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I'm no longer allergic

Sixty-eight days have passed since I moved to my new home in a secluded village surrounded by farmland, nature, roe deer, and wild boar. This action is one of the most significant at the beginning of this "new life," or at least quite disruptive, and it has certainly brought new experiences, but here's the most shocking one for me:


I'm no longer allergic.


I suppose this story begins around the age of twelve, when I went through a terrible period in the spring. I was diagnosed with a allergy and prescribed antihistamines to control the symptoms. These made me extremely uncomfortable, including sleepiness.

I took them for about four years, by which time I was making my own decisions and was fed up with being the weakling everyone made fun of. It was then that I started working out and decided I wouldn't take any more medication unless absolutely necessary.

My allergy never caused me serious respiratory episodes like asthma, but it was certainly uncomfortable, even disrupting my sleep. Rhinitis, watery eyes, and uncontrollable sneezing were a regular part of my life for four to eight weeks every spring, usually accompanied by congestion that could be debilitating.

But anyway, as my physical condition improved over the years, the allergy symptoms also became more bearable. There were always one or two weeks when they were really uncomfortable, but at least they always stayed away while I was doing high-intensity exercise.

2025 was a particularly bad year, and it wasn't just bad for me; a lot of people around me had allergies, even people who hadn't been allergic before.

And this year (2026) I didn't have a single symptom, not a single day. I had moved to Killtheblonda, where the presence of grasses and wheat is as high as in Alalpardo or Madrid, and I could even sleep every night with the window open without suffering a single symptom. What's more, if I traveled to those places, I didn't have any allergies either. I waited until July to declare victory, and here I am.

This alone has made the move worthwhile. I'm full of questions, but when someone gets better, the questions don't matter much.

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