First Jolt...

 

I'm not sure why, but I had my 1st jolty waking of the season.  I never do well with seasonal change.  But, so far, the shift hasn't been that notable.  I wasn't in a weird place when I went to bed, but still there was a jolt & I was a awake.  

It's almost always the same.  I wake & set straight up only for the cortisol to kick in hard.  It takes me a while to get things to calm down & sometimes I'm not awake enough to realize what's happening.  Things can get worse then, panicky.  But this morning, the jolt was accompanied, but a sudden nose bleed.   By the time I got to the bathroom to clean up, it had stopped.  I guess I'm too dried out from fans & ragweed. 

I hate jolting awake.  Cortisol kills me & can trash my energy levels for the rest of the day.  Yay, the dark of the year has arrived.  To hell with everything from from the 'Ber months until April.

That's all for now, take care.

Cya...

Maybe Warmer...

 

It's supposed to get above freezing in the next hour.  It'll be nice to turn off the dripping faucets.  This weather & the heaters have been hard on my breathing, skin & eyes.  My hands are red & there's been a few nosebleeds.  I hate cold weather.  

The next few days should be above freezing.  We'll still need drips & stoves at night, but maybe not all day long.  That'd help my breathing out a lot.   There's still 40 days until the time change.  But the light's staying a bit longer every day.  Winter just sucks.

I'm going to try shopping today.  We'll see how that goes.  Tomorrow will be trash day & then on Thursday my roomie has an appointment.

That's it for now, take care.

Cya...

Another Busy Week Begins...

 

It's still cold, but better than yesterday.  I need to get cleaned & go shopping.  After that, we'll have some errands.  There won't been any mail today, so that adds to tomorrow.

There's an early, long appointment tomorrow.  It'll keep us going most of the day.  This shouldn't be hard, just annoying & drawn out.  

My roomie has stuff filling up the rest of the week.  I don't particularly have much until the end of the week.  I'm glad, this weather is no friend of mine.  It's making sleep rough.  The dry air due the cold & heaters is harsh.  With the fuzz from blankets & allergens, I'm left coughing, sneezing & wheezing.  All that has lead to itchy eyes & nose bleeds.  

That's all for now, take care.

Cya...

Hydration Issues...

 

We've been having a lot of rainy patches the last week or so.  It's been very humid, then very dry.  My body's not liking a bit.  My feet are prone to swelling during weather like this, usually nothing too bad.  The worst thing for me is the morning dehydration.  Nighttime storms during warmer weather often leave me dried out when I wake.  The last couple of mornings, I've woke to nosebleeds from my nasal passages being too dried out.  This morning's wasn't too bad, still it was unwanted & required some clean up.  

This kind of weather can also lead to gout flare ups.  I can't do much about weather conditions, but I can try to make sure I don't give any additional causes for a gout occurence.   For the rest of it, the best I can do is to stay hydrated. 

That's all for now, take care.

Cya...

Countdown & Uggh...

 

This is the final week of my birth year.  After that, it's a full year older.  There are some tentative plans.   They're rather soft & loosely defined, right now they need to be.  It's not much, but I have a lot going on next week & there really isn't much I want to do at the moment.  I'd love to go see a movie, but that requires 2 things, less disease ridden idiots & a movie I actually want to see.  Neither of those things are going to  happen by next week.

I've not felt great for about a month.  It  started with the microburst & then the fallout from it.  Besides just the power outage issues,  there was the actual fallout.  Trees, power poles/lines, parts of houses littered the streets.  The debris hung around for week as crews tried to clean it up.  Some of it is still here.  Then came the burning.  Then came the mold, mildew & whatever else was on those things getting into the air.  I've felt a little allergy off to full on sick ever since.

Yesterday, every neighbor mowed.  Then our guy showed & mowed our lawn.   I was already having sinus/allergy issues.  There's been a lot of little nose bleeds & digestion issues.   This just  made  things  worse.  I woke in the middle of the night.  It wasn't  a full on panic, but I was anxious & stressed.  It took me forever to get back to sleep.  That's the 1st stress  night I've had in awhile.  I'm still spent from it.  I'm glad we don't anything to do today. Yesterday was allergy ridden & stressful.  Hopefully today is better.

