If you have been reading part 1, you have gathered that I'm not doing that well right now. I am improving in health daily, still need dental work and still need to get some money coming in so that I can further afford treatments.

Today I had a talk with the owner of the house, who returned yesterday. She has an illness that started acting up while she was on holiday, and to make sure she gets enough oxygen, she is definitely going to need to have the skylight open, and the windows, etc, etc.

Of course, that is definitely NOT good for me, as it is now pollen season, and I am pretty badly allergic to certain of the trees and wild plants around here. Even with the air filter (I had lent it to my ex-bf and he jsut brought it back for me) I still react pretty badly.

However, she just happens to know of a folk remedy for hayfever, which she used to cure her own allergies several years ago... so I will be trying that out.

Even if it doesn't work, (and I have the feeling that it's at least going to help,) I will be off my current medication for a couple of weeks, which is a very good thing. My current medication (the only thing I had previously found that actually somewhat works) contains ephedra. I've been taking it for two years pretty intensively, and it can sometimes lead to heart problems in subsceptible (sp?) individuals. Considering the state of my teeth, I have to be pretty careful.

I had gotten the dosage of the medication down to twice a day during this winter - last winter I still had to take it every four hours - and went back up to the "normal" dose as soon as pollen season hit. So... looking forward to trying this folk remedy.

I will DEFINITELY let you guys know how it goes!