Diary of a hypochondriac

Oct 3, 2005 at 14:53 o\clock

Allergies

It's 9:20 p.m. and here comes he sneezing. It's allergy time again, right on schedule. My eyes are swollen, my nose is stuffed, my glands are swollen, and my sinuses are puffy. Horrible. I will steam shower myself now and check back in.

How do you get relief from this? I took a steaming hot bath and I still feel terrible.

Oct 1, 2005 at 08:20 o\clock

Avian and/or Drinking Flu

I drink too much. Maybe that's the root of all the problems. I drink too much and get out of control. Before I drink I usually have allergies and then the next day is something like having the flu.

The UN believes avian flu can be a pandemic killing up to 150 million people. That is not good.

My nose itches like crazy. Seoul is a polluted city. Is anywhere dirtier? Perhaps Mexico City is. You can wash your face in the Mexican capital and find your face has turned black with grime.

I slept for a month on a hammock in Chiapas, at Palenque. I was bit by over 500 mosquitoes. The palms of my feet and hands were bit, my eyelids, even my lips. Of course it's the sound that's most infuriating. Now I never get bit--even in the rain when they all come inside to avoid being pelted by the drops. Imagine rain to them! It's like a tsunami for the mosquito.