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August 31, 2007
in which our heroine is dying
Or possibly just miserable. Remember how I told you I went to see my allergist, and it just so happened that I had a long-term sinus infection? Well, it's still around, making me miserable (see the entry title for confirmation), and since she said to come back and see her if it didn't get any better, that's just what I did. (Side note: I LOVE my allergist. With the exception of the long-ass wait to initially see her, every time I've called they've been able to fit me into the schedule either that day or the next. This impresses me. Greatly.) What I thought would be short visit turned into something a bit more involved than that, something resulted in a breathing test (which was a piece of cake compared to what I'd been imagining it would be) and a trip to a nearby imaging center to get a CAT scan of my sinuses (I had to take out my earrings and eyebrow ring for the test, but while I was in the car on the way home I realized that I'd forgotten to take out my cartilage earring and proceeded to fret about that for the next 5 - 7 minutes). They were super-speedy with my results (another reason to love my allergist? She wanted to get the results ASAP so she could figure out a treatment for me today so I wouldn't be miserable [and untreated] over the holiday weekend. <3), but when the nurse called to find out which pharmacy I'd like my prescription called into, I stupidly forgot to ask about my results. I presume it's still a sinus infection, because why else would I be taking another round of the super-duper antibiotic (that can't be THAT super since it didn't kill my sinus problems the first time around)? I just hope it works this time around because my sinus headaches are painful to the point that they're consistantly making me queasy (not just a little "erp, I don't feel too swell," oh ho no, we're talking full-blown "holy shit, I wonder if I could make it to the side of the road and throw up") and my ears are so puffy and achy I feel like they should be bleeding (or oozing something equally painful). N says that my head feels this way because I know too much and I should've stopped packing facts into my head before things got to this point. It must be my brain that's dripping out my ears.
Note: Mike was very sweet and patient with me this afternoon, and while I was getting my CAT scan done, he was in Borders picking up surprises (Jimmy Norton's "Happy Endings" and Joy Bauer's "Natural Food Cures") for me to help brighten my day.
Posted by oracle at August 31, 2007 11:16 PM in health / the fourth year