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PML, It’s definitely a tough thing to deal with, today we have so many allergens in our environment so that makes it difficult to deal with, we get smoke days that come from places quite far away but the wind blows everything everywhere, I don’t feel well using antihistamines so it’s not an option. I worry so much about my survival, I live in a large high rise apartment and if I open my window I immediately smell tobacco or even marijuana drifting into my home so I keep them closed, sometimes I can smell tobacco even when they’re closed because it seeps through the walls and floors, it’s an old building. I’m a lung cancer survivor and so I will get very depressed due to the pollution because it makes me feel hopeless, I do my best to take care of myself but I feel defeated and there’s nothing I can do about it.
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Hi Frouke,
I'm sorry that you have to cope with tobacco and marijuana odors! That's really bad especially with lung cancer. When the smells come into your home, you might just try heating a pan of water sprinkled with cinnamon on the stove. The cinnamon smell will go all over and get rid of or mask the bad smells. I've tried this before and it really works good. Another thing I do is put Mentholatum in my nose. Mentholatum is not an antihistamine. I put it in my nose on Monday mornings when I would be out gardening in the summer and the maintenance guy in the apartments behind my mobile home would be leaf blowing with a strong gas blower. The gas fumes really bothered me but with the Mentholatum in my nose I didn't smell them.
I know it's hard to cope with all this pollution. It can be depressing. However, when you feel depressed just pray to God and ask for his help. It doesn't have to be a formal prayer. Just talk to him like he's your best friend and he is! I talk to God several times a day. Since my husband died in July I don't have anyone else to talk to. I'm going to be 79 in May and everyone I knew or was related to have all died too. The nice thing about talking to God is that he often answers my prayers.
I wish you the best. If you ever feel like talking, I'm here.
PML