This is going to be one short post. I don’t suffer from allergies. At one time I indicated an allergy to mold, cats, and dogs, but that’s been 50 years ago. I 
took shots for it. Once hubby and I started driving truck and roaming all over the U.S., I lost my allergies. Hubby, on the other hand, is allergic to the world of the American South-Southeast.
When we moved home to Virginia after living in San Francisco, he was horribly sick for weeks. He lost his voice, his eyes leaked, his nose ran, and his throat was raw. Even after all of that cleared up, he was miserable. Now mind you, we lived right in the civic center area of San Francisco, on a major thoroughfare with heavy traffic and buses, etc. Soot and cinders found there way into any open window. There, he was fine. But put him
anywhere near Virginia pollen, plants and trees, and he about dies. This is the reason we retired in the Northwest and not in the home of my heart, the Southeast.
So how does hubby deal with his allergies? Well, he takes OTC medications once a day and for his nose and sinuses he uses one of those saltwater pot thingys. When the pollen hits here or grass is being cut, he stays inside as much as possible. And he gives in to my pampering. Well, as much pampering as I do. Other than that (or taking allergy shots) is there any other way to deal with the seasonal Mother Nature?
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Dee
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Hi Dee, perhaps your hubby couldn’t cope with fresh air after living with exhaust fumes, pollution and smog. It does happen when moving to a completely different environment. Like you, I outgrew childhood allergies and now rarely catch a cold. Maybe we built up a resistance. Maybe our diets and lifestyles make a difference. Keep your hubby indoors during the harvesting and mowing season!
I am one of those sufferers like your husband. During Spring and Fall there are many days I think I am dying LOL. I take my over the counter meds but it only half helps. When hubby mows or the neighbors are Hubby comes in and tells me to stay inside. I tried shots but they did not help a lot.
That must be hard, to be separated from a place you love because of allergies. I’m in the PNW too, and need a few months of over-the-counter allergy meds in spring. You’ve gotta wonder what Mother Nature had in mind, making our bodies react so strongly to the plants and creatures around us.
It’s lousy that he has such bad allergies. If he doesn’t like cutting the grass, though, he has a great reason to have someone else do it. On the other hand, if he likes the outdoors, it’s no fun to have to say inside.