Today is Day 6 of the 2017 Fall Pollen Season. The most productive thing I did today was use our new coffee machine to make myself a cup of coffee. I would have preferred iced coffee, but had not yet worked out how to tell the machine what I wanted.
Tag: Fall Pollen Season
Painted Plants Don’t Spew Pollen
August 21, 2017, was Day 5 of the 2017 Fall pollen season. Yesterday, Shawn and I went outside because we wanted to take a walk and play Pokémon GO. I was struggling a bit, but felt like things were manageable. The pollen count was 7.7 that day.
Unfortunately, the pollen count got higher and I overestimated my ability to physically cope with a pollen count of 8. I probably should have stayed home today.
Went for a Walk
August 20, 2017, was Day 4 of this year’s Fall pollen season. I wasn’t feeling very well, but wanted to get outside and go for a walk before the pollen got super high (and caused me physical pain). So, Shawn and I went for a walk down a bike path and ended up downtown.
Too Sick to Take a Photo
My intent for Fall pollen season 2017 was to post a relevant photo each day. It’s fairly easy to do, but I managed to fail three days in. August 19, 2017, was Day 3 of the Fall pollen season. I took zero photos, and that probably means I was way to sick to do much of anything. I can’t remember what I did. So, here’s a screenshot of the pollen count that was tormenting me.
Too Sick to Take a Photo is a post written by Jen Thorpe on Book of Jen and is not allowed to be copied to other sites.
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A Spider Came to Visit
I’ve always been fascinated by spiders. My grandmother told me that when I was a baby, just able to crawl, I would pick up spiders and try to bring them to my mom. Of course, by the time I got there, the spider was crushed. I’ve played with many spiders since then, and have never been bitten. Spiders like me.
This particular spider arrived on August 18, 2017, which just so happened to be Day 2 of Fall pollen season.
A Trip to Lassens Natural Foods & Vitamins
Shawn and I ventured out to Lassens Natural Foods & Vitamins on what turned out to be Day 1 of Fall Pollen Season 2017. We knew the pollen count was high enough that day to be bad for me. I wanted to take this trip anyway because I’d never been to this grocery store before and we were in search of gluten-free foods.
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Still Counting the Pollen
This year, I decided to document my struggle through the fall pollen season in the form of haiku. If you’re going to complain about your health – you might as well do it in a creative way.
I also wanted to share how bad my allergies were due to the fall pollen season and give people a glimpse into what it is like to be me. This year’s fall pollen season started August 9, 2016, and it continued through September 30, 2016. That’s a total of 53 days of being sick, in a row, with no end in sight.
Saga of the Rising Pollen Count
In 2015, I suffered through the worst pollen seasons I’ve ever experienced. The spring pollen season went away – and the fall pollen season started not long after that.
I knew I would be going through the same allergen induced agony again this year. I believed it would be easier since I had lived through it before and kind of knew what to do to alleviate the worst symptoms. You can probably tell from the “selfie” at the end of this blog that I was in a ton of pain by the end of August.