OFFICIAL Spring Allergies Thread

[qclabrat]

I'm down in the triangle this week, can't believe redbuds are already blooming here, you're going to have to up your dosage down here son....

 

[rick81721]

We are lucking out with this rain coinciding with trees blooming. Knocking pollen out before it can get airborne. flonase working well so far for me

 

[Pearl]

Still good down here. I can smell that spring has sprung though.

 

[Mumonkan]

i havent had the sore throat thing after those first couple days, but my nose is still making lots of snot.
and not the runny nose kind, the kind i gotta hack up and launch at parked cars

every year its something new...

 

[Mumonkan]

some sneezing has begun. and im not sure if it was dirt or pollen but my eyeballs were itchy for a few mins yesterday

its coming.

 

[Paul H]

Feels mild... but it has only just begun.
Moreso than the allergies, Spring just means the beginning for mosquitos. This is one thing I really dislike about being in the woods because the bug sprays and lotions I have tried smells funky once it gets mixed with sweat. But I suppose this is another subject of its own.

 

[rick81721]

Lots of sneezing yesterday, but with flonase (so far) I can still breathe

 

[1speed]

Feels mild... but it has only just begun.
Moreso than the allergies, Spring just means the beginning for mosquitos. This is one thing I really dislike about being in the woods because the bug sprays and lotions I have tried smells funky once it gets mixed with sweat. But I suppose this is another subject of its own.

Not so much mosquitoes, but the gnats were out in force last night in Wissahickon. I rode through a swarm of them at one point and they were everywhere - in my ears, my nose, my helmet. I was really glad I was wearing glasses.

As for allergies, I think this is going to be a bad season. I don't have as much trouble with feeling stuffed-up by allergies anymore since I roto-rootered my sinuses, but they definitely exacerbate my asthma. I have to carry my albuterol with me when I ride this time of year now or else afterward I'll sound like a broken engine -- having no turbinates has made post-nasal drip an everyday thing for me, and when you throw pollen into the mix with that, it makes breathing under effort really tough.

 

[Mumonkan]

weve had the bugs for a couple weeks now, lots of extra protein ripping through clouds of gnats, and the past couple days ive been stabbed a number of times by the mozzies

no bug spray has ever helped fend them off from me so i dont waste my money

 

[stb222]

I have noticed alittle extra flemage on my rides this week

 

[rick81721]

Not so much mosquitoes, but the gnats were out in force last night in Wissahickon. I rode through a swarm of them at one point and they were everywhere - in my ears, my nose, my helmet. I was really glad I was wearing glasses.

Same @ 6mr - swallowed a bunch of them when I blew through a swarm

 

[jShort]

I've been staying ahead with my Flonase. This shit is expensive, but it seems to work great.

 

[stb222]

So this was clean before an hour ride at lunch today (no dirt roads were traversed either)

 

[rick81721]

So this was clean before an hour ride at lunch today (no dirt roads were traversed either)

What are we supposed to see?

 

[stb222]

What are we supposed to see?

All the crap that is in the air right now, which is what is covering the brake and front of the fork.

 

[Paul H]

This is why fall is my favorite season

 

[stb222]

This is why fall is my favorite season

dat ragweed doe

 

[Paul H]

dat ragweed doe

don't bother me

 

[JDurk]

The itchy eyes started Tues and now the sneezing today. Better get to CVS for some Allegra.

 

[Mumonkan]

so im gonna be that guy and fuck it up for everybody:

im totally fine now, trees and shit blooming all over the place too.

dogwood trees smell like a yeast infection though, i think id rather the sneezing