspx?id=33

http://hayfeverclinic-ireland.com/hay-fever-clinics-ireland.aspx?id=19

I haven't gone myself, but I'm thinking of it.

I've gotten a touch of hay fever for the past few years since moving to the country. Usually when the farmers are cutting the grass which is this time of year but it only last a couple of weeks, nothing more then a running nose. This year - it's really bad - I mean bad bad. Can't breath, eyes are just blood shoot, chest is killing me from breathing, nose and eyes running and major lack of sleep over all of this. Last time I went to the doctor must have been over 5 years ago, I would have to be dying before I pay to be told that I'm sick! I've made an appointment for tonight I'm that bad.

I have all of the symptoms on here - http://hayfeverclinic-ireland.com/

Does anyone suggest that I get the injection or not?

Thanks
Jim

ChewChew · 21-06-2010 8:32pm

jimbuckleybarre wrote: »

Does anyone suggest that I get the injection or not?

Thanks
Jim

I always get the injection, every year for the last 5 and this is the first year it hasn't worked. I am absolutely dying!! i am getting little relief from piriton. arrgghh,I'm fit to cry!!

only thing is, I always have to get my injection in April (May at the latest) this is what my GP told me as it apparently takes so long to kick in??

artanevilla · 22-06-2010 7:25am

It's really bad the last few days.

jimbuckleybarre · 22-06-2010 9:03am

ChewChew wrote: »

only thing is, I always have to get my injection in April (May at the latest) this is what my GP told me as it apparently takes so long to kick in??

I went to my doctor last night, I was a bit concerned about the pains in the chest from breathing and thought I may need something to sort it out. I asked about the injection and was told by my GP that if I wanted the injection I would have to sign a waiver form as the injection is no longer recommended

as it can cause kidney and/or liver failure :eek:. It would seem that kenalog is a massive dose of everything you need to combat hay fever :rolleyes:, now they've decided or discovered that it's too much at once and is leading to problems

. I did a bit of googling this morning and I think I was right to take the GP advise, side effects are a concerned.

As for it being really bad this year, well thinking about it that last 3 to 4 years have been very wet summers, I can't remember any long period of good weather like this so that probably helped us with the hay fever.

I been told by the GP to expect to get hay fever regularly from now on.

And on top of all of that I got eaten alive last night when watering the veg garden. Bloody insects!

ChewChew · 22-06-2010 6:11pm

Jim, is kenalog an injection?? the injection I have always received is called depo-medrone. but i've always been getting it for the last few years., even with the rain i suffer pretty badly, but i know that with the summer being so good so far is not helping at all. i do wish for rain though!!!

Miss Lockhart · 22-06-2010 7:35pm

ChewChew wrote: »

Jim, is kenalog an injection?? the injection I have always received is called depo-medrone. but i've always been getting it for the last few years., even with the rain i suffer pretty badly, but i know that with the summer being so good so far is not helping at all. i do wish for rain though!!!

Kenalog is an injection but it is not the same as Depo-medrone. They are from the same class of drugs though afaik.

siobhan.murphy · 22-06-2010 7:41pm

living on clarytn,itchy nose, sneezing,wheezing,if i rub my eyes the inside of them come up to my pupils but the refief I get from rubbing them is great!!have to put ice cube on my eyes to bring down the swelling,
I have tried beconase and different nasal sprays,I dont find any of the piriton or any antihistimines are giving me any relirf this summer,should I get the injection?or do I have to wait ofr the start of the hayfever season,(which started in April):(
any advise would be great

ChewChew · 22-06-2010 8:52pm

Miss Lockhart wrote: »

Kenalog is an injection but it is not the same as Depo-medrone. They are from the same class of drugs though afaik.

I thought so much, thanks a mill for clarifying that.

siobhan.murphy wrote: »

living on clarytn,itchy nose, sneezing,wheezing,if i rub my eyes the inside of them come up to my pupils but the refief I get from rubbing them is great!!have to put ice cube on my eyes to bring down the swelling,
I have tried beconase and different nasal sprays,I dont find any of the piriton or any antihistimines are giving me any relirf this summer,should I get the injection?or do I have to wait ofr the start of the hayfever season,(which started in April):(
any advise would be great

well my GP only administers the injection in April (may at the latest) but if you've not had an injection before your GP might recommend a prescription medicine first... i fine that otrivine antistin eye drops are really good!! I am also using new era hayfever tablets and they are available in holland and barrets. they are good too!!

siobhan.murphy · 23-06-2010 10:14am

i have had the neoclarytin on perscription,didnt find them any good
I do find the eyedrops good,but the second I opened the door this morning the sneezing started,tried the nasal sprays,never did any good,is there anything anyone can suggest that I dont have to go to the doctor for first(well it is 50 quid)!

jimbuckleybarre · 23-06-2010 10:18am

siobhan.murphy wrote: »

(well it is 50 quid)!

