Wednesday
May092012
Beestung Eyes Are Not In
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
I went for a walk today.
I cried out of my left eye the whole way, which is how my allergy attacks always start. It was very exciting.
Allergies are the best ever.
I am going to try these new allergy meds. The loratadine I've been taking until now barely helps.
Maybe, just maybe, I'll be able to breathe again by some time tomorrow.
Beestung lips are in. Beestung eyes are not.
I learned two lessons when I put my head inside a bush in order to get a particular shot on the way home:
1) don't stick your head inside of a newly budding bush when you are allergic to all things, and
2) check bushes for bees first before sticking your head in them, stupid.
*sniff*
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PS. The reason I posted both the colour and black-and-white versions of each photo is that I couldn't really tell which was better with my eyes being so sticky, so I just went with both.
PPS. Apparently, the common side effects of my new antihistamine are "fatigue, dry mouth, headache, and gastrointestinal disturbances". I am the side effect queen, so yay and fun!
PPPS. Just to be very clear, I was not at any point stung by a bee. The bee in the bushes did land on my glasses and crawl around, which freaked my out rather mightily, but that's it. Just fear. No stings.
I cried out of my left eye the whole way, which is how my allergy attacks always start. It was very exciting.
Allergies are the best ever.
I am going to try these new allergy meds. The loratadine I've been taking until now barely helps.
Maybe, just maybe, I'll be able to breathe again by some time tomorrow.
Beestung lips are in. Beestung eyes are not.
I learned two lessons when I put my head inside a bush in order to get a particular shot on the way home:
1) don't stick your head inside of a newly budding bush when you are allergic to all things, and
2) check bushes for bees first before sticking your head in them, stupid.
*sniff*
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PS. The reason I posted both the colour and black-and-white versions of each photo is that I couldn't really tell which was better with my eyes being so sticky, so I just went with both.
PPS. Apparently, the common side effects of my new antihistamine are "fatigue, dry mouth, headache, and gastrointestinal disturbances". I am the side effect queen, so yay and fun!
PPPS. Just to be very clear, I was not at any point stung by a bee. The bee in the bushes did land on my glasses and crawl around, which freaked my out rather mightily, but that's it. Just fear. No stings.
Reader Comments (6)
I feel you. I'm just coming off 5 days of being pretty incapacitated by my allergies. ClaritinD in the daytime, Claritin regular at night, plus NasalCrom spray every four hours. And eye drops. And I feel ALMOST ok. This is brutal.
I woke up this morning with my left eye glued shut with eye snot. You're preachin' to the choir sister.
Wait. Did you actually get stung by a bee (bees?) on your eye(s)? On top of allergies? Oh heavens that sucks. Feel better soon.
I know your pain, my dear. Have you tried Allegra? It's working quite well for me.
Upsideup Laurie, I did not actually get stung by bees. Sorry for the confusion!
Mrs. Wilson, I haven't tried that yet. I picked up the Shoppers brand of Aerius, so we'll see how that goes. Fingers crossed.
I hate the involuntary eye-tearing.
I like the effect that the pairs of pictures have.