Let me tell you about the birds and the bees.....

[LadySaphira]

the flowers and the trees.......... yup those are the things I am allergic to. Not really the birds and the bees but definitely the flowers and the trees. Also grass, dust, pollen, hay, the chemicals I have to use at work, most of perfumes and colognes. On a good day, they make me sneeze. On a bad day, I not only sneeze but my head stuffs up, my throat gets scratchy, I cough, my nose runs and my eyes get itchy, watery, swollen, and sticky. On a really bad day throw in itchy Eustachian tubes and major post nasal drip.

I am also "allergic" to Oranges. I guess you would actually call it a sensitivity or intolerance because I do not break out in hives from them or go into anaphylactic shock. Instead, whenever I eat or drink ANYTHING with even a smidgen of real Orange in it I get sick. I get a horrible stomach cramps and have the "poops-a-lots" (as my kids call it) for 3 or 4 days. Needless to say, I avoid anything orange flavored like the plague, even if it is artificially flavored. I just don't want to take the chance that there may be a smidgen of real orange in there somewhere. Ussualy it doesn't bother me that I have this issue, I have learned long ago that I can't eat it even though I like the taste. The only time it ever bothered me was when I was pregnant with my oldest daughter and craved orange juice like mad. I actually could not sleep I wanted it so badly., My skin itched and I felt restless I craved it so badly. I Finally gave in after about 4 days and drank about 2 ounces just to save my sanity. I paid dearly for it  as I knew I would but the craving finally went away and I never craved it again after that one time.

[paddleballchris]

Feb. 2, 2009 at 11:14 AM

I'm a Pepsi freak too, but drink coffee. We all have allergies here! We go through tissues here like water! Singulair,albuteral, advair, flovent, you name it!

[DrewsMom0720]

Feb. 4, 2009 at 8:09 PM

The dog hair from my Boris being in the house is what is bothering me right now... usually the chemicals I use at work bother me... but I haven't been able to work in 3 weeks because of my shoulder... so now I can only blame it on the dog... LOL