I GET STOPPED UP
Just looking at the picture. Mold, lichens, dampness all send me allergetic.

Rubbing my eyelids, scratching them with a thumbnail raked just above the eyelashes are the start. Then when I've gotten no or little relief, I use the palms of my hands to rub frantically till I feel better.

This is on top of the 160 mg of some generic for Allegra that I take daily. I've taken that prescription so long that it probably doesn't work anymore, at least not well, but when I miss a day, I suffer.

I also take a full pop vitamin C pill every day to ward off colds. I'm a mess when I have a cold. I hack, I sniff, I snort, and in every way one can tell I'm miserable. My wife, on the other hand, is cool with a cold. She sounds a little raspy and holds a kleenex to her nose once in awhile, but otherwise there are no nasty sounds emanating from her congestion.

Maybe that's why I was never real crazy about The Hobbitt or Harry Potter. I was afraid they might give me the sniffles or turn on the faucet.