I'm going to see how it goes with the nuts as my mother has a tight throat aswell so it could be just hayfever. Off topic, but there really should be some law that makes it compulsory for neighbours to take care of their gardens. Our house is semi-detached (which to Americans is two houses stuck together) and so our gardens are too. The house next to us is rented out to students and the landlord has no care for the house at all. The grass in the back is almost as high as me and blows off clouds of pollen. It's so maddening as we are all hayfever sufferers and my younger sister has bad asthma. My father has complained many times to various places, but no one ever did anything or made them cut their grass, even though it brings vermin and the seeds fly onto our clothes hanging on the line in the garden. But the owners of the house just don't care and have let the house become a dump, which affects the value of our house too. I hope they sell on soon and a family moves in.