2026 52 Card Project: Week 21: Breathless
May. 29th, 2026 11:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pegkerrI'm going to keep this short because it's such a bore to go on and on about my personal health. And there have been too many collages on that subject this year. My sister once passed along a humorous observation from her brother-in-law, a retired pastor, about the dangers of visiting his elderly parishioners: you have to sit through the organ recital.
I would spare you, but there really isn't anything else I can do a collage about because the sudden flare-up of my spring allergies (I am violently allergic to tree pollen) necessitated the cancellation of all of my plans for the week. I didn't go out, I canceled walking with my friends, I didn't make it to church, I barely did my volunteer work, and I canceled a planned and much-anticipated day trip with a couple friends to a bird sanctuary in Wisconsin, which just SUCKED.
It's been very frustrating. I can't sit out on my front porch and eat breakfast. I can't go outside without wearing a mask. I spent most of my concentration on simply trying to breathe this week. In desperation, I got a virtual urgent care visit on Saturday to get a prescription for a steroid inhaler, but due to the holiday, it couldn't be filled until Tuesday.
I have several doses under my belt, and I'm starting to feel a little better, thank goodness.
Um. I did finish another chapter this week, and I'm quite pleased with it. That's something else to talk about, yes?
Image description: Background: a circle of the tops of trees silhouetted against a blue sky, seen from a view looking straight up. Top: dangling catkins holding birch tree pollen. Center: a woman's face, her eyes screwed shut, holding a tissue to her nose. Lower center: a blue medical mask, overlaid by an inhaler.
Breathless
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I would spare you, but there really isn't anything else I can do a collage about because the sudden flare-up of my spring allergies (I am violently allergic to tree pollen) necessitated the cancellation of all of my plans for the week. I didn't go out, I canceled walking with my friends, I didn't make it to church, I barely did my volunteer work, and I canceled a planned and much-anticipated day trip with a couple friends to a bird sanctuary in Wisconsin, which just SUCKED.
It's been very frustrating. I can't sit out on my front porch and eat breakfast. I can't go outside without wearing a mask. I spent most of my concentration on simply trying to breathe this week. In desperation, I got a virtual urgent care visit on Saturday to get a prescription for a steroid inhaler, but due to the holiday, it couldn't be filled until Tuesday.
I have several doses under my belt, and I'm starting to feel a little better, thank goodness.
Um. I did finish another chapter this week, and I'm quite pleased with it. That's something else to talk about, yes?
Image description: Background: a circle of the tops of trees silhouetted against a blue sky, seen from a view looking straight up. Top: dangling catkins holding birch tree pollen. Center: a woman's face, her eyes screwed shut, holding a tissue to her nose. Lower center: a blue medical mask, overlaid by an inhaler.
Click on the links to see the 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021 52 Card Project galleries.
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Date: 2026-05-29 05:44 pm (UTC)Are your pollen troubles usually this late in the season? The ones I'm most allergic to are the early ones: juniper, poplar, and possibly maple, based on pollen.com's summaries. Those have passed now, but something popped up this past week that is making my nose drip (but does not require an asthma inhaler). I think it might be oak. Should be over soon, I think. I hope so for all our sakes.
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Date: 2026-05-29 06:00 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2026-05-29 06:00 pm (UTC)