*scratches*
You need to go to the docs and sort yourself out 
Jen-Star posted:Sprout posted:It worked at the time though Jen.
My sons eyes have been puffy today and yesterday even with his pills bless him.... Think he will end up having eye drops again
Years gone by if you'd said your son was 'puffy' but the tablets should sort him out ... eyes would have been raised 
Sorry about that *walks away* 
Not a good day - eyes itchy despite expensive treatment I deserve/need.
Contacts out - better but still dry n itchy
You may have seen in the papers in the last day or so that the University of Exeter & the Met Office have created 12 maps of hotspots around the country for hay fever sufferers.
You may want to make a note of the following link to the maps.
http://www.exeter.ac.uk/resear...title_584015_en.html
Alder - England & Wales
Ash - England & Wales
Birch - England & Wales
Dock - England, Scotland & Wales
Grass - England, Scotland & Wales
Hazel - England & Wales
Mugwort - England, Scotland & Wales
Nettle - England, Scotland & Wales
Oak - England & Wales
Pine - England & Wales
Plantain - England, Scotland & Wales
Willow - England & Wales
Click on a map to get a larger picture.
Oh blimey, it's bad today ... I am really suffering 
Rexi posted:Oh blimey, it's bad today ... I am really suffering
poor soul
I feel your pain
It's the dustiness that's affecting me.
Gets right in my eyes and really hurts
I've been having problems for the last two weeks at least!
How does it affect you Sproutling?
Saint posted:How does it affect you Sproutling?
Watery eyes (continually dabbing/wiping them) and runny nose. A bit like cold symptoms and I can't tell which one it is when it first starts 
Oh and also what I call a 'furry' nose, like someone's dragging a feather over the bridge of it
Sprout posted:Saint posted:How does it affect you Sproutling?
Watery eyes (continually dabbing/wiping them) and runny nose. A bit like cold symptoms and I can't tell which one it is when it first starts
Oh and also what I call a 'furry' nose, like someone's dragging a feather over the bridge of it
Furry snouted Sprout - nice (or not really)
It's nasty and hard to explain to people who have never had hayfever how bad it really is
Saint posted:Sprout posted:Saint posted:How does it affect you Sproutling?
Watery eyes (continually dabbing/wiping them) and runny nose. A bit like cold symptoms and I can't tell which one it is when it first starts
Oh and also what I call a 'furry' nose, like someone's dragging a feather over the bridge of it
Furry snouted Sprout - nice (or not really)
It's nasty and hard to explain to people who have never had hayfever how bad it really is
I wouldn't give it to my worst enemy
I also hate the fact of not being able to open windows and doors in the nice weather to allow some fresh air in......trouble is, it also allows the pollen in!
And in the winter it's too bloody cold to do that!
I need to stop wearing me contacts as much so been looking at new specs.
OMG avoid SPECSAVERS
My Dad goes and EVERY time he has a new prescription and guess what NEW glasses at ÂĢ100 a pop!!
I even said,
"This is crazy - new prescription EVERY time? He must have about 10 pairs of used glasses upstairs. I've been going to Boots for years and had a prescription change ONCE in years."
Avoid like the Plague - they will rip you off !!!!
.. and yes I know everyone is different and prescriptions change, hope that helps etc . . . .
Oh you pollen you !!
Eyes, throat and bumps-a-daisy. I've got the lot.
Coming and going in waves
Jen-Star posted:My kids are bad today too, meds and eye drops haven't touched it. My 13yr old son stayed off school today cos his eyes were a mess going to bed and the same again this morning bless him.
saint did I mention there's an injection? Supposed to be good.
*runs away*
Jen-Star posted:My kids are bad today too, meds and eye drops haven't touched it. My 13yr old son stayed off school today cos his eyes were a mess going to bed and the same again this morning bless him.
saint did I mention there's an injection? Supposed to be good.
I used to get injections every week for six weeks when I was at school (over 50 years ago) starting in March. They seemed to keep it at bay then and obviously things will have come on in leaps and bounds 
I still do get it, but the tablets I get from the docs are quite good
Saint posted:Jen-Star posted:My kids are bad today too, meds and eye drops haven't touched it. My 13yr old son stayed off school today cos his eyes were a mess going to bed and the same again this morning bless him.
saint did I mention there's an injection? Supposed to be good.
*runs away*
Be a man!
Oooh you sexist
. . . still hasn't worked *legs it*
Saint posted:Oooh you sexist
. . . still hasn't worked *legs it*
It's all about 'getting on with it' whatever sex you are, hey, the world is a sh*t place at times.
We all have to learn to take the rough with the smooth
It's like.....someone (an offender) came into our office yesterday wanting to see his probation officer. His partner had left him and his life had broken down.......I was of the same mind as her......deal with it.......it happens to other people too 
She's not there to be a shoulder to cry on, she's there to see that he sticks to the rules of his offence
Well said that woman
Still not gonna happen
However all those flowers (pollen) for a bee friendly garden could make your hay-fever go ballistic! 
And what am I trying to do?
That's right . .
. . foxgloves and delphiniums everywhere
So mine hayfever has not let up recently and prompted a GP visit
Got Fexofenadine and nose spray and eye drops
And then last night - my eyes had been itchy all day - my left eye began to swell !!
And close and swell and go blood shot.
Today - off to the walk-in centre to be told I have an infection, possibly conjunctivitis.
Wonderful.
Drop drop drop - eye better
And wearing one contact lense to do the gardening today - no probs
Hopefully the pollen levels are subsiding?
thanx but still looking at some new spectacles
My goodness the price for a piece of moulded plastic - ÂĢ300 !!!!
I haven't really been big on "sharing" here, but seeing as others have been forced to see the doctor...
Not sure I've mentioned it before, but I'm an asthmatic, so I tend to get nervy around hay fever season and I'm first in the queue when flu jabs are available. In the past few years I've usually suffered a hay fever attack around May, so I thought I'd escaped it this year.
Then I got hit about a fortnight ago with one of the worst attacks I can remember. I've been trying - unwisely - to tough it out, but I finally saw the asthma nurse yesterday. The result is I'm on a course of antibiotics and my steroid (inhaler) intake has been quadrupled. The effect has been immediate (although it will still take some time before I'm back to normal), but I thought I'd better warn you that if I seem a little quiet at the moment It's because I'm concerned about committing the internet equivalent of DUI!
Awwww Eugene
I know (in part) your pain - it's dreadful
I can't remember so many people being affected when I was a kid - why is that?
Anyhoo - glad your treatment is working
Tried my contact in again to watch BB - and nooooooooooo
It was terrible - very gritty - wonder if it's a build up of pollen throughout today?
It could be (in part) due to lack of exposure in the formative years, (i.e. children not going outside to play as much) and also possibly a change in weather patterns.
Eugene's Lair posted:I haven't really been big on "sharing" here, but seeing as others have been forced to see the doctor...
Not sure I've mentioned it before, but I'm an asthmatic, so I tend to get nervy around hay fever season and I'm first in the queue when flu jabs are available. In the past few years I've usually suffered a hay fever attack around May, so I thought I'd escaped it this year.
Then I got hit about a fortnight ago with one of the worst attacks I can remember.
I hope things settled down soon.
Saint posted:
thanx but still looking at some new spectacles
My goodness the price for a piece of moulded plastic - ÂĢ300 !!!!
You are looking in the wrong places. Asda and Tesco opticians have designer glasses for a fraction of that price.
Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:It could be (in part) due to lack of exposure in the formative years, (i.e. children not going outside to play as much) and also possibly a change in weather patterns.
Interesting idea