Cya..

Bloody Allergies...

 

Running a little late this morning.  I have an issue with nosebleeds.   It's gotten worse since becoming HIV+,  being on the meds & getting older.  They're  mostly caused by dryness & irritation.   Allergies & fans cause both. I used to be able to handle allergy pills like Claritin.  Not so much anymore.  They used to help me out a lot.  Now, they do a little, but almost always give me nosebleeds.  Yesterday, was the 1st day in possibly a year that I took an allergy pill.  My eyes & sinuses dying from the ragweed.  It helped a little.  This morning, I woke to a nosebleed with both nostrils  bleeding.  It took a while to get that handled.  Allergies pills are back on the NO list.

That's all for now, take care.

Cya...

The Return of Devilweed...

 

Devilweed, AKA ragweed, has been back for a bit.   It's just in the last few days it became an issue again.  It was making my eyes & throat itch.  But now, my sinuses are an issue.  The weed is blurring my vision, irritating my throat & nose, making my breathing ragged & giving me nosebleeds.  I hate ragweed.  On top of that, the drainage it causes destroys my sense of taste & wrecks my digestion.  Ragweed is from some hell dimension.  It needs to  go back & take the grass & bugs.

Take care.

Cya...

Getting Cold...

 

It's not going to be warm today, but the rest of the  could get downright frigid.  The forecast keeps changing, but we could have 1 - 4 days not getting over freezing.  I hate that.  We don't need that level of cold.  Well at least I don't.  

We had a couple hours of snow yesterday.  It didn't stick, but there were huge flakes.  The heaters are getting to me.  I had a couple of small nosebleeds yesterday from my sinuses drying out.   Winter's hardest choice, breathing or being warm.

That's all for now, take care.

Cya...

Just Off...

 

Nothing wants to settle.  The election, COVID, weather, allergens & none of it wants to calm down or end. I didn't sleep well last night because it got so warm.  I woke & when I sat up my nose began to bleed.  It wasn't bad, but I was so dehydrated that it took a bit to get it to stop.  By then I was awake & never really got back to sleep.  

We'll go shopping in a bit.  I'll probably finish the new PC tomorrow.  I just don't feel like much today.  Maybe, I'll feel better later.  Just take it a step at a time & I'll get through this.  At least, that's the plan.

Cya...

Another Monday In August...

 

Other than horrid allergies thanks to ragweed, this is nice morning.  Nothing is going on.  We'll go shopping in a bit.  Besides that, there's not much on the to-do list.  It got warmer yesterday & the ragweed revved up.   Allergies are giving me a lot of small nose bleeds.  I hate that, it's annoying & itchy.   There's some rain chances midweek, maybe that will knock the ragweed back a bit.  It'd be nice.

Take care.

Cya...

Dreary & Cooler...

Trash is out & I woke to dismal skies.  It'll be warmer for a bit today & then start to cool down.  We could be looking at  near freezing temps late Friday night. It won't stick, but it'll definitely change the weather.   I hate these plummets.  

I'm having some sinus issues.  Allergies & weather stuff are a major problem.  But, when the power was out, we had to use candles for hours.  That was a problem for my nose.  I had a few nosebleeds yesterday. Hopefully, that's passed.  

I need to do a couple more things in the yard to be ready for Winter.  There's 1 more bush to trim.  I'm waiting for it's blooms to fall.   I need to cover the spicket & that's it.  No matter what, I will always be far more a Summer person than Winter.  

Take care.

Cya...

Not So Hot...

It's cooler & supposed to be around freezing for the next couple of mornings.   Even with springing forward an hour, it's still really dark & dismal.  I woke very dehydrated, tired & sore.  I had to deal with another nosebleed.  Allergies & dry weather are killing my sinuses.  I'm seriously so tired.  I have to take a shower before we go shopping.  Maybe it'll wake me up more.   I really wonder if I'll ever feel wellish again. 