Ours is €55 - went on Monday evening, suggested that I use over the counter nasal spray and for some strange reason since I've gone, hay fever has been fine. Thought I was going to die over the weekend from it!

Best thing and cheapest is to go to your local chemist and answer them to recommend something. Wished I had done that and saved myself some money!

siobhan.murphy · 23-06-2010 10:22am

jimbuckleybarre wrote: »

Ours is €55 - went on Monday evening, suggested that I use over the counter nasal spray and for some strange reason since I've gone, hay fever has been fine. Thought I was going to die over the weekend from it!

Best thing and cheapest is to go to your local chemist and answer them to recommend something. Wished I had done that and saved myself some money!

i may do that so,
Im in bits cant even leave the house and the amount of antihistimines Im taking is crazy!
thanks will let ya know how I get on

jimbuckleybarre · 23-06-2010 10:31am

I was told to put a wet towel over my face to help with the breathing and also a trip to the beach is also suppose to help. I haven't tried either but might be worth your time.

I presume you have all windows and vents close. Some up further on this thread was one was talking about some air machine they got from Argos I believe. Might be worth your while to look into that.

Hope you are feeling better soon.

JerryHandbag · 23-06-2010 10:41am

I'm really dying with it right now....got the kenelog jab last year and it helped greatly (I could even stay outside for prolonged periods on sunny days - unheard of for me!!), this year though I might as well not have bothered, no help at all. Taking antihistamines as well, useless. Gonna drive to the beach some day this week for some sea air, can't afford to do that everyday though! So bad this morning that I've just gone back to bed. Absolutely sick to death of being inside - cabin fever :mad:

Also, I was in europe last week and my symptoms were greatly reduced, so maybe Ireland has an extra high pollen count. Maybe thats what sufferers need - a holiday!

At this stage I'm wondering are there any home remedies/witches potions that people have come across?

Majestic 12 · 23-06-2010 11:10am

I've had hayfever sice the age of 3 and I think that I've tried just about everything at this stage. I was given the Kenalog injection as a child and again a couple of times as an adult but the last time I got the kenalog injection I suffered with heart palpitations from it.

Staying in away from the pollen helps a bit, I just don't really go out when I don't have to.

Now my morning routine is:

1 Claritan
4 Sprays of Flixonase
Opticrom Eydrops

Evening:

1 Piriton
4 Sprays of Flixonase
A wet face cloth to rub my sore eyes and cool my face down

Can't wait till this Hayfever season is over!

El.duderino · 23-06-2010 9:50pm

I assumed that I had grown out of hayfever. Reading back on this post and the weather over the past few summers had very low pollen counts. This year I was grand till may. Had take odd clariten here and there. I havent been able to breath through my nose for a good while now. My nose is raw from blowing it today. Lip balm is only thing that will stick to my nose. I got American clariten super strenght. They do bugger all! Whats a good nasel spray I need go out into the world tomorrow. Lucky I,m off work or i,d be off sick.

My eyes are ok.. Till I rub them. Then its like you,ve gone ten rounds with tyson! The only thing that has lessened the effects is heinken! Subdued If anything. Is that injection only available at start of spring/summer? Never got it when I was younger but I will next year if this keeps up. :mad:

PS : If you dont have hayfever and maybe live with somebody who has it. Beware: Dont piss us off. We will kill you! So be nice to us.:)

Orlee · 25-06-2010 1:47pm

Otrivine is the bees knees in the Nasal Spray world!

I may have a nervous breakdown .... everyone in works keep asking if everything is ok cause I look like I've been crying for hours, my nose is duffy, my throat is itchy and my chest is heavy ....

I'm feeling very sorry for myself altogether

Stinicker · 25-06-2010 7:45pm

Orlee wrote: »

Otrivine is the bees knees in the Nasal Spray world!

I may have a nervous breakdown .... everyone in works keep asking if everything is ok cause I look like I've been crying for hours, my nose is duffy, my throat is itchy and my chest is heavy ....

