Let’s Talk About Drugs: My Allergy Arsenal
I’ve endearingly been called “the druggy” by just about all of my friends. They could always count on me to have something to cure whatever ailed them. Well, so long as it wasn’t a physical injury, I wasn’t so hot on Band-Aids, usually just wrapped my cuts in paper towels and called it good… But you got a headache? I gotchu. Stomachache? Done. Sniffy? No problem. My allergies have always caused some part of me to fail, so I was always prepared for it. I’m no doctor of course, but I’ve always considered my body to be a sack of chemicals, so if there’s an imbalance, I balance it. I’ve tried a lot of holistic medications as well, teas, salves, neti pot-type saline (eek!) but I consider my life to have been more effectively lived because I’ve had medications to help me get through it. Without further ado, let me introduce you to my medicine cabinet! Benadryl Ah yes, I’ve probably taken more Benadryl in my life than I’ve eaten bread. Wal-dryl, CVS-dryl, whatever-dryl it’s...