Comments on: Day 16: Is it Allergies…or is it Covid? https://www.marshmallowranch.com/day-16-is-it-allergies-or-is-it-covid/ She traded her tiara for wings and a pickup Wed, 01 Apr 2020 16:07:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Ginny McKinney https://www.marshmallowranch.com/day-16-is-it-allergies-or-is-it-covid/#comment-11521 Wed, 01 Apr 2020 16:07:32 +0000 https://www.marshmallowranch.com/?p=7763#comment-11521 In reply to Linda.

Oh, Linda….I am so sorry to hear of your loss. My heart is with you and yours. I hope you find some comfort in my earlier posts. ?

]]> By: Linda https://www.marshmallowranch.com/day-16-is-it-allergies-or-is-it-covid/#comment-11520 Wed, 01 Apr 2020 15:20:34 +0000 https://www.marshmallowranch.com/?p=7763#comment-11520 Ginny, I lost my sweet Dad this past Friday. His private cemetery service is today. It will be just my son and daughter and their children. He was 91 years old (I’m 64), and we were so close. He’s the only man who has always been there for me and the best person I’ve ever known. I’m planning to go back and read some of your grief essays when I feel like I can.

]]> By: Ginny McKinney https://www.marshmallowranch.com/day-16-is-it-allergies-or-is-it-covid/#comment-11519 Wed, 01 Apr 2020 13:43:48 +0000 https://www.marshmallowranch.com/?p=7763#comment-11519 In reply to Pat Douty.

Thank you for your suggestions! ❤️

]]> By: Pat Douty https://www.marshmallowranch.com/day-16-is-it-allergies-or-is-it-covid/#comment-11518 Wed, 01 Apr 2020 12:14:45 +0000 https://www.marshmallowranch.com/?p=7763#comment-11518 The first thing I’d like to address is your allergies. I suffered ALL my life with them. My parent’s let me have a chihuahua when I was just three because it was said that they helped “hay fever”. LOL All someone had to SAY was “Mountain Cedar” and I’d start sneezing. Grasses, trees, flowers, anything that had pollen could send me into sneezing fits. These allergy attacks would quickly turn into sinus infections. A couple of years ago, it was so bad that I developed three sinus infections in just a 2 month period. The antibiotics wouldn’t even clear them up. A friend told me about a doctor who did NAET treatments for allergies. I was skeptical, but desperate. Because it is a “holistic” remedy, insurance usually doesn’t cover it, HOWEVER, it was a Godsend. I can now go for walks, camp in the woods, go outside at ANY season without going into a sneezing fit. We STOPPED buying OTC allergy medicines that we previously had to stockpile during the non allergy season just to be sure we would have enough during peak season. I even had him treat me fo my allergies to the smell of a few of the commonly used Essential Oils that people love to slather on with no regards to those in their world who are “scent sensitive,” and now, I don’t cringe when I smell them enter a room! Check it out!

Second. I have found that keeping a “schedule” is helping me
open better with this “Shelter In Place” mess. I try to alternate between things I enjoy doing and chores. I’ll paint for an hour, then clean a cabinet. Sew for an hour, then clean the kitchen. Play music for a while, then start dinner. Wash. Rinse. Repeat!

Praying that we can all be “free range” again soon.

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