I'm feeling very sorry for myself altogether

Be careful with Otrivine it is only for short term relief and is not meant to be taken daily, it is mighty stuff and causes the blood vessels in the turbinate to contract shrinking the oversized turbinates allowing air to flow in through the nose again.

noelo · 26-06-2010 11:34am

Dudess wrote: »

NASAL SPRAY!!! One of the best things ever invented! You can get them over the counter or (I think) stronger ones on prescription. Pay attention to the dosage, mind. You can't just use it whenever you start to feel itchy/stuffy/streamy. Use antihistamines in conjunction with it. I, and others, have found that using antihistamines on their own is a waste of time, money and energy. My GP agrees.
There is also an injection. However, I wanted to get it one year but my mum, who's a nurse, advised against it because of the level of steroids it contains.
This was before I started using the wondrous NASAL SPRAY!!
In my experience (and it's not modest, if I may say so), nasal spray + antihistamines = winning combination!
(Go for a non-drowsy antihistamine - I recommend Zirtek - and, again, don't pop them whenever the feeling takes you. Might seem obvious but it has to be said. Also, you don't want to be relying on them. But you shouldn't have to worry about that anyway because of the magnificent NASAL SPRAY!!)

I love you, Nasal Spray. You save my summers!

Its seems like every i tryied does not work....... i ve got it bed and because i can do any thing about it ,it really get s me down. Like now! sore throut, itchy throut, ichy ears, runny stuffy head and nose, slow, tired, sluggish. Man its killing me not even the doctors stuff is helping....Help

noelo · 26-06-2010 11:36am

siobhan.murphy wrote: »

living on clarytn,itchy nose, sneezing,wheezing,if i rub my eyes the inside of them come up to my pupils but the refief I get from rubbing them is great!!have to put ice cube on my eyes to bring down the swelling,
I have tried beconase and different nasal sprays,I dont find any of the piriton or any antihistimines are giving me any relirf this summer,should I get the injection?or do I have to wait ofr the start of the hayfever season,(which started in April):(
any advise would be great

Me to, ive it bad and nothing i take fixes it ,feel like iam going to die. not even the doctor helps

noelo · 26-06-2010 11:39am

noelo wrote: »

Me to, ive it bad and nothing i take fixes it ,feel like iam going to die. not even the doctor helps

staying in the shower with the shower head on fine mist is the only relief but you/i cant do that all day yanno

noelo · 26-06-2010 11:42am

Smileylynz wrote: »

Piriton, , Hope I spelt that right, Excellent Tablets, Cheap too, Get them n any chemist! They dont make me drowsy, but nearly made the girl I work with fall asleep yesterday!!!

thay make me crazy sleepy.seems nothing is working for me this year not even te doctor.

noelo · 26-06-2010 11:47am

grimsbymatt wrote: »

Don't pay for brand names! Go to your chemist and ask for generic cetirizine dihydrochloride - it's exactly the same stuff. Most effective treatment I've found, for less than a quid a box.

thanks for that thats a great idea,they must sell generic stuff.i wonder can you get generic everything at the chemist?

noelo · 26-06-2010 11:51am

JohnDigital wrote: »

I’ve always had really bad hayfever and have been through all the prescription and non-prescription drugs. For me the nasal sprays just exacerbated the situation. Zirtek seems to be the best for me. But what I figured out a few years ago was a link for me with milk and bad hayfever. I stopped taking milk from May to August and my heyfever is at least 50% less. If I were to drink a pint of milk this morning I would be in bits with heyfever this afternoon. A bit of milk in Tea/Coffee doesn’t bother me.

that funny because i am drinking a lot of milk again because i have a bad tummy problem,and this year there is no cure for my hay fever........ really no cure not even the doc! and its the worst case iv ever had, feel like i am going to die.

Dudess · 26-06-2010 2:14pm

Mine's extremely mild this year - even went to an outdoor gig last night which is usually dangerous for me in June. One year it was so bad as the result of me attending an outdoor gig that I was running a temperature that night, then had to start taking an antibiotic.

If you're miserable, Xyzal is a strong anti-histamine, but Jesus - not for everyone! :eek:
My hayfever was bad last year - took one Xyzal - slept for 12 hours, had barely any energy when I got up and was all disorientated and achy, so went back to sleep for another three or four hours. Absolutely flattened by it.
It wouldn't affect everyone that badly obviously - my dad takes it regularly enough and finds the sleep benefits great.

noelo · 26-06-2010 2:29pm

Orlee wrote: »

Otrivine is the bees knees in the Nasal Spray world!

I may have a nervous breakdown .... everyone in works keep asking if everything is ok cause I look like I've been crying for hours, my nose is duffy, my throat is itchy and my chest is heavy ....

