Kent & Kathy,
Thanks. Not sure what else I can do about these allergies & the allergy-induced asthma. I've taken shots with little to no effect. I finally was able to get tested for allergies at 29 (got the runaround from doctors previously for various reasons - a couple thought I had a deviated nasal septum because of the severe swelling which they mistook for the cartilige collapsing, & while in the Navy they kept putting me off from getting tested). The allergist who tested me when I was 29 said it was the worst he'd seen anyone with allergies in 20-30 years. I was allergic to everything, with severe reactions to many of the substances tested for. I took the shots for about 18 months which didn't help.
Fortunately, the Claritin I was prescribed at the time helped alot with the daily headaches & I was able to stop blowing my nose 200 times a day.
So there was some relief. The allergies still affect me greatly in many ways but we have things we have to deal with I guess. I have tried bee pollen which a doctor in Puerto Rico recommended to me once. It didn't seem to help, and in fact when I stopped taking it my allergies seem to bother me even more. I don't know what was going on with that. Maybe the bee pollen helped protect me in case I got stung by a bee but not with anything else.
If you ever come across other 'remedies' I'd be interested in hearing about them. My father had hay fever real bad and in the early 60's a doctor gave him a shot of something he can't recall that helped him for life. Unfortunately, soon after that medicine was banned because of possible health affects. Even though I have year round allergies I also have hay fever so maybe it could have helped some. Like I said though, my father doesn't even remember the name of the medicine. Thanks for offering to look allergy info for me. I doubt you'd find anything that could help though. I may try the bee pollen again just to see if it affects me differently now that I'm older (42).
Michele,
Please let us know if/when you get your potatoes. I'm curious if you do. I may end up forgoing planting potatoes this year and just concentrate mostly on tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, rhubarb, garlic, & melons. I bought a few interesting melons last year and the year before that I'd like to grow out. Orangeglo, Rattlesnake, Kansas, Charentais, and a couple others I can't remember off hand. I wont have room for them all, but if I don't plant potatoes in the ground I'll have a little more than I would have. I'm still pondering though. I may grow a few potatoes in containers. IF I can find anyone who still has what I might want and actually processes my order.
Good luck with your potatoes and the rest of your garden everyone...Jeff