My nose hurts!

I’m on Day Two of trying to replace my allergy medicines with the generic version of Claritin.  It’s not going well.  In fact, I’m quitting that plan.  I picked up refills for both prescriptions on my way home from work today.  Yesterday was okay, but today I woke up really dry.  That went away by breakfast, and I spent the rest of the day sniffling and blowing my nose.  The sneezing started after lunch.  I feel fine if you don’t count the congestion and stuffy nose.  I mean, I’m not sick.  But I don’t want to just deal with this until the over-the-counter stuff kicks in or whatever.  Not right now.  I was overly aware of how much noise sniffling and blowing and sneezing makes when your office is a cubicle farm.  Unfortunately, I really do need to find something else that works.  On our new insurance, one of my allergy medicines went up $10 a month, and the other one went up $50.  I need to find an alternative to paying almost a hundred bucks a month just for allergy medicine.

In other news, my niece is brilliant!

  • momma betty posted: 13 Jan at 7:38 pm

    Wow! You have to pay that much for prescriptions? That’s unreasonable. (I know.) Is it allergies at this time of year? Or maybe excessive dryness. You could sleep with a humidier and see if that helps.

  • Jessica posted: 14 Jan at 8:53 am

    I might have to try that humidifier thing.

    Clever Gaby. I laughed out loud when I read that. Apparently Alex was singing “Beans, beans, the musical fruit” one day (don’t ask me where she got THAT one – probably my father). Anyway, she suddenly stopped and looked puzzled then looked up at one or both of her parents and said, “Beans aren’t a fruit.”

  • Zannah posted: 14 Jan at 6:06 pm

    How did Rachel and Jack respond? And when did little kids get so smart?

    I used the humidifier last night. I think it helped. Taking my regular medicine this morning helped, too. Today, while not even close to perfect, was better than yesterday in the sniffling/sneezing/nose-blowing department. I’ve noticed that I’m pretty good in the morning, and then it gets worse throughout the afternoon, and then once I get home, I’m much better again.

  • momma betty posted: 14 Jan at 8:54 pm

    Aha! You’re allergic to work. But then, you knew that.

  • Zannah posted: 14 Jan at 9:37 pm

    Yup. No surprises there.

  • Jessica posted: 15 Jan at 9:34 am

    I’d like to think we were that smart too when we were little.

    I’m actually not sure how Rachel and Jack responded. Laughed and then went to post it on Facebook, I suppose. Did Gaby get her cheetos? I think I would have handed some over after that.