Cya...

Allergy Meds & Lighter Fluid...

This morning I had my 1st serious nosebleed in a while.  It took a bit to get it under control.  I'm not surprised.  I've been prone to them with my allergies & meds for some time.  But allergy meds actually make nosebleeds far more common for me.   I can handle a few days on them & then the wheel starts spinning, eventually it's bound to land on nosebleed.

All the mowing lately hasn't helped.  Neither has the brush cutting/burning.  I think the worst culprit is the stench of lighter fluid my neighbors use to get their charcoal going.  It kills my throat & nose.  These people can't start a grill without a gallon of lighter fluid.

Other than that, things are going well here.  Shopping was no fun this morning, but when is it?  Labor Day weekend is wrapping up.

Cya...

Stress, Bills & The Morning...

This morning was a bit stressful.  I'm still not feeling great & I've had a series of fairly, nasty nosebleeds.  I"m not sure if the bleeds are from the weather, allergies or my new med.  Possibly, all the above.   

We were worried about some potential car issues.  So far, that seems not to have materialized.   Maybe we lucked out on that issue.  That's be nice.

After paying the water bill & driving around to make sure the van was working alright, we ran some errands.  Those weren't all that successful, but oh well.  Then we came home.  

Where my roomie decided to attack the stoop rail with her face, specifically her nose.   Her nose is banged up & she fell scraping her leg up pretty bad.  It'll be worse tomorrow when the swelling sets in.  

Roomie's nose 1, stoop rail - 0.

I'm hoping that's the end of the stressors for today.  I'm not up for much more.  My spoons aren't spent, but it's close.

Cya...

Smokey...

Alright, allergies are bad enough, but recently there's been another culprit.   We live half a mile from where our town burns it's brush & whatever else there is to burn.  Its been going on for a few day now.  

The night before last, I kept smelling smoke & hoping the house was not on fire.   It was so intense, that I couldn't smell anything yesterday & my sinuses were hellish.   Last night, right before bedtime, I got a fairly serious nose bleed.  I finally dealt with it & went to bed.  This morning, a sneeze revived it.  It took forever to stop it.

Ragweed & grass pollen are bad enough.  Did we really have to add the smoke from burning whatever?   My head still isn't happy.   My roomie's fairing no better.

I think this is it for now.  My roomie has a doctor's appointment this afternoon.  Hopefully, all goes well.

Cya...

1st Time...

Our lawn was a Madonna song until this morning.  It got mowed for the very 1st time of the year.  The lawn guy hasn't come back to do the trim work yet, but hopefully he will soon.  The yard was getting pretty shaggy.  Glad that's over.

My sinuses on the other hand are not so happy.  It's allergy season & that's leading me to have more nose bleeds.  I had a moderate 1 yesterday as the sun went down & woke to a minor 1 as the sun came up this morning.   My body doesn't like the pressure shifts from day to nighttime.

Maybe this will be the worst of the season.  At least the yard looks better.  

Cya...

Atmospheric Issues...

Even though it's been unseasonably warm here. We've still had the heaters going in the house & car.  My nose & sinuses hate heaters.  I can handle it for a while & then the dry air gets to me.  Then the problem begins.  I get nosebleeds.

They're not bad, just annoying & way too frequent.  I can usually get them to stop very quickly.  But, they get tiresome.  For someone who's +, it means constantly having to make sure you got every drop cleaned away.  You don't want to contaminate anyone.

The drier air & the shifts between it & moister air are the bane of nose during the cold months.  I can get nosebleeds from allergy pills as well, but they're usually less frequent & far easier too deal with.  Besides the cold, we've also had a lot of wind this last week blowing everything up in the air.   That's not helpful at all when you're trying to get your nose to calm down.

Oh well, just another seasonal issue like colds & chillblains. Not much you can do about it, except push forward.  

Cya...