One sneeze too late

I suffer from pretty harsh seasonable allergies. My record number of sneezes in a row is 13. I get them in the spring, I get them in the fall, and often in the summer and winter. So I effectively get them all the time.

But what is worse than having an allergy fit, is realizing 2 days through it that it is actually a cold. If only there was a way to know early enough whether it was a cold or allergy.

I did research it, and the number one indicator that I found was the sore throat. The theory is that if I have a soar throat then it's not allergy related. The problem? I always get a sore throat when I have allergies.

I guess I'll just have to keep on drinking my Emergen-C every time the trees decide to attack, just in case. It helps that I like the way it tastes.