Confessor
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Post by Confessor on Jun 5, 2016 6:59:12 GMT -5
Went to a medical clinic a few nights ago with a severe allergy reaction in my lymph nodes in my throat. As such, I've been taking meds and slept practically all day today. Got up at 7 a.m. to let the pups out and they woke me up at 6 for dinner. Thankfully the rest and meds have helped tremendously. I think finally I'm going to go to an allergist and get this addressed the right way. Is it me or are the allergens in the air becoming more aggressive? Pollen never used to bother me, I always only had indoor allergies but this year I'm really affected. And the guy I have a crush on at the gym actually couldn't breathe a few days ago and panicked and I sat with him for 20 minutes on the floor of the gym an talked him down. (and then found out he has a new boyfriend via facebook when I got home, grrr) My understanding of it (and I'm certainly no expert) is that your allergies, and in particular sensitivity to hay fever, can wax and wane throughout your life. I had very low-level hay fever as a kid -- just an excess of catarrh and a runny nose during the summer monbths -- but I grew out of it as I reached my teens. Just lately though, over the past two or three years, I've noticed that the excess of catarrh and snotty nose at this time of year has returned. Maybe you're just becoming for sensitive to pollen as you get older?
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Post by hondobrode on Jun 5, 2016 13:18:38 GMT -5
I've heard that it gets worse as you get older.
I'm also in Oklahoma, one of the worst states for allergies with the wind blowing everything around.
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Post by The Captain on Jun 5, 2016 13:32:39 GMT -5
I've heard that it gets worse as you get older.I'm also in Oklahoma, one of the worst states for allergies with the wind blowing everything around. Not necessarily. I had a bad pollen allergy as well as hay fever when I was in my teens, but I outgrew them both pretty much by the time I turned 21 or so. Now in my 40's, I have no allergies whatsoever.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jun 5, 2016 14:40:31 GMT -5
I've heard that it gets worse as you get older. I'm also in Oklahoma, one of the worst states for allergies with the wind blowing everything around. Damn cottonwoods! Curse you! Curse youse to hell tree seeds!
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Post by Gene on Jun 5, 2016 17:43:58 GMT -5
I think I'm going to start collecting Marvel Comics Presents. I love anthologies and D-list Marvel characters.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2016 19:38:39 GMT -5
I think I'm going to start collecting Marvel Comics Presents. I love anthologies and D-list Marvel characters. and lots of Leifeld and Erik Larsen art for a while there before the Image exodus, then it was anyone who could hold a pencil for a long time. There are some great serials in that book, but they are few and far between and a lot of poorly written poorly drawn pages to fill the book drown them out. Pretty much the only ones that still hold my interest are the ones with the McGregor/Colan Black Panther chapters. I would say the BWS Weapon X story too, but I have it in trade and the rest of the stuff in those issues were pretty bad. It started out with a lot of promise-the Simonson cover on #1 and the early serials weren't bad, but by the end of the first year the book had dipped in quality to the point where the interesting stuff was the exception not the rule. I too share your affinity for anthologies and more obscure Marvel characters, but the series still doesn't do it for me. However, tastes vary and you may find a lot to like in there. -M
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Post by Gene on Jun 5, 2016 20:22:21 GMT -5
I think I'm going to start collecting Marvel Comics Presents. I love anthologies and D-list Marvel characters. and lots of Leifeld and Erik Larsen art for a while there before the Image exodus, then it was anyone who could hold a pencil for a long time. There are some great serials in that book, but they are few and far between and a lot of poorly written poorly drawn pages to fill the book drown them out. Pretty much the only ones that still hold my interest are the ones with the McGregor/Colan Black Panther chapters. I would say the BWS Weapon X story too, but I have it in trade and the rest of the stuff in those issues were pretty bad. It started out with a lot of promise-the Simonson cover on #1 and the early serials weren't bad, but by the end of the first year the book had dipped in quality to the point where the interesting stuff was the exception not the rule. I too share your affinity for anthologies and more obscure Marvel characters, but the series still doesn't do it for me. However, tastes vary and you may find a lot to like in there. -M I'm thinking that this is going to be more of a curated selection of issues than trying for the whole series. The BWS issues are a must and the early X-Men serials are likely to end up in there. The rest is going to be a lot of picking and choosing.
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Post by hondobrode on Jun 5, 2016 23:13:24 GMT -5
I've heard that it gets worse as you get older.I'm also in Oklahoma, one of the worst states for allergies with the wind blowing everything around. Not necessarily. I had a bad pollen allergy as well as hay fever when I was in my teens, but I outgrew them both pretty much by the time I turned 21 or so. Now in my 40's, I have no allergies whatsoever. Yes, some people outgrow them. I'm glad that you did Cap.
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Post by The Captain on Jun 6, 2016 5:58:22 GMT -5
Not necessarily. I had a bad pollen allergy as well as hay fever when I was in my teens, but I outgrew them both pretty much by the time I turned 21 or so. Now in my 40's, I have no allergies whatsoever. Yes, some people outgrow them. I'm glad that you did Cap. And I'm sorry to hear you haven't. I'll be praying for a short season for you this year so that you can get back to normal.
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Post by hondobrode on Jun 6, 2016 7:02:45 GMT -5
Thanks for that Cap.
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Post by hondobrode on Jun 7, 2016 12:37:15 GMT -5
Ok, so it's been a week now and I haven't improved.
Went to one of those fast ER clinics and was diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection. Got a couple of shots and scripts.
Hopefully this will help.
On the phone with a customer today and she said a lot of people are getting it. My boss said another rep in his district has it too.
Oy !
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2016 14:23:46 GMT -5
Just learned that my supervisor wasn't aware that Muhammad Ali had died.
Way to keep up with the news.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jun 7, 2016 18:01:51 GMT -5
Just learned that my supervisor wasn't aware that Muhammad Ali had died. Way to keep up with the news. And speaking of fighters...Kimbo Slice just today. From heart failure if I remember right. At like 40 something years old.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2016 18:24:00 GMT -5
Just learned that my supervisor wasn't aware that Muhammad Ali had died. Way to keep up with the news. And speaking of fighters...Kimbo Slice just today. From heart failure if I remember right. At like 40 something years old. I knew him as a wrestler who had a good friendship with Tank Abbot and Ken Shamrock. I just can't believe when I first heard this from watching the news earlier today.
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Post by dupersuper on Jun 7, 2016 21:44:10 GMT -5
Just learned that my supervisor wasn't aware that Muhammad Ali had died. Way to keep up with the news. As awesome as Ali specifically was, I hardly begrudge any one having enough of a life to not keep up with social media death notifications. These days Facebook and Youtube all too often remind me of my father when he used to read the paper during supper and share obituaries and other depressing news items with us for reasons only he knew.
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