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Article: GESUNDHEIT!; What With Pollen, Dander and Dust Mites, This Guy's Living on Sneezy Street
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- May 2, 1995
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Dan Cahill is a normal everyday guy with a normal everyday job and
a normal everyday problem that drags him down and soaks up his time
and energy and money and generally interferes in a chronically
irritating way with his entire life. He sneezes. And sneezes again.
He can wake up in the morning with his eyes practically glued shut
and stuff dripping everywhere.
He goes to the allergy doc for shots, of course, and snarfs a big
hit off his nasal inhaler a couple times a day and keeps at least one
(usually quite wet) hanky handy. And sometimes on a sunny, breezy
weekend afternoon, Cahill will hop into the shower in desperation to
get hot steam powering through his tormented nasal passages, ...