Anyone who knows me knows that I don't like to waste money. Well, who does? Then it may come as a surprise to hear that I've essentially just asked my endo if it's OK for me to throw $25 down the tubes.

You see, for about the last six weeks or so I've been battling some terrible, terrible seasonal allergies that are completely wrecking my blood sugar. I haven't been able to exercise in more than two weeks because my numbers were so unpredictable that I was getting very frustrated with still getting high numbers after my daily walk when normally my walk offers a drop in blood sugar or a stabilization of it. (READ MORE)

The pharmacy technician said it when I bought the "real" Sudafed (not that fake PE crap you can get over the counter that they reformulated so the stupid methamphetamine manufacturers have to work harder to find their main ingredient). The nurse at the doctor's office said it when I went in for a steroid shot.

It's bad around here. Really bad. Allergies, that is.

I'd say roughly six years ago I developed seasonal allergies. I was able to handle it with over the counter antihistamines, usually. But each summer seemed to get progressively worse. And this year has been by far my worst ever. Claritin and Sudafed weren't coming close to touching my itchiness, sneezing and extremely congested head. (I was like three of the Seven Dwarfs: Itchy, Sneezy and Why Won't My Ears Pop?) (READ MORE)