Flowers from Barclays - the sequel

[watervole]

This has been a bad winter for asthma - I've had to take four short courses of steroids so far (which is far worse than my average one course per winter).  Sometimes I can identify the trigger (eg. flu), sometimes, I can't.  I had a bad attack on Boxing Day bank holiday which remains of unknown cause (I think the bath bombs I bought Entorien were

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[watervole]

Lush can be very bad for me too. I also have to give the Body Shop a wide berth.

[watervole]

I can see we're very alike in our problem areas. Perfume can be a big problem for me. I can't go into buildings with perfume dispensers (not for more than a few minutes) - I actually persuaded my gym to remove the one they installed.

(The Radisson were very good about switching theirs off when one of the Odyssey members had a problem. It was gone within 20 mins of my first raising the issue)

I occasionally have to ask friends not to wear particular perfumes. Some seem to be okay, others are not.

[watervole]

When I say 'perfume' I mean 'hair products', 'after-shave', 'laundry products', etc. It's really hard to find unscented detergent for washing clothes.

I never use aerosols of any kind for cleaning and have found alternatives to many other products. Microfibre cloths are wonderful.

Cigarette smoke - agreed. I can't be near smokers for long.

Dust is the worst.