Comments on: Atlanta: Top Ten Allergy Capital http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/04/11/atlanta-top-ten-allergy-capital/ Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:32:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: John http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/04/11/atlanta-top-ten-allergy-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-7239 John Sat, 14 Apr 2007 04:37:10 +0000 http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/04/11/atlanta-top-ten-allergy-capital/#comment-7239 Hey! Where did Jim V's link go? I am eagerly awaiting the day when I can blame my aging on global warming. Hey! Where did Jim V’s link go? I am eagerly awaiting the day when I can blame my aging on global warming.

]]> By: Annie http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/04/11/atlanta-top-ten-allergy-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-7238 Annie Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:28:37 +0000 http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/04/11/atlanta-top-ten-allergy-capital/#comment-7238 Stress, I took allergy shots as a kid (suckers! Twice a week!), then they waned until about a year ago. Now the seasonal ones are back with a vengeance. But at least I have an imaginative immune system. Stress, I took allergy shots as a kid (suckers! Twice a week!), then they waned until about a year ago. Now the seasonal ones are back with a vengeance. But at least I have an imaginative immune system.

]]> By: manunderstress http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/04/11/atlanta-top-ten-allergy-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-7237 manunderstress Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:18:58 +0000 http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/04/11/atlanta-top-ten-allergy-capital/#comment-7237 If I had not started "desensitization," aka allergy shots, a few years ago I think that I would be dead by now, or worse. Allergies also change with age, spiking in your early twenties, then subsiding for a while, then coming back with a vengeance in your thirties. It's funny how people think of allergy sufferers as "sickly" when it's not even technically a sickness; simply an imaginatively hyperactive immune system. If I had not started “desensitization,” aka allergy shots, a few years ago I think that I would be dead by now, or worse. Allergies also change with age, spiking in your early twenties, then subsiding for a while, then coming back with a vengeance in your thirties. It’s funny how people think of allergy sufferers as “sickly” when it’s not even technically a sickness; simply an imaginatively hyperactive immune system.

]]> By: Jim V. http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/04/11/atlanta-top-ten-allergy-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-7236 Jim V. Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:46:40 +0000 http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/04/11/atlanta-top-ten-allergy-capital/#comment-7236 I thought <a href="http://www.webmd.com/allergies/news/20060607/global-warming-may-worsen-allergies" rel="nofollow">this</a> was interesting: I thought this was interesting:

]]> By: Annie http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/04/11/atlanta-top-ten-allergy-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-7235 Annie Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:19:13 +0000 http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/04/11/atlanta-top-ten-allergy-capital/#comment-7235 [shaking fist in air] We'll get you next year, Queen City! [shaking fist in air]

We’ll get you next year, Queen City!

]]> By: Greg http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/04/11/atlanta-top-ten-allergy-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-7234 Greg Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:06:44 +0000 http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/04/11/atlanta-top-ten-allergy-capital/#comment-7234 Charlotte is number 9, in your face ATL! Charlotte is number 9, in your face ATL!

]]> By: Annie http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/04/11/atlanta-top-ten-allergy-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-7233 Annie Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:07:13 +0000 http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/04/11/atlanta-top-ten-allergy-capital/#comment-7233 Seriously. I cannot remember the last time the pollen got to me this badly. Seriously. I cannot remember the last time the pollen got to me this badly.

]]> By: gretagretchen http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/04/11/atlanta-top-ten-allergy-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-7232 gretagretchen Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:57:52 +0000 http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/04/11/atlanta-top-ten-allergy-capital/#comment-7232 If we're number ten I shudder to think what it must be like in Tulsa! If we’re number ten I shudder to think what it must be like in Tulsa!

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