Do you suffer from Hayfever?

[Matthew Arnold]

As the title suggests

 

I do and its a pain. Especially when grass cutting in the summer.

[Frank]

Yup. Seems to get a little better every year though, was really bad when I was about 17 or so.

[tree_beard]

yup, had the first prangs of sinus pain today which i put down to it... bloody springtime

[armchairarborist]

yea big time, it started about 6yrs ago and kept getting worse with grass pollen, if someone starts mowing in the next garden in summer i just go home. not too bad lastyear as i started taking benadryl plus about now and doing the nasal spray twice a day, it still gets so bad i feel like migrating for the season, people who don't have it don't realise how disabling it is, can't breathe, see, itchy eyes and nose and of course sneezing.

[janey]

I never had it as a kid and only got it mildly in my 20's. Now it seems to get worse every year. Luckily, I don't suffer anywhere near as bad as some do and it doesn't interfere with my life to much. But having runny eyes and nose is sooo not a good look.

[RobArb]

yup, awesome look it is too

 

runny eyes, white itchy lumps, snotty nose, scratchy throat, bring it on:thumbdown:

[Matthew Arnold]

yea big time, it started about 6yrs ago and kept getting worse with grass pollen, if someone starts mowing in the next garden in summer i just go home. not too bad lastyear as i started taking benadryl plus about now and doing the nasal spray twice a day, it still gets so bad i feel like migrating for the season, people who don't have it don't realise how disabling it is, can't breathe, see, itchy eyes and nose and of course sneezing.

 

I remember having a 30 minute sneezing fit after strimming a bank in June last year. My colleagues thought it was hilarious but it was hurting like hell after about 20 mins. Couldnt do anything about it though. I had had my all day tablet and 2 blasts of nasal spray. I put Vaseline around and up my nose as it helps catch some of the pollen. After my sneezing fit i replaced the vaseline as it was yellow/white with pollen. Got some funny looks when i got a pot of Vaseline out of my bag.

[Chris Gagen]

yep, i cut and bale around 10,000 conventional bales of hay each year too! although saying that, i've been led to believe that tree pollen can be more of an issue than grass, certainly rings true for me, i start to suffer long before many grasses are on flower.

[tree_beard]

white itchy lumps

 

 

dont think thats hayfever related, maybe get that looked at:blushing:

[armchairarborist]

does anyone know of any countries that don't get pollen from end of may for two months? also does anyone know of any tree work in these countries?