Does anyone know what kind of tree or flower this is? Haha

It's coming.

What, spring?

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You can tell shit's getting real with tree pollen season starting up. I'm over here ordering some supplemental antihistamines from Denmark.

Right now, it's apparently mainly alder and hazel shooting their load locally. Wasn't previously aware that I was particularly allergic to either one of those, but okay. If it's pollen, there's an excellent chance my immune system is going to pitch fits at it. 😒 And of course it's just starting up. At least there don't seem to be a lot of maple trees around here, is all I can say.

The only antihistamines available OTC here next door in Sweden are the non-drowsy one a day types. (Which I have been taking again, but yeah that doesn't cut it alone sometimes.) A bit overly cautious here with what's available OTC in general, and I thought the UK could be annoying enough that way.

Whenever I finally manage to pop just across the bridge to Copenhagen, I may have to see what other OTC riches I might be able to find there. 🙄 If I weren't having some mobility problems, I probably would have made an in-person antihistamine (and cheaper decent cooking sake/real mirin/Shaoxing wine!*) run already. Because that's the type of exciting person I am.

Anyway, at least the acrivastine is easy enough to buy from surrounding countries, and it works pretty well for me. The stash I dragged with me from the UK is almost gone, so it seemed like an excellent time to re-up. Not quite desperate enough to resort to grey-market bottles of generic Benadryl from the US off eBay again quite yet.

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