Spring Pollen and Pipe Smoking

[WVOldFart]

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Spring is a wonderful time of year, but as we know it is "the season for the sneezing". Does the pollen and allergies effect your pipe smoking pleasure?

 

[RL Bucktails]

I have really bad seasonal allergies so to an extent yes. I take medicine with a decongestant and it helps.

 

[Bbailey324]

I get allergies periodically depending on what is dumping. Unless I am terminally congested I just deal with it and keep smoking.

 

[ThermionicScott]

I don't get all sneezy (at least yet), but I wouldn't be surprised at all if it interferes with my taste at times.

 

[bullet08]

Pollen's about done here. But I noticed, I've allergy at this point in my life. Sucks getting old.

 

[condorlover1]

Feel like I have a lump in my throat and I am forever clearing my throat - I have pollen time!

 

[jpmcwjr]

Yes, for me it can affect everything, but smoking less than comfort.

 

[Roach1]

Pollen affects my throat but I pipe on.

 

[Kobold]

I’ve been laid up with a terrible sinus headache for the past two days more than likely due to the pollen count. I try to avoid the outdoors on high pollen days and I smoke outside most of the time so I’ve been smoking a lot less this month. Spring and fall are the worst times for me. Maybe one day I’ll move to the desert.

 

[Sobrbiker]

Google “stinknet” and you’ll see what’s killing the wife and me in our area. Noxious nasty stuff and does a number on us, especially the Mrs.

 

[sardonicus87]

It doesn't slow me down.

I have allergies to the pollen and am prone to hay fever. Claritin seems to work well for me, take one when I first wake up and my pollen allergy is mostly in check, at least enough that it doesn't hinder my pipe smoking.

On the occasional days that the Claritin doesn't do the trick, I just skip the pipe. It doesn't bother my throat or something like that, it's just that it's a waste of tobacco if I can't taste it.

 

[JOHN72]

It's occasional, you really don't know when it's going to hit you. Sometimes stress can bring out an indescribable cocktail. I don't smoke at all, until the storm passes.

 

[anotherbob]

Title edited for capitalization. See Rule 9!

Spring is a wonderful time of year, but as we know it is "the season for the sneezing". Does the pollen and allergies effect your pipe smoking pleasure?

rarely but when it does, kind of doesn't feel that way because it effects everything at that point. Though pipes do seem to reduce the effects of pollen for me, well for a short time slightly longer then the length of a smoke.

 

[lraisch]

After suffering for decades, my allergies have largely disappeared. I think my immune system has basically decided "whatever".

I vividly remember trying to light my pipe with one hand while blowing my nose with a handkerchief in the other.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Never had seasonal allergies. Other than having to dust pollen off my car, it's little more than an inconvenience.

 

[FurCoat]

I too suffer from allergies. I take Flonase in the evening and Claritin in the morning. Helps most days, but to answer your question, I power through and smoke my pipes.

 

[K.E. Powell]

When I was a kid, my seasonal allergies were so bad that I was even briefly hospitalized because of them. Thankfully, they're just a minor annoyance these days. If they make me congested, then yes, that negatively impacts my smoking. Otherwise, it isn't too big a deal. I find that if I want to smoke but my allergies are being particularly bothersome, then I will smoke fairly simple blends; no point trying to enjoy a kitchen sink blend if I can't enjoy the nuances. In such cases, my ever faithful companions, Briar Fox and Haunted Bookshop, see me through.