RE: alcohol -- light bulb

[Guest guest]

I first got Samters when I was 27 after

a very bad bout of bronchial pneumonia that kick started the lot. I’d

been drinking alcohol i.e. wines and spirits only, no beer) since I was

probably around 18 or so.

I found that over the years if I drank

red wine in particular my sinus would just about explode so I cut back to white

wine in moderation. Since my previous surgery though and my daily use of

Nasonex I can drink any amount of red wine without it affecting me, well I should

say, without it affecting my sinus.

Now just because I can drink alcohol

doesn’t mean it’ll work for another person. I might just be

one of the lucky ones. My allergist said that whilst I was on his special diet

the only alcohol I could drink was gin which I didn’t like anyway but the

results were still unchanged.

But I know this much, before my previous

surgery, any red wine would give me the sneezes within minutes and my sinus

would block up totally.

Like Lori, I’d love to hear how it

affects others too.

From:

samters [mailto:samters ] On Behalf Of Lori Baur

Sent: Sunday, 24 September 2006

4:50 PM

samters

Subject: alcohol --

light bulb

So a light bulb just went off (on) somwhere in my brain.

I realized that when my Samters started and in all the times it has

gotten worse, guess what? I was drinking alcohol.

I was one of those few people who literally never drank alcohol in high

school. I didn't drink until college, and by my second semester of

college when I first had symptoms of Samters I was drinking fairly regularly

and sometimes heavily at college parties. And I was drinking mostly beer,

which in later years I stopped because I don't really like it.

I can't believe now, looking back, that it took me so many, many years

to correlate my symptoms with alcohol use. But at the time I had never

had any health problems, and plus nobody diagnosed me with Samters for years

later. It was just asthma, then nasal polyps, then aspirin sensitivity.

Is there anyone here who has always been a teetotaler? I really

have to wonder. I realize that there are a few children who have Samters,

but I think the numbers are very, very small.

I think the trouble with an illness such as Samters is that sometimes

you have immediate reactions to things, other times the reactions may take

longer to realize themselves and may not be so apparent. So I really

wonder if alcohol use is associated with a development of Samters for some and

may contribute to the genesis and/or exacerbation of the illness.

I don't drink anymore at all. My Samters is not completely gone,

but it is much, much better and much more controllable.

Just a middle of the night thought.

Lori

--

No virus found in this incoming message.

Checked by AVG Free Edition.

Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.8/455 - Release Date: 22/09/2006

--

No virus found in this outgoing message.

Checked by AVG Free Edition.

Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.8/455 - Release Date: 22/09/2006

[Guest guest]

I, too, drank alcohol off and on. I'm not sure if I can drink it anymore. I mean, I can't drink wine at all. At least not right now. I think alcohol is very hard on my body, and am avoiding it for a while, since i have been recently diagnosed with Samter's. My bout with Samter's started after the death of my mother. Michele <soniarobins@...> wrote: I first got Samters when I was 27 after a very bad bout of bronchial pneumonia that kick started the lot. I’d been drinking alcohol i.e. wines and spirits only, no beer) since I was probably around 18 or so. I found that over the years if I drank red wine in particular my sinus would just about explode so I cut back to white wine in moderation. Since my previous surgery though and my daily use of Nasonex I can drink any amount of red wine without it affecting me, well I should say, without it affecting my sinus. Now just because I can drink alcohol doesn’t mean it’ll work for another person. I might just be one of the lucky ones. My allergist said that whilst I was on his special diet the only alcohol I could drink was gin which I didn’t like anyway but the results were still unchanged. But I know this much, before my previous surgery, any red wine would give me the sneezes within minutes and my sinus would block up

totally. Like Lori, I’d love to hear how it affects others too. From: samters [mailto:samters ] On Behalf Of Lori BaurSent: Sunday, 24 September 2006 4:50 PMsamters Subject: alcohol -- light bulb So a light bulb just went off (on) somwhere in my brain. I realized that when my Samters started and in all the times it has gotten worse, guess what? I was drinking alcohol. I was one of those few people who literally never drank alcohol in high school. I didn't drink until college, and by my second semester of college when I first had symptoms of Samters I was drinking fairly regularly and sometimes heavily at college

parties. And I was drinking mostly beer, which in later years I stopped because I don't really like it. I can't believe now, looking back, that it took me so many, many years to correlate my symptoms with alcohol use. But at the time I had never had any health problems, and plus nobody diagnosed me with Samters for years later. It was just asthma, then nasal polyps, then aspirin sensitivity. Is there anyone here who has always been a

teetotaler? I really have to wonder. I realize that there are a few children who have Samters, but I think the numbers are very, very small. I think the trouble with an illness such as Samters is that sometimes you have immediate reactions to things, other times the reactions may take longer to realize themselves and may not be so apparent. So I really wonder if alcohol use is associated with a development of Samters for some and may contribute to the genesis and/or exacerbation of the illness. I don't drink anymore at all. My Samters is not completely gone, but it is much, much better and much more controllable. Just a middle of the night thought. Lori --No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.8/455 - Release Date:

22/09/2006 --No virus found in this outgoing message.Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.8/455 - Release Date: 22/09/2006

Stay in the know. Pulse on the new .com. Check it out.