I'm feeling very sorry for myself altogether

me to!

noelo · 26-06-2010 2:31pm

Dudess wrote: »

Mine's extremely mild this year - even went to an outdoor gig last night which is usually dangerous for me in June. One year it was so bad as the result of me attending an outdoor gig that I was running a temperature that night, then had to start taking an antibiotic.

If you're miserable, Xyzal is a strong anti-histamine, but Jesus - not for everyone! :eek:
My hayfever was bad last year - took one Xyzal - slept for 12 hours, had barely any energy when I got up and was all disorientated and achy, so went back to sleep for another three or four hours. Absolutely flattened by it.
It wouldn't affect everyone that badly obviously - my dad takes it regularly enough and finds the sleep benefits great.

I have it and it only robs my energy. i still have runny nose , dry eyes, itch throat and it red raw and i am a ball of sweat , hot, and cant breath, what will i do?

Miss Lockhart · 26-06-2010 11:10pm

Nothing is working for me either this year - first year I couldn't get the injection. :mad:

I've also got Xyzal on prescription but, like Dudess, I might as well have taken a sleeping tablet. Couldn't possibly function while on them.

At the moment I'm on:

Neoclarityn
Topped up with several Piriton
Nasocort nasal spray
Opticrom eye drops

I think the eye drops are helping but nothing is working for the sneezing and the general horrible feeling. The itchy throat is driving me nuts!

meemeep · 26-06-2010 11:14pm

yep I'm finding this year very bad too. Just using zirtek, a nasal spray and eye drops. I'm sooo tired too. Tried the vaseline around the nostrils - think it helped...

noelo · 27-06-2010 12:42am

Miss Lockhart wrote: »

Nothing is working for me either this year - first year I couldn't get the injection. :mad:

I've also got Xyzal on prescription but, like Dudess, I might as well have taken a sleeping tablet. Couldn't possibly function while on them.

At the moment I'm on:

Neoclarityn
Topped up with several Piriton
Nasocort nasal spray
Opticrom eye drops

I think the eye drops are helping but nothing is working for the sneezing and the general horrible feeling. The itchy throat is driving me nuts!

yes my throat is actually red raw from pucking and scratching it with anything i get in my mouth. i also feel like ****e.i went the park today to play frisbe with the kid's , wrong thing to do i realised. it funny the doc would not give the sticker either,why is that?.anyway i am on xyzel or wat ever the name is, actifeed ,try it,it used to work for me, used to! eye drops piriton........ and i am as high as a kite. i cant take it any more.

jimbuckleybarre · 28-06-2010 9:11am

Hi,

I think the nasal spray and the tablets are helping. Over the week I felt good except after I used the strimmers Sunday evening. I know if you have hay fever you shouldn't cut grass. Well unfortunately it's just not possible for me not to cut the grass. My eyes and nose are fine but I feel like some one is sitting on my chest. I've tried my wife's inhalers for relief but didn't help much.

I'm wondering if I used a mask when cutting the grass would that help? Has anyone tried this?

Jim

noelo · 28-06-2010 10:53am

I should think it would help but this type would be more effective http://defender-mtt.com/gas_mask41.jpg seen as it covers the eys's aswell, but i recon it would look a bit crazy with the neighbors. it's funny what use hayfever sufferers will consider, and the lenghts we willl go to get relief , i sleept with a bandana over my mouth and it worked a treat the other night but mad hot and uncomfortable. i get it bad so i consider all methods, seams like nothing helps.

jimbuckleybarre · 28-06-2010 10:56am

lol - I think the gas mask might be over the top a bit but I do hear you. Hay fever can really kill the summer.

I'm just wondering if a carpentry type mast would work. I already have face protection for the strimmer.

noelo · 28-06-2010 11:03am

i recon give it a try, why not?. the last few days have been lovely but i was longing for the rain and plus its putting a strain on my relationship because sitting in a roasting hot house with all the windows closed and being grumpy does and will do that. for next year i am going to buy a portable air-con unit, its sucks in the air the air fiters it and cools it , i recon that would do the job! for in the house like.:cool:

jimbuckleybarre · 28-06-2010 11:07am

noelo wrote: »

next year i am going to buy a portable air-con unit, its sucks in the air the air fiters it and cools it , i recon that would do the job! for in the house like.:cool:

I read something similar in an earlier post on this thread and it worked for them so it might be worth giving it a try.

Shame we can't get the kenalog injection but after what the GP told me I wouldn't be happy trying it. Shame they don't bring out a replacement - maybe something you have to get monthly to lessen the impact of all the drugs on your system.

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