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Christine is doing quite well: i need to remind myself that the reason she needs bed rest is not because something's wrong but because we're preventing something from going wrong. At this point i read a bit about complications with skin grafts as motivation to keep nagging her to stay in place and bring her whatever she wants or needs. I won't go to the office today, but i won't worry about going in next week.
I'm having some sort of dermatitis flare, with itching everywhere. I'm hoping it dies back soon, but i might self medicate by taking a claritin on top of my allegra. Really, right now the main thing going on in my head is "ITCH. ITCH. ITCH."
I'm drinking keemun today, for the first time in ages. I took some black teas off my mother's hands during the Dec visit, as we agreed that we both needed to drink down our stashes. Part of our problem is that we had lots of tea we don't prefer: the good news is she prefers greens while i prefer black teas. We traded. The Malaysian tea is pretty agreeable, but the Red Label Lipton is an Indian tea and has more of something (tannins?) that disagrees with me. I drink my tea black and on an empty stomach: i can buffer the effect of Red Label with milk, when i remember.
But Keemum -- how i enjoy its mellow, earthy flavors! And it wonderfully doesn't quite affect my digestive system so harshly.
I know i got by a month with no caffeine, but yesterday's attempt to start the day with green tea didn't work. Does it have anything to do with the itchy flare? I doubt it.
I'm having some sort of dermatitis flare, with itching everywhere. I'm hoping it dies back soon, but i might self medicate by taking a claritin on top of my allegra. Really, right now the main thing going on in my head is "ITCH. ITCH. ITCH."
I'm drinking keemun today, for the first time in ages. I took some black teas off my mother's hands during the Dec visit, as we agreed that we both needed to drink down our stashes. Part of our problem is that we had lots of tea we don't prefer: the good news is she prefers greens while i prefer black teas. We traded. The Malaysian tea is pretty agreeable, but the Red Label Lipton is an Indian tea and has more of something (tannins?) that disagrees with me. I drink my tea black and on an empty stomach: i can buffer the effect of Red Label with milk, when i remember.
But Keemum -- how i enjoy its mellow, earthy flavors! And it wonderfully doesn't quite affect my digestive system so harshly.
I know i got by a month with no caffeine, but yesterday's attempt to start the day with green tea didn't work. Does it have anything to do with the itchy flare? I doubt it.
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Allegra is now available OTC. I'm thrilled about the decriminalization, because now I can take more than one a day when I'm seriously allergic without running out. (In the original trials, they were giving up to 620 mg a day with no problems.) OTOH, it's going to cost a lot more OTC. Always tradeoffs.
My allergies have been seriously kicking up -- something is throwing pollen at us.
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I saw some news article about pollen season beginning in the bay area: the cedar affects Christine and it started in January. pollen.com's email alerts are very helpful:
Forecast for MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA (on a scale of 1-12):
Today's allergy levels:
Wednesday - 8.4/Medium-High
Today's predominant pollen:
Ash, Alder and Cedar/Juniper.
Tomorrow's allergy levels:
Thursday - 3.9/Low-Medium
How will you feel over the next few days? Click below for your
FOUR-DAY Allergy Alert forecast to find out.
http://www.pollen.com/Pollen.com.asp?view=forecast&zip=94043&affid=1