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The source of my sinus infections has finally been isolated. It was in my sinuses. Maybe I should be more specific. Various allergy/sinus/head doctors poked and prodded me for years. A sleep study revealed I […]
We have an aloe plant in my kitchen that’s prospering nicely, and appears to be in perfect health. Not only that, but a couple of other houseplants are also green and healthy beside it. I […]
At some point, as I was cleaning carpets Saturday, I raised some kind of allergen in the dust that laid me out like getting punched by Will Smith. Don’t worry, I’m not going to dwell […]
I’ve been feeling crappy the last several days: either an oncoming summer cold or a bad allergy attack (and/or lack of sleep This is a third shift worker’s go-to explanation for everything). Considering all the […]
Spring is here and pollen clouds the air. It reminds me – I’m not an outdoor person. Give me soft slippers, a good book, Netflix, dirty martinis, a comfy sofa, and I’m as happy […]
Spring has sprung (well, maybe not here in Maine, where there are still random piles of snow on the ground, for gawd’s sake). But in areas where trees, flowers and grasses are blooming by now, […]
I seem to have acquired some unusual allergies as I’ve gotten older. Unlike the typical allergic reactions—such as sneezing and itchy eyes—to things like pollen, dust or animal dander, I find myself having reactions to […]
When the specialist told me he wanted to do a sinusotomy I thought he said sinusodomy. “You call that minimally invasive? It’s great that you don’t have to cut through the skin, but you didn’t […]
Spring is here, with fragrant flowers Wafting perfume here and there. Here I stand amid the bowers, Breathing the aromatic air. A tickle rises up my nose Stops and digs into my brain. I gasp […]
Sometimes my job as a sound mixer in Show Business takes me to some fascinating and exotic locations, and sometimes it just lands me right in the middle of a commercial plant nursery for 16 […]