allergy strategy
man sllergies suck. i think i have allergy induced asthma. so i guess technically, i should say asthma sucks. apparently there's a line of thinking that asserts most asthma is allergy induced. many sufferers might not know what the trigger is. i'll buy it. at least until there's evidence to the contrary. i hold a similar position on migraines. they're really allergic reactions. the trick is to figure out to what. in my case it's trivial. with this, i've taken to making sure i breathe through my nose when i'm in a cat room. the idea is to stop the allergens in my nose and keep them from reaching my lungs. it is difficult to breathe so the urge to mouth breathe to increase airflow is significant. i also make myself breathe slowly and shallowly. same reason. i also exercise. which hurts like hell. so why? increase the body's demand for oxygen. make sure the lungs get the message that we need the o2 more than we need to expel the foreign substance. i'm packing on the years. fortunately, i haven't packed on the pounds as much as other folks have. still though, a large meal literally fills me up. leaving less space for my lungs to do their lung thing. so i've been making myself eat less at any one time. so as an added benefit i should lose weight right? heh. i make up for it by eating more often. so maybe not.