[Guest guest]

I started noticing that beer stuffed me up about the time that Samters set in too. I don't think that alcohol caused Samters, at all, but it is just another thing that is affected by it. I cannot tolerate beer & wine at all...after much trial and error, I have figured out that Vodka is the only alcohol I can drink without getting stuffed up. So, when I want to drink I stick with that.

Stacey in MA

-------------- Original message -------------- From: michele bledsoe <know_better_time@...>

I, too, drank alcohol off and on. I'm not sure if I can drink it anymore. I mean, I can't drink wine at all. At least not right now. I think alcohol is very hard on my body, and am avoiding it for a while, since i have been recently diagnosed with Samter's. My bout with Samter's started after the death of my mother.

Michele <soniarobinstsn (DOT) cc> wrote:

I first got Samters when I was 27 after a very bad bout of bronchial pneumonia that kick started the lot. I’d been drinking alcohol i.e. wines and spirits only, no beer) since I was probably around 18 or so.

I found that over the years if I drank red wine in particular my sinus would just about explode so I cut back to white wine in moderation. Since my previous surgery though and my daily use of Nasonex I can drink any amount of red wine without it affecting me, well I should say, without it affecting my sinus.

Now just because I can drink alcohol doesn’t mean it’ll work for another person. I might just be one of the lucky ones. My allergist said that whilst I was on his special diet the only alcohol I could drink was gin which I didn’t like anyway but the results were still unchanged.

But I know this much, before my previous surgery, any red wine would give me the sneezes within minutes and my sinus would block up totally.

Like Lori, I’d love to hear how it affects others too.

From: samters [mailto:samters ] On Behalf Of Lori BaurSent: Sunday, 24 September 2006 4:50 PMsamters Subject: alcohol -- light bulb

So a light bulb just went off (on) somwhere in my brain.

I realized that when my Samters started and in all the times it has gotten worse, guess what? I was drinking alcohol.

I was one of those few people who literally never drank alcohol in high school. I didn't drink until college, and by my second semester of college when I first had symptoms of Samters I was drinking fairly regularly and sometimes heavily at college parties. And I was drinking mostly beer, which in later years I stopped because I don't really like it.

I can't believe now, looking back, that it took me so many, many years to correlate my symptoms with alcohol use. But at the time I had never had any health problems, and plus nobody diagnosed me with Samters for years later. It was just asthma, then nasal polyps, then aspirin sensitivity.

Is there anyone here who has always been a teetotaler? I really have to wonder. I realize that there are a few children who have Samters, but I think the numbers are very, very small.

I think the trouble with an illness such as Samters is that sometimes you have immediate reactions to things, other times the reactions may take longer to realize themselves and may not be so apparent. So I really wonder if alcohol use is associated with a development of Samters for some and may contribute to the genesis and/or exacerbation of the illness.

I don't drink anymore at all. My Samters is not completely gone, but it is much, much better and much more controllable.

Just a middle of the night thought.

Lori

--No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.8/455 - Release Date: 22/09/2006

--No virus found in this outgoing message.Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.8/455 - Release Date: 22/09/2006

Stay in the know. Pulse on the new .com. Check it out.

[Guest guest]

I have drank very little in my life; these days literally a six pack of Corona per year, usually in a couple of days). just had surgery and am on AFR protocol six weeks after for prophylatic purposes; believe the trigger was almost two years ago when spending the winters in a newly plastered room with high levels of moisture in the walls; insulated and vapor barrier too well done. havent determined if sensitivity to aspirin Pat TriceLori Baur <lori@...> wrote: So a light bulb just went off (on) somwhere in my brain. I realized that when my Samters started and in all the times it has gotten worse, guess what? I was drinking alcohol. I was one of those few

people who literally never drank alcohol in high school. I didn't drink until college, and by my second semester of college when I first had symptoms of Samters I was drinking fairly regularly and sometimes heavily at college parties. And I was drinking mostly beer, which in later years I stopped because I don't really like it. I can't believe now, looking back, that it took me so many, many years to correlate my symptoms with alcohol use. But at the time I had never had any health problems, and plus nobody diagnosed me with Samters for years later. It was just asthma, then nasal polyps, then aspirin sensitivity. Is there anyone here who has always been a teetotaler? I really have to wonder. I realize that there are a few children who have Samters, but I think the numbers are very, very small. I think the trouble with an illness such as

Samters is that sometimes you have immediate reactions to things, other times the reactions may take longer to realize themselves and may not be so apparent. So I really wonder if alcohol use is associated with a development of Samters for some and may contribute to the genesis and/or exacerbation of the illness. I don't drink anymore at all. My Samters is not completely gone, but it is much, much better and much more controllable. Just a middle of the night thought. Lori

Get your email and see which of your friends are online - Right on the new .com