Not sure about anyone else but this allergy season is starting out to be an ass-kicker, or at least I'm feeling it more. Much more 'worn out' than in the past.

It reminds me of a true story I listened to about 5 years ago on NPR (so you know it's true!) about a guy that suffered severe allergies for years and his cure. I think he lived on the East coast, either way, he remembered in the early spring, every year, it started as an itch in the eye and turned into 3-4 months of allergy misery, years after year. Like a chronic sinus infection. I think it happened 20 + years ago, he went to doctors, did tests, and tried drugs tried everything.

This is where it gets kind of gross.

He somehow found out that the natural histamines in your body, which are released to battle pollen, etc., while making your life a living hell in the meantime, could be tricked by another 'invader' in the body. From what I understand, your symptoms you get are from your body's histamines attacking the pollen, not the pollen itself. Anyway, his 'research' showed that a parasite could be just the answer. If introduced to the human body, the immune system would attack the parasite and leave the pollen alone. Choosing a parasite: not sure how, but he came up with a Hookworm, of course! Long story short, he ended up taking a trip to Central America, took a cab, and found a 'plywood sided latrine' in the countryside. They stopped, he got out, took off his shoes and walked through the muck in the outhouse.

Sure enough, he picked up Hookworm and his symptoms did a 180, life was good. He ended up 'harvesting' some of the parasites and sent them to other allergy sufferers he had contact with. The reviews were promising. He ended up selling them to help out other people,...... until the FDA got wind of it.

He ended up moving to Canada and still sells his...stuff,... where it is legal. I think I'll stick with nasal rinse and local honey thank you!