David Jenkins
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| posted on 2/7/18 at 10:38 AM |
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Hay-fever - Bleh!
Just been out for pleasant drive on randomly-selected Suffolk roads - not a lot of traffic - nice.
Now I am coughing, sneezing, and my eyes are watering! 
Open-top cars and hay-fever aren't a good combination, especially when driving in the countryside... 
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 2/7/18 at 11:17 AM |
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dust mask...
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nick205
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| posted on 2/7/18 at 04:28 PM |
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12 and 10 year old sons suffering with it at the moment - not fun!
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 2/7/18 at 05:24 PM |
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Mine is bad this year - I normally start it early, and finish early, sometime around the beginning of June. It's lingering this year due to the
hot, dry conditions.
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Dick
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| posted on 2/7/18 at 07:11 PM |
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Two of my sons get this so bad they can just about work some days, a female employee also suffers . This year all of them have gone to a local chemist
and paid for the injection to stop it. All 3 have said they would have gone sooner if they had known about it earlier. It has changed there lives and
they are hayfever free.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 2/7/18 at 07:22 PM |
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What injection is that?
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Dick
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| posted on 2/7/18 at 08:02 PM |
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I belive its called KANALOG
the pharmacy that done my sons are as follows they may be able to tell you someone local to you
Karsons pharmacy
69-71 City way
Eochester
Kent
MA1 2BA
PHONE NUMBER IS 01634 405700
Hope this helps
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BenB
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| posted on 2/7/18 at 08:52 PM |
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It's actually Kenalog. Tempting but it's far from mild stuff.
Intramuscular corticosteroid- good for allergy but bad for the rest of the body's systems. Weight gain, high blood pressure, weakens the immune
system etc etc.
It's no miracle cure- I've got a couple of patients who have such bad hayfever they have to have it- this year one found it did precisely
nothing (whereas it had worked previously).
I'd speak to your GP first- they can check whether you've tried everything else possible first. The chemist is likely to just be happy to
take your ££££- they do, after all, have a vested interest....
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 3/7/18 at 12:00 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by BenB
It's actually Kenalog. Tempting but it's far from mild stuff.
Weight gain, high blood pressure, weakens the immune system etc etc.
Sounds very much like the symptoms of getting married and having kids...that knocks years off your life
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 3/7/18 at 01:25 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by BenB
It's actually Kenalog. Tempting but it's far from mild stuff.
Intramuscular corticosteroid- good for allergy but bad for the rest of the body's systems. Weight gain, high blood pressure, weakens the immune
system etc etc.
It's no miracle cure- I've got a couple of patients who have such bad hayfever they have to have it- this year one found it did precisely
nothing (whereas it had worked previously).
I'd speak to your GP first- they can check whether you've tried everything else possible first. The chemist is likely to just be happy to
take your ££££- they do, after all, have a vested interest....
I had heard a few bad things about Kenalog - not sure I need or want to go that way. It's only this year that's been bad, and I can cope
until the rainy season returns.
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nick205
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| posted on 4/7/18 at 03:43 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
quote:
Originally posted by BenB
It's actually Kenalog. Tempting but it's far from mild stuff.
Weight gain, high blood pressure, weakens the immune system etc etc.
Sounds very much like the symptoms of getting married and having kids...that knocks years off your life
Whilst having kids is a blessing there are indeed moments when it seems to speed up the aging process 
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