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Do you Suffer from Allergies? Help is on the Way!

I could write a book on this topic. As a child I was often sick with ear infections and sore throats. But my parents knew little if anything about allergies.

I knew I was in trouble when I took a summer job during my college years as a grounds keeper on a local golf course in my home town. What a mistake. After two days of cutting grass and weeds, putting down fertilizer and other chemicals I could not breath. Thank God they transfered me to work in the club house.

From that time forward, every Spring I suffered terrible symptoms as soon as the trees began to bloom or the grass began to grow. Finally about five years later I could not take it any more.

It was so bad I could not sleep, my eyes and throat would itch 24/7 and I was miserable with little relief until Fall. Fortunately rag weed was not a problem for me so Fall was not too bad. After the first frost I was fine.

We moved to Connecticut and my allergies became worse. Finally I went to an allergy specialist. I was tested an found out I was not only allergic to growing things with pollen, but add tomatoes, mold, cats and the list went on.

From about age 25 to sometime in my 50’s I took allergy shots which I eventually learned to give to myself with my doctor’s approval and would take prescription medications to minimize the misery.

When things would really get to bad, my allergist gave me a shot or cortizone to get me through about 30 days at a time. The side effect was weight gain but I did not care. This went on for 30 or more years.

Each time we would move to a different part of the country it seemed to trigger something new and they would adjust my injections.

The good news is that as I became older, I seemed to outgrow my allergies. This year I had a couple bad weeks in early spring. Things bloomed earlier in SC and it was very dry. Typically a rain would add some relief. So, as I grow older, life is much easier now in the allergy department.

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